BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260808T122644EDT-5241oNpKaw@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260808T162644Z DESCRIPTION:a free lecture series offered\nMondays and Wednesdays\, January 12-28\, 2009\n4 - 5:30 pm\nregister by email: angela.mansi [at] mcgill.ca \n\n \n\n\nDid you ever think\, “Where did Al Gore get the information to \nshow those global climate change predictions in his documentary\, An\nIn convenient Truth?” Do you ever wonder how the figures are\nactually genera ted? OK\, so you may know that the “data” comes from\ncomplex\, expensive\ , computer-driven global climate change models\,\nbut did you know that th ere are many models and their predictions\nmay vary? And\, how can we inte rpret the output of these models on a\nregional scale when they produce a single data point for an area ~\nthe size of New Brunswick? By answering a ll of these questions\, and\nthen some\, this special crash course aims to give\nacademics\, NGOs and\npolicy-makers a better appreciation of the sc ience\nof climate prediction and its utility for policy-makers across all \ndisciplines.\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090128 LOCATION:Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:GEC3 Lecture Series-Understanding Global Climate Models: Basics fo r the Non-Climate Scientist URL:/channels/event/gec3-lecture-series-understanding- global-climate-models-basics-non-climate-scientist-103559 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR