Methods in Bioclimatology (Dr. Christian Stiegler, University of Göttingen + Dr. Tania June, IPB University)

The measurement and analysis of climate and meteorological parameters is diverse and complex which involves knowledge of various disciplines and instrumentation, e.g. basic physical and technical understanding, knowledge of the software systems, programming, and statistical and data analysis. Lack of basic training in these disciplines may result in inconsistent and uncontinuous measurement series of climatic and meteorological parameters.

A two-day training workshop was conducted by Dr. Christian Stiegler (University of Göttingen) and Dr. Tania June (IPB University) on May 2 and 3, 2018 at both the EFForTS laboratory at UNJA and the climate tower of A03 at PTPN VI to provide our counterparts and stakeholders an introduction to meteorological measurements and climate data analysis. The workshop consisted of two major parts: 1) visit of the climate tower at PTPN VI for demonstration purposes of the functions and basic principles of the meteorological instruments, and 2) hands-on practice of data analysis of the major meteorological parameters.

Eleven participants from PTPN VI, BMKG (Agency for Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics, Indonesia), UNJA and EFForTS took part in the training.