9th International Baltic Earth Summer School
Posted by Dr Marcus Reckermann, International Baltic Earth Secretariat
For the ninth time, we offer an international Summer School on the beautiful island of Askö in the Swedish skerries south of Stockholm, a unique social and learning experience.
Climate of the Baltic Sea region
21. August – 28. August 2023
This school is primarily intended for master students in geosciences and associated fields.
The course will focus on past and future changes in climate of the Baltic Sea region. The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed sea with a large freshwater supply from rivers of the adjacent catchment area in the transition zone between maritime and continental climates in northern Europe. Many long-term observational data are available and provide a good knowledge about oceanic changes during the past two centuries and even longer periods. Proxy-data of the past 1,000 to 2,000 years bear witness of a pronounced climate variability in the region.
Students will be introduced into fundamental processes of the atmosphere, ocean, sea-ice and land surface with relevance for the climate system. We will start from basic principles and equations of motion that describe the circulation and dynamics in the atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice. The available knowledge in the literature about water and energy balances will be presented. Further basic methods of the analysis and modeling of the regional climate system will be introduced, including the statistical analysis of time series to identify changes in regional climate.
The students will also be introduced into the functioning of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulations of the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, the course will deal with coupled atmosphere-ocean climate models, climate change, the greenhouse gas effect and other drivers of regional climate, dynamical downscaling, and the variability of circulation and regional climate. We will also study the possible impact of climate change on the marine ecosystem including biogeochemical cycles.
A holistic Earth System approach will be presented although the main focus of the course is on the physical aspects of changing climate. In addition to lectures, tutorials, exercises and literature studies the course will give the students the opportunity to discuss the learned topics further during group exercises.
In cooperation with the Rostock University, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde and the Baltic Earth programme through the International Baltic Earth Secretariat at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, the students are offered a high-quality education, which is complemented by guest lecturers from the Baltic Sea states. The Summer School is hosted by Askö Laboratory of Stockholm University, Baltic Sea Centre.
==> Application deadline is on 15 May, 2023
Please find all relevant information as well as the application link on the Baltic Earth website:
