Program

International Summer School in Glaciology - Schedule

Lecturers

Andy Aschwanden (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF), Ed Bueler (UAF), Mark Fahnestock, (UAF), Regine Hock (UAF/Oslo Univ.), Martin Truffer (UAF); Gwenn Flowers (Simon Fraser University, Canada), Alicia Rutledge (Northern Arizona University); Guest lecturer: Mike Loso (National Park Service).

Saturday 6 June
06:45 – ca.19:00 Drive from Fairbanks to McCarthy
19:30 DINNER
20:30 – 21:00 Practical information (Gabby Markel, Wrangell Mountain Center)

Sunday 7 June
07:30 – 08:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:00 Introduction / Practical information (Hock)
09:00 – 09:40 Continuum Mechanics I (Truffer)
09:45 – 10:20 Continuum Mechanics II (Truffer)
10:20 – 10:35 Break
10:35 – 11:35 Continuum Mechanics III (Truffer)
11:35 – 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 McCarthy softball evening (public village event)

Monday 8 June
07:30 – 08:20 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 Glacier hydrology I (Flowers)
11:25 – 12:20 Glacier hydrology II (Flowers)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Mass balance (Hock), hydrology (Flowers)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

20:00 – 21:00 Mark Vail (McCarthy): Stories on McCarthy´s rich cultural history

Tuesday 9 June
07:30 – 08:20 BREAKFAST
09:00– 18:00 Glacier excursion (may be moved to Wednesday depending on weather)
19:30 DINNER

Wednesday 10 June

07:30 – 08:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Ice flow (Aschwanden)

09:25 – 10:15 Thermodynamics (Aschwanden)

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 12:30 Exercises: ice flow, thermodynamics (Aschwanden, Truffer, Bueler)
LUNCH

14:00 – 15:15 Glacial geomorphology/erosion (Loso)
15:15 – 15:30 Break/Prepare for excursion
15:30 – 18:30 Excursion to glacier front (Loso)

20:30 – 21:30  Public talk: Red Planet, Blue Ice: Studying Mars glaciers here on Earth (Rutledge)

Thursday 11 June

07:30 – 08:20 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  Remote sensing I: Fundamentals and optical imagery (Rutledge)

11:25 – 12:20  Remote sensing II: Radar concepts (Fahnestock)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Meteorology (Hock), Remote sensing (Rutledge /Fahnestock)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Friday 12 June

07:30 – 08:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing III: Remote sensing of ice flow (Fahnestock)

09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing  IV: Measuring ice elevation (Rutledge)

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:20 Numerical glacier modeling I (Bueler)
11:25 – 12:20 Numerical glacier modeling II (Bueler)
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:00 Exercises: Remote sensing (Rutledge /Fahnestock), OR Numerical modeling (Bueler)
15:00 – 15:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Saturday 13 June

07:30 – 08:20 BREAKFAST

08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing V: Remote sensing applications (Fahnestock/Rutledge)
09:25 – 10:15 Inverse modeling (Truffer)

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:30  Glacier surges (Flowers)
11:35 – 12:20  Radar observations on ice (Christoffersen)
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:00 Group projects
15:00 – 15:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Sunday 14 June

07:30 – 08:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Tidewater glaciers I (Truffer)
09:25 – 10:15 Tidewater glaciers II (Truffer)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 Glacier hazards (Hock)
11:00 – 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

Monday 15 June
07:30– 08:20 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

Tuesday 16 June
07:00 – 07:45 BREAKFAST
08:15 – (earliest) 19:00 Drive to Fairbanks (campus)
19:30 –  Pizza-Party in Fairbanks