Mountain Weather Course
| Dates & Price May 23-24, 2009 Cost per person is $350 + GST (Price in CDN $) |
Is the weather in the mountains important to you?
Do you want to understand what is going to happen exactly when and where
it matters to you? This year we’re offering a course on weather
that is particular to a mountain environment.
The Mountain Weather Course provides a firm understanding of basic meteorology,
technical interpretation of internet resources, practical observations
and forecasting techniques in the field. In practical terms, you’ll
learn to make weather-dependant decisions before the trip as well as
when you’re in the field. Additionally, you’ll get afrm grasp
of weather patterns in British Columbia and Alberta and be able to use
a huge array of publicly available tools such as satellite and radar
imagery, weather charts, weather observations.
Held at the ACC Clubhouse in Canmore, this course is classroom based
with a mixture of exercises, theory and many anecdotal and outside examples.
We’ll use a vast number of internet resources and go through a
real time weather analysis and forecast. We will be working continuously
on the internet to check current weather and conduct exercises, so bring
your own internet capable laptop if you have one!
Level of Difficulty While there are no prerequisites for this course, you should have had some experience with watching the weather and trying to make mountaineering decisions based on weather reports and forecasts. |
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Staff:
Instructor Uwe Gramann |
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Uwe Gramann has a Master's Degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany with a thesis performed at UBC in 1993. He has worked in different research environments and consulted the Ministry of Forests on meteorological factors influencing tree seedling growth. In 1998 he joined Environment Canada, where he obtained his 'Meteorologist' degree working as a forecaster for aviation, fire weather, road and public applications. He worked in Montreal developing a high-resolution weather model over southern and central British Columbia and was the liaison between operational weather forecasters in the Pacific and Yukon region to model developers. In 2005 Uwe started his private meteorological consulting firm "Mountain Weather Services".. |
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