SummerSchool2017“FirstStepsinBiosphere-Atmosphere

Modelling”UniversityofHelsinki,DivisionofAtmosphericSciencesincooperationwithLund University, Aarhus University and University of Oslo are pleased toannounce the intensive course "First steps in Biosphere-AtmosphereModelling"tobeheldatAarhusUniversity,June5-16,2017.

Time5th(noon)to16

th(noon)ofJune2017

LocationAarhusUniversity,Aarhus,Denmark

ProgrammeOn the course, everyonewill program an atmospheric boundary layermodelwith

chemistry and aerosol dynamics, including: equations of flow for the atmospheric

boundarylayerwiththefirstorderturbulenceclosure,1-dimensionalcolumnmodel

+numericalsolution,emissionsofbiogenicvolatileorganiccompounds(BVOC)from

vegetation, modelling of chemical kinetics by systems of differential equations,

deposition of aerosols and numerical solutions for aerosol formation and growth.

ThemodelwillbecodedinFortran95.

RequirementsAbasicknowledgeofprogramming in somecomputer language (e.g. Fortran,C++,

Python,Matlab) is required. In thecourse,wewillonlyprovidea smallamountof

Fortran-lecturestoteachthebasicsofFortranandprogramming.Youwillalsoneed

tobringyourownlaptop.

Pre-courseactivitiesTherewill be a Fortran online-teachingmaterial available and pre-exercises to be

solved before the course. The lectures and tasks will be sent per email to the

participants after the selection in the beginning of April. If adequate Fortran

software is not available we will advise and help the selected participants in the

installationbeforethecoursestarts.Oneselectedexercisehastobesentbacktothe

lecturer before the start of the summer school as a requirement to ensure that a

basic Fortran knowledge is assured and that the compiler and the used plotting

programsaresufficient.

Credits5ECTS,UniversityofHelsinki(nogrades–onlyPassorFail)

TeachersDrMichaelBoyisthecorrespondingteacher.Thelistofotherteachersincludes

• Assoc.ProfessorMarianneGlasius(AarhusUniversity)

• DrKariAlterskjær(UniversityofOslo)

• DrPontusRoldin(LundUniversity)

• DrAnttiLauri(UniversityofHelsinki)

• MrPutianZhou(UniversityofHelsinki)

ExamandassessmentStudentswriteascientificreportbasedontheresultsoftheirmodelsimulationsand

sendthereportandtheirdevelopednumericalcodetoMichaelBoy.

Socialactivities• Tour to the city on the firstMonday afternoon so you know all the important

placesinAarhusandcanenjoyyourfreetimebetter

• Sportsactivitiesdependingonweather,wewillarrangebeachvolleyball,football

and/orcanoeingatleastontwoevenings–togetyouawayfromcoding

• VisittothelaboratoryattheDepartmentofChemistrytoseethenewandnovel

chamberandallthefancyinstruments

• TriptotheOldTownMuseumonSundayafternoon

• SummerschoolfinaldinneronThursday

CostsThecoursefeeis1600EUR.Thisfeecovers:• Allacademicandsocialprogrammesduringthecourse

• Accesstothecoursematerial(printedbook)

• Accommodationintwo-personrooms

• Breakfastatthehotel

• LunchandafternooncoffeeattheUniversity

• Alotofworkandfun

Thefeedoesnotcover:Dinner,travelexpensestoandfromAarhus,personalhealthandcivilliability

insurance,personalexpensessuchasdrinks,telephone,fax,photocopies,etc.during

thecourse.

StudentsfromotherNordiccountriesThe NordForsk project “Nordic Graduate Education Courses – eScience Tools and

Techniques”,theABSnetwork,theATM-DPdoctoralProgrammeattheUniversityof

HelsinkiandtheNordicCentreofExcellenceeSTICCwillcoverthefeeandthetravel

costsfordegreestudentsfromNordicUniversities.

TravelgrantsThereareanumberoftravelgrantsavailableforparticipantsfromtheBaltic

countries.

InsuranceTheorganisersofthecoursecannotacceptliabilityfor

personalaccidentorlossordamagetoprivatepropertyof

attendingstudents,whichmayoccureitherduringorarise

fromthecourse.Participantsarethereforeadvisedto

arrangetheirownappropriateinsurancecoverage

ApplicationApplicantsmustregistertothecoursebeforethe31stofMarch2017byfillingintheform,whichisavailableatthe

followingaddress:

https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/75999/lomake.html

Question?Ifyouhaveanyquestionconcerningthecourseorthefinancialsupportpleasedon’t

hesitatetocontactMichaelBoy(michael.boy@helsinki.fi).