International Summer School in Glaciology
Lecturers
Andy Aschwanden, Ed Bueler, Mark Fahnestock, Regine Hock, Eric Peterson, Martin Truffer (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF); Sarah Child (University of Boulder), Aleah Sommers (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire); Michael Loso (National Park Service Alaska)
Schedule
Tuesday 7 June
07:00 – ca.19:00 Transfer by van Fairbanks – McCarthy
19:30 DINNER
20:30 – 21:00 Practical information (Jon Erdman, Wrangell Mountain Center)
Wednesday 8 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 08:50 Introduction / Practical information (Hock)
08:50 – 09:40 Continuum Mechanics I (Truffer)
09:45 – 10:20 Continuum Mechanics II (Truffer)
10:20 – 10:35 Break
10:35 – 11:25 Continuum Mechanics III (Truffer)
11:30 – 12:20 Introduction to group projects (All)
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30 Exercises: Continuum Mechanics (Truffer)
15:30 – 15:45 Putting up posters / Break
15.45 – 18:30 Student poster session
19:00 DINNER
20:00 – 21:00 Mark Vail (McCarthy): “A View from Here”
Thursday 9 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Glacier mass balance I (Hock)
09:25 – 10:15 Glacier mass balance II (Hock)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Ice flow (Aschwanden)
11:25 – 12:20 Thermodynamics (Aschwanden)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Mass balance (Hock), thermodynamics: Aschwanden)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
20:30 – 21:30 Public Lecture in Kennnicott: The big pancake on the other side of these mountains: What does the future hold for Malaspina Glacier? (Truffer)
Friday 10 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
09:00 – 18:00 Glacier excursion (depending on weather, possibly postponed)
19:30 DINNER
20:00 – Optional: McCarthy’s Friday night softball
Saturday 11 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Glacier meteorology and energy balance I (Hock)
09:25 – 10:15 Glacier meteorology and energy balance II (Hock)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Ice sheet modeling I (Bueler)
11:25 – 12:20 Ice sheet modeling II (Bueler)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Meteorology (Hock), ice flow (Aschwanden)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
Sunday 12 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing I: Introduction (Child)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing II: Ice Flow from Satellites (Fahnestock)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Glacier hydrology I (Sommers)
11:25 – 12:20 Glacier hydrology II (Sommers)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Remote sensing (Child /Fahnestock), Hydrology (Sommers)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
Monday 13 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing III: Elevations (Child)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing IV: Impacts of melt (Fahnestock)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Remote sensing V: Practices and Techniques (Child)
11:25 – 12:20 Inverse modeling (Truffer)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Remote sensing (Child/Fahnestock), Numerical modeling (Bueler)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
Tuesday 14 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:45 Glacial geomorphology/erosion (Loso)
09:45 – 10:00 Break/Prepare for excursion
10:15 – 13:00 Excursion to glacier front (Loso)
LUNCH
14:15 – 15:10 Debris-covered glaciers (Peterson)
15:15 – 16:00 Debris-covered glaciers & Ice on other planetary bodies (Peterson)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16.15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
Wednesday 15 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Tidewater glaciers I (Truffer)
09:25 – 10:15 Tidewater glaciers II (Truffer)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Glacier surges (Hock)
11:25 – 12:20 Wrap-up session, practical information (Hock)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Group projects
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects / Preparation of presentations
19:00 DINNER
Thursday 16 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 10:15 ‘Mini-conference’: Student presentations of group projects (7 groups)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 ‘Mini-conference’: Student presentations of group projects (7 groups)
LUNCH
FREE AFTERNOON
19:00 BANQUET at the pub restaurant
Friday 17 June
07:00 - 8:00 BREAKFAST
08:15 – 19:00 Transfer McCarthy – Fairbanks (campus)
19:30 – Pizza-Party in Fairbanks