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The 7th Atmospheric Measurement Summer School: September 2012

Isle of Arran, Sunday 9th - Friday 21st September 2012

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The Summer School in Atmospheric Measurement is a two-week field course aimed at atmospheric science PhD students entering their first or second year of research. The School is managed by the Facility for Ground Based Atmospheric Measurement (FGAM) which is part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

Please note that it is also possible for a supervisor to secure a place for a first year student in advance of their PhD start date. The course is also open to early-career researchers new to atmospheric science fieldwork.

Apply now - use the online booking form - 31st May is the Application/Registration deadline.

The Summer School is held annually in September on the Isle of Arran. The first week of the course will be held at the Kildonan Hotel on the south coast of the island and includes lecture presentations from expert atmospheric scientists. The remaining seven days are be held at the Lochranza Field Centre to the north of the island. Here students carry out various field measurement activities.

Please contact Sarah Moller ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) for more information. Also, here is the AMSS Flyer which you can download and put up around your university/department.

The course has been designed for:

  • PhD Students who are researching a specific area of atmospheric science, in order to give them a broad overview of the atmospheric system, and/or
  • PhD Students whose research project involves fieldwork, in order to introduce them to principles of atmospheric fieldwork including instrumentation, data analysis and organising fieldwork.
  • Early-career researchers new to atmospheric science and working in the field.

For more in-depth information about the content of the course please see the about the course page.

Please do note that this course involves a week of outdoor atmospheric measurement activities.

Registration is now open and will close at midnight on the 30th May 2012. Applicants will be notified regarding their application in early July.