The Master's Degree Programme in Atmosphere-Biosphere Studies

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Summer School 2007
Formation and growth of atmospheric aerosols

Nordic graduate school CBACCI (Biosphere-Carbon-Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions), Nordic master's degree programme ABS (Atmosphere-Biosphere Studies), Finnish graduate school "Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Meteorology of Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change", iLEAPS (Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study) and EUSAAR are pleased to invite students to the 2007 Summer School "Formation and growth of atmospheric aerosols". The Summer School starts on June 25th and ends on July 4th and is held at Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station in Finland.

The course is worth 5 credits of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System)

The course is aimed to MSc and PhD students of atmospheric sciences. Topics that will be covered are:

  • Atmospheric aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosol formation, observations
  • Activation, nano-Köhler
  • Meteorology behind atmospheric aerosol formation
  • Ion induced nucleation
  • Nucleation experiments
  • Instrumentation, cluster, ion and aerosol measurements
  • Thermodynamics and condensation
  • Atmospheric chemistry behind aerosol formation
  • Coagulation, General Dynamic Equation (GDE)
  • Cluster and ion dynamics
  • Hygroscopic growth
  • Global models
  • Organic aerosol
  • Biosphere-aerosol-cloud-climate interaction
  • Processes in the biosphere related to atmospheric aerosol formation

A more detailed programme can be downloaded here. Each day consists of two or three sets of 90 min lectures followed by 90 min exercises with lunch or dinner between the sets.

There will also be recreational events such as sauna and swimming as well as excursions to Siikaneva wetland conservation area, and to Helvetinkolu in Helvetinjärvi National Park.

Location
Hyytiälä Forestry Field station in Southern Finland

Time
Monday, June 25th - Wednesday, July 4th

Transportation schedule:

Sunday, June 24th
19:15Helsinki Railway Station
20:00Helsinki-Vantaa airport
23:15arrival in Hyytiälä

Wednesday, July 4th
09:00departure from Hyytiälä
12:30Helsinki-Vantaa airport
13:00Helsinki Railway Station

Please note that people arriving/departing outside these pick up/drop off times will need to arrange their own transportation to/from Hyytiälä.

Teachers
Prof. Markku Kulmala (University of Helsinki) and Prof. Veli-Matti Kerminen (Finnish Meteorological Institute) will lead the course. There are also several guest lecturers, including Prof. Spyros Pandis (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh), Assoc. Prof. Neil M. Donahue (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh), and Dr. Jim Smith (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder).

Credits and accrediting body and official name
5 ECTS or 3 ov, University of Helsinki
530181 Formation and growth of atmospheric aerosols

Exam
There will be an exam the end of the course, on July 3rd.

Costs
The summer school is free of charge, including accommodation in Hyytiälä, meals and bus transport between Helsinki and Hyytiälä, for all participants. However, only students registered at an institute or university that are sites of the Finnish graduate school, CBACCI or ABS, will have their travel costs reimbursed (see links in the end of this page).

Application
A maximum of 20 students are selected to participate. The selection is based on applications. Applicants must send their application before May 15th to antti.lauri(at)helsinki.fi. The application must include:

  • Full name (surname, first and middle names)
  • Gender (M/F)
  • Address (Institution or home address)
  • Date of birth
  • Affiliated university and supervisor
  • Status of studies (MSc, PhD, BSc), degree programme and titles of relevant courses
  • Field of study (Meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology etc.)

Successful applicants will be selected within a week after the application deadline.

More information about the networks:

CBACCI (Biosphere-Carbon-Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions, Nordic graduate school)

ABS (Nordic Master's Degree Programme in Atmosphere-Biosphere Studies)

Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Meteorology of Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change (Finnish graduate school) (in Finnish only)

iLEAPS (Integrated Land Ecosystem - Atmosphere Processes Study)

EUSAAR (European Supersites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research)