ACDC 2016 practical details
The summer school will take place from 8.-20. August. The venue is the Marine Station in Norris Point, Newfoundland, and the topic is the Role of High Latitudes in Centennial to Millennial Scale Climate Variability.
Main content
Target: Advanced PhD candidates and early career scientists.
Goal: To mix students and lecturers with empirical/proxy and dynamical training within climate science and focus on understanding the basic principles and dynamics behind centennial to millennial scale climate variability and their link to past, present and future changes to high latitude climate.
ECTS: Praticipants will receive 5 ECTS credits for the course
Including topics:
H/D-O events
Hemispheric linkages (ocean, atmosphere)
Shifts in atmospheric circulation and impact of sea ice/ice sheets
Changes in AMOC and implications
Thresholds in Arctic sea ice and role of ocean
Teleconnections (wave propagation, including NH to SH)
Marine ice sheet instability
Dating uncertainties (ice, marine, and terrestrial cores)
Application process:
The online application is colsed.
If you have any questions, please contact acdc@uib.no
Confirmed lecturers:
Updated list of lecturers is found on the front page.
Practical information
Updated information on the venue is found HERE and wil be continually updated.
Program
Find the program HERE.
