Short Course in Sea Ice-Ocean Modeling and Data Assimilation
Venue
Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen
Date
December 6-7 2006
Organisers
FastOpt and OASys
Target Audience
Graduate students to senior scientists with basic knowledge in Fortran programming and mathematics
Format
2 full days, with lectures in the morning and hands-on sessions in the afternoon
Programme
Day 1: Coupled Ice-Ocean Modelling
Morning lecture:
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Introduction to the Arctic Climate System
- Feedbacks in the system
- Impact of mid-latitudes on the Arctic System
- Impact of the Arctic System on mid-latitudes
- Data coverage in the Arctic
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Coupled Sea Ice-Ocean Modeling
- 3D modelling: where are we?
- Reducing the complexity on simple box model level
Afternoon hands-on training:
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Implementation of a simple box model of the Arctic
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Application of the model for simulation
- Sensitivity studies
- Identification of key parameters
Day 2: Sensitivity Studies and Data Assimilation
Morning lecture:
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Introduction to automatic differentiation
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Tangent linear and adjoint sensitivities
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Variational data assimilation
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Second derivatives, Hessians
Afternoon hands-on training:
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Automatic differentiation of box model from day 1
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Application to tangent linear and adjoint sensitivity studies
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Application to variational data assimilation
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Estimation of uncertainties via second derivatives
Required Equipment
Each participant is requested to bring an own notebook equipped with:
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a Fortran 90 compiler
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an editor
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a network card for LAN connection or wireless card, and
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Linux/Unix with ssh or Windows with cygwin installed and ssh
Cost
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The course is funded by the European Commission via the
FP6
integrated project
DAMOCLES
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Participation is free of charge.
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Accommodation costs are not covered, a list of hotels will be posted at this
site.
Application
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The course is complete. Unfortunately we cannot accept any further applicants.