Summer of Schools III: ITaRS in Bonn
by In July, ITaRS fellows had the great opportunity to participate in the Summer School on Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation in Bonn, Germany. From the ITaRS network, Prof. Susanne Crewell, Dr. Christine Chiu, Claudia Acquistapace, Maria Barrera, Gabriele Corbetta, and Alexander Myagkov participated in the summer school.
Summer of Schools II: ITaRS Fellow in the French Alps
by The "Clouds and Climate" Summer School took place from the 24th of June to the 5th of July 2013, at Les Houches (France). It was organised by the EUCLIPSE project. International attendees with Meteorological background could enjoy two weeks of training. Lectures were focused on the importance of clouds nowadays and its impact in different fields, from precipitation to society. They were held by brilliant lectures from all over the world. The interactive participation through conferences, discussions, posters sessions, works in groups and social events, made out of this summer school a great scientific and personal experience. ITaRS fellow Maria Barrera was attending the described event and presented her poster 'Water Vapour and Temperature Measurements and the HOPE campaign'.
Summer of Schools I: ITaRS @ Gordon Radiation and Climate Conference, NH, USA
by Gabriele Corbetta
The Gordon Radiation and Climate conference took place in New London, NH, USA, from 7th to 12th July 2013. Experts and students from all over the world got together to discuss cutting-edge model and observation-related topics during the talk sessions and (in a less formal way) during social events and free time. Gabriele Corbetta, ITaRS fellow at the University of Cologne, presented a poster titled: “Combining multiple scanning cloud radars and microwave radiometers for capturing 3D structure of clouds”, whereas ITaRS partner Prof. Susanne Crewell contributed with a talk titled : “The use of field observations for understanding fine scale cloud-radiation interactions”.
ITaRS Fellow in Iceland
Teaching is also part of scientific work. So I was very happy that I got the opportunity to participate in a fieldwork experiment in Iceland within the framework of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing master track of our department. At first, all the work required to prepare the fieldwork appeared quite straightforward, and times to do it was supposed largely enough. Igor, another PhD student of our group was also involved and Yann my supervisor here gave us as much as support as he could give (Thanks Yann). In the end, I should notice that this was a bit naive. I just had no imagination how many e-mails had to be written, how long it would take to organize all the instruments, cables, and boxes to ship them. At how many meetings you have to participate... and how often you have to explain your plans again and again...