Global Atmosphere Watch Training and Education Centre
GAWTEC provides scientific guidance and instructions to
GAW
station personnel from worldwide global and regional stations.
NEWS
GAWTEC Online Course
1. Register on WMO Moodle
2. Write an E-Mail with your username to gawtec@schneefernerhaus.de to get enrolled
General Information
Global Atmosphere Watch Training & Education Centre (GAWTEC) is part of GAW Quality Assurance/Science Activity Centre (QA/SAC)
Germany and responsible for training and education of station personnel from global and regional GAW
stations by teaching measurement techniques and data analysis.
Global Atmosphere Watch Training & Education Centre (GAWTEC) is part of GAW Quality Assurance/Science Activity Centre (QA/SAC) Germany and responsible for training and education of station personnel from global and regional GAW stations by teaching measurement techniques and data analysis.
GAWTEC, operated through funds from the German Federal Environment Agency
("Umweltbundesamt", UBA)
and the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, is based at the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus
("Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus",
UFS), which accommodates the high-alpine platform of the GAW Global Station "Zugspitze/Hohenpeissenberg".
GAWTEC offers its courses twice a year and is meant only for technicians and junior scientists who work at stations with instruments and data - not for senior scientists and managers.
GAWTEC offers its courses twice a year and is meant only for technicians and junior scientists who work at stations with instruments and data - not for senior scientists and managers.
GAWTEC courses are held exclusively in English. Trainees must therefore have good English language skills to follow lectures, instrument instructions and deepening discussions.
Travel costs to/from Munich Airport are covered by the WMO. As these travel funds are limited, the participants are encouraged (if possible) to seek for travel support in their institutions.
Lodging, food and local travel expenses are covered by GAWTEC.
Most of the time trainees are accommodated in the UFS (double rooms with shower/WC). Due to climate and weather at UFS (elevation 2650 m), clothing must be adequate to the high-alpine environment; formal clothing is not required. Trainees must be in good health condition to avoid high altitude related effects; people with heart and circulatory problems are not allowed to participate.
Travel costs to/from Munich Airport are covered by the WMO. As these travel funds are limited, the participants are encouraged (if possible) to seek for travel support in their institutions.
Lodging, food and local travel expenses are covered by GAWTEC.
Most of the time trainees are accommodated in the UFS (double rooms with shower/WC). Due to climate and weather at UFS (elevation 2650 m), clothing must be adequate to the high-alpine environment; formal clothing is not required. Trainees must be in good health condition to avoid high altitude related effects; people with heart and circulatory problems are not allowed to participate.
