Deadline Extended: Apply Now for the TERENO NEON Carbon Workshop 2019

Applications are now open for this event through June 10, 2019

This one-week TERENO-NEON carbon and critical zone workshop is aimed primarily at early career scientists (PhD students, PostDocs, master students preparing to start a doctorate will be also accepted) and all scientists interested in emerging issues and methods wishing to broaden and deepen their knowledge or to identify new research opportunities. Student attendance is limited, and estimated to be around 15 participants. We expect small student to instructor ratios at any given time, approximately 1:3.  Instructors attendance will be staggered from one another, and will remain on-site, fostering quality 1:1 time with all students. Students must be able to attend for the entire workshop.We encourage all to apply.

About this workshop

The workshop will take place July 13-20 2019 in Düren, Germany. 

Top level EU and US carbon and critical zone scientists will provide an in-depth training on carbon cycle science and the use of data from inherently different types of measurements, across time and space scales, among different networks, and different measurements. (e.g. concentrations, fluxes, biomass etc.) This will include data handling approaches, biostatistics, modelling and data assimilation.  Practical use cases and scientific hands-on approaches will be explored.  This workshop will provide the opportunity to learn how to use ‘big data' from the Terrestrial Environmental Observatories (TERENO), National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) large networks of observatories while discussing the frontier of carbon science and identifying new research opportunities.  

​The one week course will include lectures and practical sessions will also include group activities, e.g., on addressing open issues and new frontiers in current research, development of group prospectus and hypothesis testing.  Students are expected to know the basic of programming in at least one language.  Knowledge of computer environment, at least one scientific programming language (e.g., R, Matlab, SAS) and elementary knowledge of the present-day carbon cycle.  Participants need to be sufficiently proficient in English.  Students are expected to be present for all workshop activities, which will include some after dinner sessions.

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