Hallo Leute!
My name is Yağmur Yıldız, and I am about to take you on a journey through my recent internship experience at 52°North as part of my Master’s program at the University of Münster.
But first, let’s rewind a bit. My story begins during my Geomatics Engineering Bachelor studies in Turkey when I ventured to Germany for an Erasmus Internship. This adventure would spark a decision to continue my academic journey in Germany. I started my Master’s Degree in Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science at the University of Münster in April 2022.
A Behind-the-Scenes Peek into My Internship at 52N
Are you wondering what it’s like to pursue an internship at 52°North (52N)? Well, this blog post aims to describe exactly that. My name is Merel and in this blog post will take you through my experience of doing a six-month internship at 52N.
52N @ EGU General Assembly
Vienna! Known for its outstanding beauty, its distinct culture, and the EGU General Assembly. Well, ok, EGU is probably only in the minds of people with a geoscience background, because EGU is the European Geosciences Union, and the General Assembly is the annual conference full of oral talks and poster presentations. The conference is not just big, it is huge. This year (April 23 – 28, 2023), more than 17,000 people from research and industry gathered in Vienna to disseminate their findings, network with familiar and unfamiliar faces, and listen to presentations covering all disciplines in earth sciences. This makes the conference one of the few opportunities to reach such a diverse audience and get feedback or inspiration from many different experts.
So, how can such a conference be complete without 52°North? Short answer: It can’t! For this reason, 52°North’s research software engineers Katharina Demmich and Markus Konkol headed south to talk about research data infrastructures in the context of the I-CISK project, harmonized sharing of ocean observing data, and communicating data quality through open reproducible research in the context of the MINKE project.
An Open Source Infrastructure for End User Climate Services
Building an Open Source Infrastructure for Next Generation End User Climate Services
At the recent EGU conference, 52°North presented the current status of the cloud-based web platform implemented within the I-CISK project. The I-CISK project aims to bridge the gap between science and society in the development of adaptation strategies to climate change. Although various research studies are currently addressing this challenge, the knowledge gained rarely reaches society in a format that can be easily understood and applied to adapt to climate threats. Therefore, the I-CISK consortium follows a co-creation process in which stakeholders as well as software infrastructure developers and climate modelers work in close collaboration. Together with GECOsistema, 52°North is leading the implementation of an open source web platform that will provide climate indicators to stakeholders in a comprehensive way. The platform will connect modeling tools for weather forecasts and climate projections with local data sources as well as available climate services, e.g. from the Copernicus Earth observation program.