SMEAR Estonia
Events
Doctoral School 2024 - Data Science and AI in Forest ecosystem - atmosphere interactions
14-23 August 2024 (Järvselja and Tartu)
The summer school covered topics of Data Science, sensor applications, IoT, modern technologies in computing on
data related to Forest ecosystems and atmopsheric measurements.
The event was split into two parts, one organised at the Järvselja Training and Experimental Forestry District and the SMEAR Estonia station. In that part, we developed in group projects new sensor prototypes and deployed and tested them on site in the forest at the SMEAR Estonia area.
The second part took place at EMÜ in Tartu and we built a cluster computer and deployed containerized services to it.
The students tested a new way of using cheap mobile phones as gateways for sensor automations and IoT services. The students also learned how to use the data from the sensors and how to apply AI and machine learning on the data to get new insights on the forest ecosystem and atmosphere interactions. We also trained several computer vision models on pictures taken from forest at the SMEAR Estonia station and implemented the training as well to the new cluster computer.
Järvselja Spring School 2017 - Biological processes in the biosphere-atmosphere system
2-12 May 2017
The main topic of the course is understanding and assessing of biological processes as backbone of the dynamics in the multiscale soil-biosphere-atmosphere system. The course is based on intensive work in small groups, hands-on sessions, and field experiments. It involves a few short relevant lectures, with the main emphasis placed on intensive group work. The students will write a blog during the course and a summarizing final report written after the course. The course is aimed at MSc students and PhD students in atmospheric and biospheric sciences. During the course the students will utilize trace gas, meteorological and ecophysiological data measured at field stations in order to learn advanced data treatment and data analysis methods. The main tool used on the course is MATLAB.
The grand opening of SMEAR Estonia
25 August 2015
The official opening took place on 25 August, together with the
EMÜ rector Mait Klaassen, representative of
the Ministry of Science and Education Toivo Räim, Finnish Academy Professor Markku Kulmala the
coordinater of SMEAR Estonia. Dr. rer. nat Steffen M. Noe opened the measurement station.
The opening ceremony was followed by participants of the 19th Finnish-Estonian Air Ion Workshop
(24-26 August 2015) held at Pühajärve, Estonia and the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference (23-30 August 2015)
held in Tartu and local representatives of Tartu University, Estonian Science Agency and the
Järvselja Forest Research and Training Centre.
Autumn 2014 School - Physics and Chemistry of Air Pollution and Their Effects
October 6-15 2014
University of Helsinki and Estonian University of Life Sciences are pleased to announce the intensive course in the Physics and Chemistry of Air Pollution and Their Effects to be held at the Järvselja Experimental Forestry Station (SMEAR Estonia) in south east Estonia! Course dates are October 6-15 2014. The course is organized as a joint effort between the Department of Physics and the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of Helsinki and the Department of Plant Physiology at the Estonian University of Life Sciences.
