Research stay at McGill University (Andrea Klus)

February 25 - March 25, 2016, Montréal, Canada

From 25th February to 25th March 2016 I stayed in Montréal to work at the McGill University in Montréal, Canada. The McGill university is one of the oldest universities of Canada with almost 40000 enrolled students. During my stay I worked with Bruno Tremblay and his working group in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Some of the PhD students are in ArcTrain as well, which made it very easy for me to find contacts.
He and his group work on high latitude climate and climate variability, especially sea-ice, with a lot of projects on different aspects.
During my stay I calculated several volume and freshwater fluxes and the total budget of the Arctic for a CCSM3 model run. Discussions with Bruno, the other members of the group, e.g. during the weekly group meeting and other researchers were very interesting and helpful. I got new insights and perspectives regarding my and other peoples research and were able to experience the working in science not only in another working group but also in another country.

Besides working in a foreign country, I had the opportunity to explore Montréal and the surrounding. Montréal is a very interesting and colorful city and there is a lot to see and discover, e.g. the Biosphere, the Olympic Stadium and of course the Mount Royal with a maximum height of 233 m. During summertime it is a popular place to meet people and hosts the 'Tam-Tams'. Within the four weeks of my stay in Montréal we got lots of snow so you could go tobogganing or take a run in the snow.
Overall, my research stay in Montréal was an interesting and inspiring experience for me. I very much enjoyed the hospitality of my hosts at the University and was able to establish new contacts with colleagues from Canada. Moreover, it was very nice to meet again the Canadian ArcTrain students and PIs. Finally, I would like to thank ArcTrain to make this research stay happen.

Andrea Klus