OpenScienceConference on Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Terrestrial Biosphere: Impacts and Feedbacks Across Scales 2 - 5 April 2013, Obergurgl (near Innsbruck), Austria

Co-sponsored by Carbo-Extreme and iLEAPS.  Session topics include: Ecosystem responses to climate variability and weather extremes, Recovery of ecosystems after extreme events, Long-term observations and large scale modeling, Feedback mechanisms from the biosphere to the climate system.  For more information see the conference web page.

Student Collaborative Exchange Program

To further facilitate collaboration in the research community, INTERFACE plans to sponsor a limited number of “collaborative exchanges” for US-based graduate students, in which students who primarily work with models spend a brief period (up to one month) working in an experimental setting, or students who primarily work on global change experiments spend a brief period (up to one month) working in an ecosystem or Earth system modeling setting.  These exchanges should ideally allow the student to continue working on a similar topic, but from a different perspective.  Interested graduate students should identify a laboratory in which they would like to work, and should secure approvals from their advisor and the exchange lab’s PI.  To apply, students should submit as a single PDF file: (1) a two-page proposal explicitly stating the questions being addressed and why the collaboration will facilitate answering them, (2) an NSF-style CV,  (3) a one-page budget justification, and (4) letters of support from the advisor and the PI of the lab the student will visit. Applications should be sent to Aimée Classen <aclassen@utk.edu>.  Applications will be reviewed at two times each year, starting on the fourth Monday of April and the fourth Monday of October, through the end of 2014.  Allowable expenses include airfare, meals while traveling to and from the exchange location, and housing. These funds cannot be used to cover classes at the host institution or student/ PI salary.  Exchanges may be partially or fully sponsored by INTERFACE.  

Century/DayCent Model Training Workshop

(this activity is not sponsored by INTERFACE)

From Cindy Keough and Bill Parton: We are pleased to announce that we have selected a date for the next Century/DayCent model training.  We will conducting the workshop the week of July 23-27, 2012 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Depending on the number of individuals who register for the workshop the charge will be between $2,000.00 and $600.00 (U.S. dollars) for the weeklong model training.  This cost covers the workshop only, individuals who attend the workshop are responsible for making their own travel, lodging, and meal arrangements.  Please keep in mind that there will be a limited number of slots available for the training workshop and these will be assigned on a first come first served basis.

Please let Cindy Keough [mailto:cindyk@nrel.colostate.edu] know if:

1.  You and/or a coworker or colleague would like to register for the workshop.

2.  You are interested in attending a Century/DayCent workshop but the July workshop will not fit into your schedule.  In this case Cindy can add you to a list of individuals who would like to be informed of future workshops.

See Activities page for a full list of upcoming and past activities related to INTERFACE