International Winter School for Young Scientists:

The school will offer a comprehensive overview of the cryosphere's complex role in seamless prediction and climate system modelling. The cryosphere influences weather and climate patterns, ocean circulation, and the hydrological cycle. It plays a key role in climate feedback mechanisms and serves as a reservoir of water and energy on seasonal to decadal timescales. Incorporating cryospheric data and processes into climate models is crucial for enhancing the accuracy and reliability of both climate predictions and  projections.

Lecture and group work topics will include the cryosphere in the climate system, seasonal snow cover, ice sheets and glaciers, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, sea ice, etc., from a modelling perspective at climate prediction to projection time scales. All participants will be requested to present their research and to open up for feedback. Participants will receive certificates corresponding to the number of hours/credits.

Programm: → Download the program draft (pdf)

Lecturers (confirmed):

• Prof. Bodo Ahrens, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany - Climate system
• Dr. Francesco Avanzi, CIMA Research Foundation, Italy - Snow
• Dr. Kristina Fröhlich, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany - Seamless prediction
• Prof. Angelika Humbert, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Germany - Ice sheet modelling
• Dorotea Iovino, Ph.D., Fondazione CMCC Bologna, Italy - Sea ice
• Prof. Roland Potthast, DWD, Germany - Model initialisation & data assimilation
• Dr. Silvia Terzago, CNR, ISAC, Italy - Snow
• Dr. Stefan Hagemann, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany - Frozen soils, permafrost

Course site: Westend Campus, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Course period: March 31st, 9:00 to April 4th, 17:00, 2025

Estimated number of participants: 27.5

Application/registration:

The School is open to PhD students and early career scientists (postdocs) in geosciences such as climate science, meteorology, physical oceanography, hydrology and associated fields with a strong interest in the cryosphere in modelling.

The selection criterion follows the principle of “first come, first served". PhD students will be given priority.

We will ask accepted participants to register (registration fee: 50€; free accommodation offered on a twin-share basis).

Please follow the instructions given below.

Deadline for application: December 15th, 2024 

Local Organisation Team: Mittal Parmar, Andrea Radomilja Ruiz, Prof. Dr. Bodo Ahrens - cryoshpere(at)dlist.uni-frankfurt.de

1. Download and fill out the → application form
2. Upload the application form by using the online upload in the → "Hessenbox" portal

Important note: Please rename the PDF file to <family name>_<first name>_cryo25.pdf and follow the instructions given in the upload portal.

Please use the upload form and do not send the application by mail!