FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Accommodation
Shared lodging (2 people per room) and meals are covered, e.g. breakfast, lunches, dinners, coffee breaks and social events are included. Please find more infos about the venue here.

Audience: 
This training workshop aims at inspiring early career scientists including advanced PhD students, postdocs, and Junior Faculty to use “big data” to address continental to global scale emerging issues in GHG science. We are seeking early-adopters who wish to broaden and deepen their knowledge or to identify new research opportunities dedicated to GHG research. This 10-day course will be offered to 20-24 participants, who are expected to know basic computer programming in at least one language. Students need to be sufficiently proficient in English.

Costs:
no fee, shared lodging and meals included 
Participants are responsible for their own travel to Aix-en-Provence or Marseille in France, and for e.g. personally upgrade (private room or rental car). The venue is not reachable by public transport but a shuttle will be organised to reach the workshop venue from Aix-en-Provence (TGV) train stop or Marseille Airport (and return).

Duration:
10 days: Tuesday noon until Friday noon
The workshop starts with a welcome of all participants on Tuesday, June 2 at 2PM at the venue. 
The lectures will be starting from Wednesday, 3rd and will be finishing on Thursday, 11th  from 9am-6pm with lunch and coffee breaks in between. On training days, there will be two sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The closing session will be on Friday, June 12 morning. A field trip and evening events are planned. The participants need to work on their projects in their free time during the workshop. The Sunday will be off and can be used privately (day trip will be organised).

How to get there:
A shuttle bus will bring all of you from Marseille-Airport and Aix-en-Provence TGV stop to the venue, and back. Thus, you have the opportunity to come by fast train (to Aix-en-Provence, check: www.tgv.fr) or by plane (Marseille-Airport). The bus ride will take approx. 2 hours each way. Please be at the meeting points at least 20mins in advance. Do not be late.

Language: English

Poster:
We plan to have a poster session, therefore prepare a poster (DinA0 portrait) to explain your research question and bring it to the workshop as a print-out. 

Purpose:
The ICOS-NEON Carbon workshop 2015 will provide core knowledge of the scientific theory of atmospheric and ecosystem-level Carbon GreenHouse Gases, their process scales and role with the climate system, how to measure them, and how to use data in emerging applications requiring cross-scale data from different network. The course/workshop will build early-career users that will benefit from these techniques throughout their career, and be early adopters of ICOS, NEON and other network data.

To submit an application please provide (via online tool after registration):

1. statement of interest (statement as to why you want to participate in the course and how you anticipate it helping your research, max 1 page)
2. CV (max. 2 pages)
3. letter of support (letter/email sent from your major advisor supporting your application, max. 1 page) 

Tentative application deadline (extended) is April 22, 2015. Selections will be announced by April 30 (tbc).
Please find more infos here.

Twitter:
The workshop can be followed on Twitter through the hashtag #carbonws2015. Feel free to send your tweets with #carbonws2015 and be part of the workshop.

Visa:
Please let us know, if you need a letter of invitation to complete your visa application forms. Send a request to carbonws2015@sciencesconf.org

Weather:
Station OHP

What to bring: 
The participants are required to bring a laptop (and power cable), internet connection will be available.

Do not forget your identity card.

Attention: There are no shops and hospitals in the near vicinity. Participants should bring their required medicine, or snacks.

Some things you might want to bring:
- small daypack, shoes and clothing suitable for walking through the oak trees
- drinking bottle (to fill up with tab or fountain water)
- sun protection (lotion, hat, sun glasses) and rain protection
- flashlight
- warm clothes for night (weather conditions can change with the mistral)
- jogging shoes: the landscape is beautiful and there are some trails around
- binoculars to watch the stars