  Short Course Target Deadline has been moved to is May 23rd, 2008!
Technical short courses provide hands-on technical training to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty members, and scientists. Each course equips participants with the tools necessary to conduct research in a particular subdiscipline of biosphere-atmosphere interactions. BART also offers classroom based short courses that are typically led by multiple instructors lecturing on their area of expertise.
The short courses are offered over a five to eight-day (see the BART Calendar) period at the University of Michigan’s Biological Station (UMBS), an outstanding venue for courses of many kinds, with extensive classroom, computing, and laboratory facilities. The University of Michigan Biological Station is located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the south shore of Douglas Lake.
The cost for the short courses include lodging and dining, as well as facility and lab fees. Course dates listed are for actual class dates. Please allow for one day of travel to and from the Station. For more information, contact the BART office at 888-647-0536, bartumbs@umich.edu, in Ann Arbor. Course descriptions are available below. Download the 2008 Short Course Flyer.
Essentials in Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions (flyer)
June 23-July 1, 2008 Register by May 23rd for Discounted Cost: $1725
A classroom based short course team-taught by experienced biosphere-atmosphere researchers and coordinated by Dr. Steven Bertman and Dr. David Karowe of Western Michigan University. Topics include: Global Climate Change, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Plant Physiology, Forest Ecophysiology, Aquatic Ecology, Global Biogeochemical Processes, Plant-Atmosphere Interactions, Water-Atmosphere Interactions, and Soil-Atmosphere Interactions. Download a copy of the 2007 Course Syllabus .
Flux Measurement Fundamentals (flyer)
July 7-11, 2008 Register by May 23rd for Discounted Cost: $1500
A technical short course in the use of micrometeorological methods to obtain and analyze fluxes of momentum, heat, and chemical species by eddy-covariance, eddy accumulation and related techniques. Topics covered include theory of turbulent exchange measurements, flux measurement techniques, installation and operation of an EC and energy balance measurement site, and QA/QC. Course content will not overlap with course to be offered by NCAR. Course will be co-taught by Dr. Hans Peter (HaPe) Schmid, Indiana University, Dr. Alex Guenther, NCAR, and Dr Brian Lamb, Washington State University. Download a copy of the 2007 Course Syllabus.
Methods in Plant Physiological Ecology for Climate Change Research (flyer)
Cancelled for summer 2008
A technical short course in key ecophysical methods, predicated on the concept that plants mediate aspects of mass and energy exchanges between ecosystems and the atmosphere. Topics covered include gas exchange, water relations, root dynamics, and stable isotopes. Course will be taught by Dr. Peter Curtis and Dr. Chris Gough of Ohio State University. Download a copy of the 2007 Course Syllabus
Ecosystem Modeling Course (flyer)
July 14th-18th, 2008 Register by May 23rd for Discounted Cost: $1500
A technical short course in Ecosystem modeling that combines facets of ecosystem ecology, population and community ecology, and dynamic-systems modeling theory and techniques. The course addresses the manner in which biotic communities both drive, and are constrained by, ecosystem-level flows of carbon, nutrients, water, and energy. Students will work in an interactive, hands-on, combined lecture-laboratory format. Students will learn the Stella dynamic systems modeling language (no prior Stella experience is needed). The class will work through one extended case study: building a process-based model of forest succession, including production and decomposition, and linked to flows and storage of carbon and nitrogen. Students will then have time either to improve on this model in a creative way or to work on the development of their own separate model with the help of the instructor. Course taught by Dr. William Currie of the University of Michigan. Download a tentative syllabus for the course.
Download the 2008 application form
We will send a more detailed list of items and general information about UMBS along with confirmation of your registration. Please do not bring pets.
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