Event Type
Field Training and Schools
Event Dates
2015-09-08 - 2015-09-19
Location
Karthaus, Italy
The course provides a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. Topics include:
- Continuum mechanics
- Kinematics
- Ice rheology
- Sliding and hydraulics
- Numerical modeling
- Polar meteorology
- Ice-ocean interaction
- Ice cores
- Interaction of ice sheets with the solid earth
- Glacier fluctuations
Lectures will be given in the morning and exercises (including computer projects) in the afternoon. An excursion will be organized to nearby glaciers. The course is meant for Ph.D. students that work on a glaciology-related climate project. Some places are available for junior scientists. The registration fee is € 700. This covers lodging, full board, excursion and course material.
Lecturers include:
- T. Blunier
- O.Eisen
- H. Gudmundsson
- A. Jenkins
- N. Karlsson
- F. Ng
- F. Pattyn
- A. Stroeven
- C. Tijm-Reijmer
- R. van de Wal
- J. Oerlemans (convenor)
Send your application to the convenor (j.oerlemans [at] uu.nl), before 18 May 2015. You will be notified about the decision of the Selection Committee by 15 June 2015.
Your application should include:
- A statement why you want to participate in this course
- Affiliation, name of supervisor
- A description of your research project (~200 words)
- A curriculum vitae
Please supply this information as a single PDF file.