Atmosphere-Biosphere-Cryosphere Interactions
This winter school on Atmosphere-Biosphere-Cryosphere Interactions will be given as a two-week intensive research course in March 2012. The course involves thorough introduction to the measurements at several Nordic and Arctic stations as well as analysis of the data produced at the stations.
During this course, the participants learn to access and handle the data, and get a good overview of the cryospheric research in Nordic countries in three currently running Centres of Excellence (NCoEs) within the Top-level Research Initiative:
- NCoE CRAICC - Cryosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate
- NCoE DEFROST
- NCoE SVALI - Stability and Variations of Arctic Land Ice
The course is based on intensive group work and topics included in the course are:
- Introduction to SMEAR II station, overview of other Nordic and Arctic stations
- Introduction to atmospheric physics and chemistry, boundary layer meteorology, and glacier hydrology
- Biosphere-atmosphere-cryosphere interactions, biogeophysics, fluxes
- Advanced statistical methods
- Analysis of data from Nordic and Arctic stations, combining different datasets
The venue is the Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station in Southern Finland, and the event will be coordinated by University of Helsinki. It will also involve experts from the other Nordic nations working within the three Nordic Centres of Excellence: CRAICC, DEFROST and SVALI.