Eddy Covariance Flux Measurements Winter School 2019

The Eddy Covariance Flux Measurements Winter School 2019 will take place 10-14 June at the Vuwani Science Resource Centre in Limpopo, South Africa.

The course encompasses a varied format of lectures, hands-on sessions, interactive workshops, discussions, and opportunities for networking. Topics cover various aspects of greenhouse gas monitoring in Africa, with particular emphasis in South Africa. The focus of the course is on measuring techniques; in particular, the Winter School will provide students with theoretical background and hands-on sessions in setting up Eddy Covariance flux measurement instruments and processing data. During the course, participants will also have the chance to get direct feedback and advice on their own project.

The course aims to support young researchers in initiating new projects and taking better advantage of existing Eddy Covariance infrastructures and data.

The Winter School is organised by the partners and collaborators of EMSAfrica, and the EU Horizon 2020 project SEACRIFOG (Supporting EU-African Cooperation on Research Infrastructures for Food Security and Greenhouse Gas Observations).

Course teachers include experts in micrometeorology as well as senior researchers working on different fields using Eddy Covariance flux data in their research. This follows the multidisciplinary, multi-scale approach of EMSAfrica, where Eddy Covariance flux data is linked with different on-site measurements and coupled with remote sensing data to produce models on Southern African vegetation patterns and carbon balance.

Lead teachers are Christian Brümmer (Thünen Institute for Climate-Smart Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany) and Gregor Feig (South African Environmental Observation Network /Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Observation Network).

Who should apply:

Students and early-career researchers (MSc and PhD students and postdoctoral researchers) as well as technicians are encouraged to apply for the Winter School.

The course is primarily intended to participants from Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Applications from other (Southern) African countries will also be considered on a case-by-case basis.