Study atmospheric science
Dates: January 20-24 2025
Location: National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Fairbairn House, University of Leeds
The Introduction to Atmospheric Science training course provides students and early career researchers with a broad overview of atmospheric science, laying down the foundation for more detailed study and fieldwork.
Leading atmospheric scientists will introduce you to the key concepts of atmospheric science, broadening your understanding of atmospheric processes and interactions.
Participants will build their knowledge while developing an awareness of how their work relates to others in the atmospheric science community.
The key areas covered in the course are:
1. Introduction to weather systems (including atmospheric thermodynamics, weather systems, cloud physics, atmospheric boundary layer)
2. Atmospheric composition of the mesosphere, stratosphere and troposphere
3. Air quality and atmospheric aerosols
4. Climate (including variability and modelling, atmospheric chemistry, radiative forcings)
How to apply
We strongly encourage anyone applying to attend the Atmospheric Measurement and Modelling Summer School, 2025, also attends the Introduction to Atmospheric Science.
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Learning outcomes
We aim for students to:
Teaching staff
The course is delivered by experts in the field from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, other NERC Research Centres, and UK universities.
Key staff include:
Course schedule
The Introduction to Atmospheric Science Course will take place in person at NCAS Headquarters, Fairbairn House, University of Leeds.
The course will run from Monday 20th January to Friday 24th January 2025. The course will run from 9am-6pm each day with an earlier finish of approximately 2pm on Friday.
Costs
Full academic rate £709
Educational discount rate £541
The education discount may be available to those students or post-docs not eligible for the subsidised rate.
NCAS subsidised rate £353
The NCAS subsidised rate is available to UK & EU students attending UK universities or students supervised by NCAS staff.
Once you have been offered a place on this course, you will be asked to pay the course fees via the University of Leeds online store.
Commercial rate
Attendees from commercial organisations should contact training@ncas.ac.uk to discuss the course fee.
The course fee includes all tuition, activities, materials and organised social events.
Travel and accommodation
Accommodation is not provided as part of the course and students should arrange their own. Students are responsible for arranging and paying for their own transport to and from the course.
Terms and conditions
Fees
Attendees are required to pay in full by credit/debit card or provide a valid purchase order from their home organisation by the confirmation deadline. All payments and refunds are processed by the University of Leeds.
Cancellations/ refunds
Attendee cancellations are subject to a £50 administration fee, plus any accommodation cancellation costs incurred by us, where the cancellation is made more than six weeks (twelve weeks for the Atmospheric Measurement Summer School) before the date of the training course. The remaining balance of the course fee will be refunded.
No refund is payable for a cancellation made within six weeks (twelve weeks for the Atmospheric Measurement Summer School) immediately prior to the training course – in this event the full course fee will remain payable. In the event that a place can be filled by another student then the full fee (less the £50 administration fee) will be refunded once the replacement student has paid in full.
All cancellations must be sent in writing to training@ncas.ac.uk.
Amendments and cancellations
It may be necessary for us to change the content and timing of a course, the staff, the date or the venue. In the unlikely event of the course being cancelled, we will provide a full refund. For all bookings, the liability of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science/University of Leeds shall be limited to the amount of the fee paid to the National Centre for Atmospheric Science/University of Leeds by the delegate.