The Austral Winter Institute "Approaches and tools for numerical modeling of high latitude ecosystems"
Course Description

The Institute of Marine and Limnological Sciences and the research center Investigación de Ecosistemas marinos De Altas Latitudes (IDEAL) of University Austral of Chile and Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacífico Sur-oriental (COPAS Sur Austral) of the University of Concepción, Chile are organizing an Austral Winter Institute that is focused on the general theme of "Approaches and Tools for Numerical Modeling of High Latitude Ecosystems".

The 2019 Austral Winter Institute will offer three one-week courses that focus on end-to-end marine food webs, connectivity and sustainability of marine planktonic populations, and biogeochemical models with data assimilation for marine systems.  Each course will emphasize numerical modeling and quantitative data methods.  The courses will be structured around overview lectures with related hands-on training modules.  Lectures will introduce general concepts related to each topic, with specific applications drawn from high latitude marine systems. Example applications include high latitude circulation models, approaches for modeling meroplanktonic larvae growth, development and connectivity via ocean circulation, bioenergetics of key species, such as Antarctic krill, and Antarctic food webs. The hands-on training modules provide training in implementation of computer codes developed for specific numerical model applications.  Course participants will have the opportunity to develop numerical modeling applications related to their research.  


Week 1 -  End-to-end food web models (22 - 26 July)
Week 2 -  Understanding connectivity, sustainability and ecology (29 July – 2 August)
Week 3 -  Biogeochemical models with data assimilation (5 – 9 August)

We invite graduate, advance undergraduate and early career scientists and professionals from Chile and abroad to apply.

To apply to the Austral Winter Institute:
Complete the following online application form with your personal information, educational background and financial support requirements. Complete a statement of interest (500 words maximum) and send a letter of recommendation from your advisor and a Curriculum Vitae (2 pages). Instructions for submitting documents are provided below.

Application DEADLINE: 15 mayo 2019

Location: Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Teja Campus, Valdivia - Chile

Tuition: US$ 250

Fellowships are available for qualified applicants




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Week 1. End-to-end food web models
Lectures will consider the theory and concepts of end-to-end marine food webs, with particular application to high latitude marine systems.  Food webs models constructed for Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic systems will be used to illustrate development and implementation of theoretical concepts, model parameterization and data needs, and approaches for analyzing simulation results.  Hands-on training modules based on Ecopath and Ecosim provide instruction in Implementation of end-to-end food web models.  Course participants will have the opportunity to develop food web models related to their research.  
Course Lecturers:   Dr. Sergio Neira (Universidad de Concepción), Dr. Ricardo Giesecke (Universidad Austral de Chile), Dr. Hector Paves (Universidad Santo Tomás), Dr. Andrea Piñones . (Universidad Austral de Chile)
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Week 2. Understanding connectivity, sustainability and ecology
Lectures will focus on models specific to high latitude systems intended to understand processes related to connectivity via ocean circulation, growth of meroplanktonic larvae and bioenergetics of key species.   Lectures will consider general concepts related to each topic, with specific applications based from high latitude marine systems. Hands-on training modules will focus on implementation of individual-based models and bioenergetic models. Matlab or equivalent computer programming knowledge is required.  
Course Lecturers: Dr. Eileen Hofmann (Old Dominion University), Dr. Diego Narváez (Universidad de Concepción), Dr. Andrea Piñones (Universidad Austral de Chile), Michael Dinniman (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography - Old Dominion University)
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Week 3. Biogeochemical models with data assimilation
This course will provide students useful tools for evaluating biogeochemical processes in ocean systems. The course will overview mathematical models that describe biogeochemical cycling in ocean systems, numerical methods (discretization in space and time, finite differences, boundary and initial conditions) for biogeochemical models and introduce data assimilation methods.  Knowledge of Matlab or equivalent programming knowledge is required.  Course Lecturers: Dr. Daniel Kaufman (U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office - Chesapeake Research Consortium), Dr. Eileen Hofmann (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography - Old Dominion University),  Dr. John Klinck (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography - Old Dominion University)
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The U.S. National Science Foundation has provided funds to support U.S.-based graduate students and early career scientists to attend the Winter Institute.  U.S. applicants should send a recommendation letter from their advisor and curriculum vita (2 page maximum) to Eileen Hofmann (hofmann@ccpo.odu.edu). Non U.S.-based applicants send documents to Andrea Piñones (andrea.pinones@uach.cl ).  Application deadline is 15 April 2019.  
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