Training School

Dear SC,

Martin and me started discussing the training school. We came up with the following suggestions:

• It would be best having the training school in October or November. This is of course during term time, but the participants will likely not have to teach (too much), and the lecturers don't have to participate for the whole duration of the school. Oct and Nov are however well before Christmas and well after the conference period in September. 
• We suggest to combine courses in statistical and dynamical downscaling. Every school (we proposed 4!) should focus on one particular aspect, such as extremes or subdaily scales. 
• The idea would be to have one day of lectures, then some days of lectures and practical training, and finally several days working on a particular project. The project should involve dynamical and statistical downscaling, several methods and a comparison/validation of the results. If possible this might also end up in a scientific publication.
• Actually, I just found out that training schools might also be organised as Early Stage Researcher think tanks - we should reserve one of the four for such a purpose, maybe in the third year.

Setting up RCM runs of course requires a high level technical infrastructure. I have already contacted the COST office for possibilities for financial support, e.g., of required technical staff.

The points we should discuss are the following:

• What do you think about our general suggestions?
• Which institute could provide the infrastructure for such a school?
• How long should such a school last? Two weeks sounds reasonable.
• Where should the school take place (not necessarily at the supervising institute)?
• When should it take place? (where is the weather still nice in November?)

We should come up with a final concept until June 15th such that I can present it at the annual COST meeting  a week later. 

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Cheers,

Douglas