CryoDA: Workshop on Data Assimilation for Cryospheric Applications

Experts on different Cryosphere realms and interested researchers are invited to the CryoDA – The Data Assimilation workshop, in Oslo, Norway. Scheduled from the 7th to the 10th of April 2025 at the University of Oslo, Campus Blindern.

Time and place: –, TBA, University of Oslo, Campus Blindern
Photo: Winter landscape near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard captured by a drone camera. Photo credit: Clarissa Willmes

Winter landscape near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard captured by a drone camera. Photo credit: Clarissa Willmes

The CryoDA: Workshop on Data Assimilation for Cryospheric Applications

CryoDA is a workshop where researchers working on different applications of Data Assimilation will discuss the approaches used in their fields to merge observations and models. The aim of the workshop is to write a review paper/primer where the participants discuss about the use of DA methods in the Cryosphere, show some examples and discuss the current challenges and future opportunity of this field.

The CryoDA workshop will be held at University of Oslo, at the university area Campus Blindern during 7-10 April 2025. It is facilitated by the Peder Sather Center and jointly organised by the University of Oslo and University of California, Berkeley.

The program will consist of:

  1. A session about the Bayesian theoretical framework, where the ground is laid for fruitful discussion and presentations of the participants’ own research.
  2. A number of participants are invited to share and demonstrate a tutorial with a simple Data Assimilation application. The participants will see how DA theory is applied in various Cryospheric realms (e.g. Snow, Hydrology, Glaciers, Permafrost)
  3. Discussion: the group is invited to discuss about a selected (but open) topics, challenges and opportunity common to the various applications in an open/group based discussion that will feed directly on the common publication.
  4. Wrap up. More time is granted for continuing the discussions and the groups are invited to wrap the outcome in a paper draft.

More details and registration

Photo: University of Oslo, The University of Oslo Library at Campus Blindern. Photo: GK Tjoflot
University of Oslo, The University of Oslo Library at Campus Blindern. Photo: GK Tjoflot

Register HERE by March 7.

Participation is free of charge and open to anyone with background in Cryosphere DA. In case of large interest we may need to select participants based on their background due to limited space. For more information please send an email to: Marco Mazzolini, email address: marcomaz@geo.uio.no

More details about the programme, room etc. are to come later.

Time: April 7th to the 10th 2025.

Workshop venue: University of Oslo, at the university area Campus Blindern

Workshop Coordinators:

Marco Mazzolini, Désirée Treichler, Kristoffer Aalstad, Ruitang Yang, University of Oslo; Marianne Cowherd, Manuela Girotto, UC Berkeley.

Organiser

Peder Sather Center, an International Research and Educational Collaboration between UC Berkeley and Norway, the Research Council of Norway project SNOWDEPTH, the Section for Geography and Hydrology (GeoHyd), Dept of Geosciences, University of Oslo and the Girotto Lab, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
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