Please, bring your own laptop. All the BSC Training Courses are free of charge.
Course conveners:
Lilian Garcia, Earth Sciences BSC
Gerard Marcet, Earth Sciences BSC
Michael Orieux, Earth Sciences BSC
Rosa Rodríguez, Earth Sciences BSC
Maria Arista, Earth Sciences BSC
Grace Ferris, Earth Sciences BSC
Course lecturers: Earth Sciences Department researchers involved in the group of Computational Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Composition, Climate Prediction and Earth System Services.
Course Lecturers
TBC
Objectives: To gain an understanding of what research is conducted in the Eearth Ssciences department towards integrating climate models and methods into one's own work. Towards developing cross-group/interdisciplinary collaborations.
Learning outcomes: TBC
Level: (All courses are designed for specialists with at least 1st cycle degree or similar background experience)
Target Group: Academic and technical scientists who work in or together with the Earth Sciences Department at BSC, especially newcomers, or would like to work at BSC, especially potential PhD-students, final year students, prospective collaborators/partners.
Prerequisites:
At least a University degree in progress in Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences or a related area
Basic knowledge of UNIX.
Knowledge of C, FORTRAN, MPI or openMP is recommended.
Knowledge of Earth Sciences data formats is recommended (grib, netcdf, hdf,…).
Knowledge of R and Python
Agenda:
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Notes (for course development) |
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Day 1 (Wednesday, 23 October) |
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10:00 10:15 |
Welcome and introduction to the BSC Earth Sciences Department |
TBC |
Why are we excited by this, what sort of things can be done with what we're going to learn. Achievements of eEarth sSciences. |
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10:15 10:30 |
Technical and logistical information [Introduction to the next two days] |
[Sophie, Pasha, Dani] |
Introduction to interdisciplinary collaborations and their benefit for society and science |
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10:30 11:00 |
Introduction Lecture [Fun Science Lecture] |
Open for Discussion, either someone with some cross-group collaborative project to present and or invite someone external from Barcelona |
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11:00 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 12:30 |
Introduction to Linux and HPC [WHO, WHEN WHERE WHY], BSC facilities Computational Earth Sciences Group Lecture |
CES |
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12:30 13:30 |
Atmospheric Composition Group Lecture |
AC |
15 min introduction of AC group followed by teams showcases presented by other group members |
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13:30 15:00 |
Lunch break |
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15:00 16:00 |
Climate Variability and Change Group Lecture |
CVC |
15 min introduction/overview of CVC, followed by showcases of the different research lines |
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16:00 16:30 |
Introduction and tips for forming new collaborations(PMO etc) |
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Lecturers |
Notes (for course development) |
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Day 2 (Thursday, 24 October) |
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14:00 15:00 |
Climate’s importance in health and harmonizing data, forecasting, early warning systems |
GHR |
30 min lecture followed by a showcase of the different projects/tools presented by other group members |
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15:00 16:00 |
ESS Lecture on applications of climate data |
ESS |
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16:00 16:30 |
Break |
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16:30 17:30 |
Workshop: Finding interdisciplinary collaborations across groups. |
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17:30 |
Reception/Potluck |
Reception on Terrace |
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