Registration for Summer School 2004 is
open now!
'Climate Variability: From Observation
to Prediction" (3rd NCCR Climate Summer School)
29 August - 3 September
2004, Centro Stefano Franscini, Ticino, Switzerland
The NCCR Climate invites
PhD and postdocoral scientists to join leading researchers in a scenic southern
Swiss Alpine setting for keynote lectures, workshops and poster sessions on
the occasion of the third NCCR Climate Summer School 2004.
The topics covered will
include
- Pertinent aspects of
climate physics
- Climate phenomena and
processes at seasonal to decadal time ranges
- Assessment of predictability
and approaches to prediction
- Associated impacts of
climate change on society and economy's vulnerability
Lecturers (confirmed)
D. Hartmann (U Washington,
USA);
J. Hurrell (NCAR Boulder,
USA);
R. Koster (NASA Goddard,
USA),
J.N. Thepaut (ECMWF Reading,
UK);
T. Palmer (ECMWF Reading,
UK);
A. Timmermann (U Kiel,
G);
J. Marshall (MIT Cambridge,
USA);
F. Toth (IAEA Vienna,
A);
H.C. Davies (ETH Zurich,
CH);
C. Schär (ETH Zurich,
CH);
Heinz Wanner (U Bern,
CH);
C. Appenzeller (MeteoSwiss,
CH),
A. Ohmura (ETH Zurich,
CH),
C. Frei (ETH Zurich, CH),
N. Kämpfer (U Bern,
CH), and others.
The summer school will
be hold at Monte Verità, a scenic and historic conference center near
Locarno, overlooking Lago Maggiore and the neighboring mountains.
The summer school is open
to young researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) worldwide. Participation
is highly competitive and will be limited to a maximum of 70. A small number
of grants will be available for students from developing countries.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
15 DECEMBER 2003
Successful applicants
will be notified in January 2004.
On-line information, preliminary
programme and application forms are available at http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch
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