PWF Cameroon: School on Climate Science (05-9 June 2023)

Administration

Description

Africa in general and central Africa in particular is as the rest of the world facing serious environmental issues due to climate change and climate variability. To contribute to address this concern, a research laboratory called Laboratory of Environmental Physic was recently created in the Faculty of sciences of the University of Dschang.

ICTP and the University of Dschang have organized a School on Climate Modelling to give 25 students the opportunity to use the laboratory and familiarize with the regional climate model RegCM developed at the Abdus Salam ICTP. Students will learn more about how to use this model to study to investigate climate variability. This includes installation, running the models, statistical tools for model evaluation, presentation of some results about the performance of RegCM.

SPEAKERS:

Dr Komkoua Mbienda Armand Joel, University of Dschang, Cameroon

Dr Guenang Guy Merlin, University of Dschang, Cameroon

Dr Graziano Giuliani, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste

HOW TO APPLY
Deadline for submitting application EXPIRED (on 15^th May)
Undergraduate students currently studying in Cameroon in the area of physics, atmospheric or climate sciences are eligible to apply.

The school has no registration fee and no funds are provided to students for travel

Material

Poster

PWF Cameroon: School on Climate Science

Go to day

Monday, 5 June 2023

08:30 - 16:30 Day 1

08:30 Registration and administrative formalities 1h15'
09:45 Opening Ceremony/Photo Session 1h0'
10:45 Coffee Break 30'

11:15 Introduction to Climate Modelling 1h15'

Speaker:	Guy Merlin GUENANG (University of Dschang)
Material:	Slides

12:30 Hello Python 1h30'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

14:00 Lunch break 1h0'

15:00 Introduction to Regional Climate Model 1h0'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

16:00 Closing 30'

Tuesday, 6 June 2023

08:30 - 16:30 DAY 2

08:30 Registration 30'

09:00 RegCM Tutorial and Installation 2h0'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

11:00 Coffee Break 30'

11:30 Python basic Tools 2h30'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Lesson 1 Lesson 2

14:00 Lunch break 1h0'
15:00 RegCM Practical Lab 1h0'

Speaker: Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
16:00 Closing 30'

Wednesday, 7 June 2023

08:30 - 16:30 DAY 3

08:30 Registration 30'

09:00 Data Analysis and Presentation with Python 2h0'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Lesson 3

11:00 Coffee Break 30'
11:30 RegCM Practical Lab 2h30'

Speaker: Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
14:00 Lunch break 1h0'

15:00 Data Analysis and Presentation with Python - Practical Lab 1h0'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Lesson 4

16:00 Closing remarks 30'

Thursday, 8 June 2023

08:30 - 17:30 DAY 4

08:30 Registration 30'

09:00 Data Analysis and Presentation with Python - Practical Lab 2h0'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Lesson 5

11:00 Coffee Break 30'
11:30 RegCM Practical Lab 2h30'

Speaker: Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
14:00 Lunch break 1h0'

15:00 Data Analysis and Presentation with Python - Practical Lab 1h0'

Speaker:	Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
Material:	Lesson 6

16:00 Public event 1h30'

Friday, 9 June 2023

08:30 - 15:00 DAY 5

08:30 Registration 30'

09:00 RegCM Bias Correction 1h30'

Speaker:	Armand Joel KOMKOUA MBIENDE (University of Dschang)
Material:	Slides

10:30 Coffee Break 30'
11:00 Carrer and Opportunities Session 2h0'

Speaker: Graziano GIULIANI (ICTP)
13:00 Evaluation and Presentation of Certificates 1h30'
14:30 Closing Ceremony 30'