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Dear all,

Mark Seefeldt from the University of Colorado - Boulder who is in Bergen for the spring as a visiting Fulbright Scholar kindly invites you to a workshop or short tutorial on Self-Organising Maps. A brief description of which is below, and the key details are:

When: Wednesday, April 8, 12:30-1:45 PM

Where: BCCR - Undervisningsrom 4020

Please send an email to Mark Seefeldt (mark.seefeldt@colorado.edu) if you would like to download the slides prior to the workshop. Or if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Priscilla

Workshop Description

The method of Self-organizing maps (SOMs) is an artificial neural network data analysis technique that objectively stratifies large volumes of data into a smaller number of recurring patterns on a physically meaningful basis. SOMs have been used for the past 20+ years in the atmospheric and climate sciences identifying patterns in sea-level pressure, winds, relative humidity, and vertical profiles of potential temperature, to name a few applications. This workshop will provide an introduction to the application of SOMs in atmospheric and climate sciences by providing an overview of SOMs, a description of what is done during SOM training, and reviewing two common methods to create SOMs and corresponding analyses. Throughout the presentation there will be a variety examples provided showing the different ways in which SOMs have been applied to atmospheric and climate sciences.