10,000 years of avalanches hidden at the bottom of the lake

Hi everyone, Tomorrow at 11h, it is time for our third "talk and discussion" in the Hazards meeting series on "your science and society”. Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal (NORCE) will talk about the work she is doing as part of her PhD. The title for tomorrow’s talk is "Assessing biodiversity shifts in a western Norwegian fjord over the last four centuries using sedimentary ancient DNA”. The presentation will be followed by a general discussion on how science can reach “society”. When: Wednesday 8 April, 11h00 Where: Bjerknes Meeting Room (Jahnebakken 3rd floor) All welcome! Stijn and Mari

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.

Hi everyone, Hope you all had an amazing Easter break:) We’ll have our Stormtracks group meeting (08.04) from 14:00 to 15:00 at U105. This week Birgit will give a talk on Recent increase in dense-water formation on the Laptev Shelf: a shelf-process comeback for the Arctic Ocean. The meeting will be hybrid and you can join remotely via Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1 Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543 | Password: qSKTfKU3 The meeting schedule for this semester is in the following google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9hy45DSeS9qrXl-3l4cNzCPSE9OuBBVqdCu3VY240U/edit?usp=sharing See you all there! :) Cheers, Birgit and Yangfan