CLIMECO Training - reminder
Climate driving of marine ecosystem changes…Training for young marine scientists
21-24 April 2008, Brest, France
!! Deadline for abstract submission: January 15, 2008 !!
We would like to remind you that IMBER, GLOBEC, EUR-OCEANS and CLIVAR are organising a training on “Climate driving of marine ecosystems changes: Training for young marine scientists” which will be held on April 21-24 2008 at the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) in Brest, France.
This exploratory workshop intends to increase the interactions between physical climate science and marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems communities with focus on impacts of climate variability on the marine environment. The training is aimed at young marine scientists. The objectives are, to increase their knowledge on existing climate data, to evaluate their relevance for biogeochemical and ecosystem studies and to judge their quality (uncertainties).
The goals of this training are:
1) To increase the interactions between physical climate science and marine biogeochemistry/ecosystems communities with a focus on impacts of climate variability on the marine environment;
2) To foster cooperation between physical climate scientists and marine scientists;
3) To take stock of IPCC 4AR results, ocean/atmosphere reanalysis data and observational data, where relevant for impacts on the marine environment.
This workshop is a combination of science presentations around defined themes followed by discussions and "hands-on" sessions where young scientists with a marine biogeochemistry/ecosystems background learn how to use climate data. This includes finding relevant data, scrutinising their quality and knowing how to make use of them. For further details about the preliminary programme, themes and hands-on session, please visit the workshop website (http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html).
We welcome applications from scientists early in their careers, either working toward or having recently completed a doctorate on a topic related to CLIVAR, IMBER, EUR-OCEANS or GLOBEC or showing strong interest in those topics. Selection of candidates will be based on the level and suitability of their qualifications, the relevance to the science themes, and the quality of their motivation statement. Applications can be submitted until 15 January 2008 at http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_Application.html.
Partial financial support will be available for selected participants and the level of support will depend on the funding received.
For further information visit http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html. For additional requests, please contact: imber@univ-brest.fr
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