6 – 15 June 2016 / Bracciano, Italy
The Bracciano satellite summer school has become a tradition. As well as some of the best teachers, Jochen Kerkmann and Ralph Benartz, but wonderful scenery.
There is a lot of ground to cover so the pace of the training is quite intense and some pre-knowledge is required. Students at the 2016 summer school were from many different backgrounds: forecasters in general and aviation meteorology, model programmers, climatologists and even physicists. Therefore, pre-reading material was provided.
Each day two classes were held, one in the morning, another in the afternoon. To get a better understanding of the lectures, after each session students did McIDAS labs in pairs and after the labs were finished, everyone went through the results together.
Another good part were lab helpers — students of previous summer schools. This way if you had technical problem or a scientific question, there was always a friendly face to help out.
This is a great way to learn, meet new people in similar scientific fields, and have fun doing it.