Date: October 27-29, 2021, each day 10 am -13 pm German time
Format: Virtual workshop via Zoom
Participants: 20+
Language: English, Russian with simultaneous translation
Regional scope: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan
The three days interactive online training on climate data analysis and modelling was organized from 27th to 29th of October. The main goal of the workshop was to give an introduction to climate modelling, climate data and to present different tools and methods for formatting, analysis and visualisation.
Participants included representatives from all Central Asian countries delegated from national Hydrometeorological services, scientific institutes, national universities and NGOs.
The workshop was a combination of practical exercises and lectures. During lectures, an introduction to climate modelling, an overview of different open data sources and tools were presented. The practical part was mainly focused on an introduction to Python programming language and its practical use gate. To enable the participants to follow the course instructions for installing necessary tools and software were distributed before the course.
The theoretical lectures and practical exercises were held by Dr. Iulii Didovets, Dr. Bijan Fallah and Dr. Anastasia Lobanova.