Training not only aims to improve the professional skills and competences of those working and being trained to work within APPLICATE, but it also provides a legacy for future generations of scientists and early career experts working in the fields of climate and weather prediction and modelling. APPLICATE therefore includes a strong training component with a set of tailor-made training activities that will be held throughout the duration of the project.
All training materials, recorded webinars, lectures and presentations from the summer school are provided as an open resource on the website of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). Coordination of training activities and synergy with other on-going projects (e.g. YOPP, Blue Action, INTAROS) increases the impact, ensure cost-effectiveness and potentially help to get external funding.
APECS-APPLICATE-YOPP Online Course 2019
The course will be a training activity within the APPLICATE project (Work Package 7: User engagement, dissemination and training) and the Year of Polar Prediction education effort. The online course is designed for early career researchers (e.g., Master and PhD students, Postdocs) with a specific interest in Arctic weather and climate prediction and modelling. Advanced knowledge and understanding of weather systems, climate, modelling and forecasting is an advantage when registering for this course but not a prerequisite. An introduction to APPLICATE`s research focus and goals can be found in these three webinars.
This course will provide an overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge of Northern high-latitude weather and climate predictions; including aspects relevant for the Arctic climate system; and linkages between Arctic and mid-latitude/global weather. The topics will include an overview of the observing system design in the Arctic, current methods in weather and climate predictions and how predictive skill can be improved. An important aspect of the course are Arctic extreme weather phenomena and engagement of stakeholders who are using weather and climate predictions in their daily operations.
Basic information and timeline:
Target audience: Master and PhD students, Postdoctoral researchers and others interested in the course topic
- Timeline: The course will run from September to December 2019 (13 sessions, week 38/Sept. 16-20 until week 49/Dec. 2-6) with one webinar per week.
- Students who take the full course will complete a practical task related to stakeholder engagement as group work and present their outcomes in the last session (week 49/Dec. 2-6).
- Two levels of participation in the course will be offered:
- Level 1: Attending the full course and completing the practical task. The participants will receive a course certificate after the course if all course sections have been successfully completed.
- Level 2: Attending only individual sessions of the course. No course certificate will be provided.
- Course registration: Participants have to register for the course in advance. The link for joining the webinars will only be distributed to those who are registered. Priority will be given to students who are taking the full course, remaining spots will be given on a first come, first served basis to those who register for individual sessions. There will be a short anonymous survey about participant information, expectations for the course/webinars, and feedback.
Read more about the course here
APPLICATE Webinar series
Massive changes are occurring in the Arctic – retreating sea-ice, warming oceans, and a warming atmosphere – which have the potential to influence weather and climate well beyond the region itself. These profound transformations are projected to continue well into the future, opening up new opportunities, such as shorter shipping routes, but also exposing major risks, such as environmental hazards associated with increased activity in the Arctic. The growing interest and infrastructure in the Arctic means there is a strong need for improved weather and climate predictions on a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. The APPLICATE project aims to improve weather and climate predictions for the Arctic and surrounding regions by bringing together a multinational and multidisciplinary consortium to advance our capability to predict weather and climate in the Arctic and beyond.
As part of the project, APECS organised a series of webinars focused on topics related to APPLICATE. These webinars can be found below and in our past webinars database.
Polar Prediction School 2018
The Polar Prediction School 2018 was organised as part of the APPLICATE project, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization’s Polar Prediction Project (PPP) in occasion of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP). It was also generously supported by the World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP) Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR).
Read more about the Polar Prediction School 2018 on the Apecs website.
APECS-APPLICATE Webinar Series 2017
Webinars that APECS-APPLICATE collaborated on regarding monitoring and modelling in the discipline of climatology as part of the APPLICATE project.
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APECS-APPLICATE Webinar III: Atmospheric-oceanic linkages
How does the Arctic influence mid-latitude weather and climate? What physical mechanisms play a role and how can we better model these processes? How does sea-ice loss affect the atmosphere and oceans in remote regions? Doug Smith, of the UK MetOffice, will discuss some of the science around these questions and how coordinated multi-model experiments can help to answer them. This webinar is the third in a series part of the EU-funded APPLICATE project. The APPLICATE project brings together a European consortium of scientists from different disciplines to advance our capability to predict the weather and climate in the Arctic and beyond.
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APECS-APPLICATE Webinar II - Improving Weather and Climate Models
Weather and climate models have typically been developed for mid-latitude regions, but different processes are relevant for the Polar regions. Prediction in the Arctic and beyond using global models can be improved through a better representation of processes at the atmosphere-sea ice-ocean interface, including small-scale processes, and through a revisit of the atmosphere-ocean coupling strategy in coupled models. This webinar will focus on ‘Enhanced weather and climate models’, one of five science work packages of the EU-funded APPLICATE project, which brings together a European consortium of scientists from different disciplines to advance our capability to predict the weather and climate in the Arctic and beyond.
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APECS-APPLICATE-Webinar: Advanced Prediction in Polar Regions and Beyond
In November 2016, a European consortium of scientists from different disciplines set out to advance our capability to predict the weather and climate in the Arctic and beyond in the framework of the EU-funded project called APPLICATE. In this presentation, I will describe the basic rationale behind this project and outline what is needed to make step changes in our ability to predict Arctic weather and climate prediction, and to increase our understanding of the impact of Arctic climate change in mid-latitudes. In this context I will touch on the following topics: model evaluation, model development, teleconnections, observing system design, education and stakeholder engagement.
APECS-APPLICATE-Webinar: Advanced Prediction in Polar Regions and Beyond
