Program Schedule

Schedule 2014

Download a pdf of the schedule here (Last update 13 August 2014)

Lecturers

Andy Aschwanden (UAF), Nick Barrand (Univ. of Birmingham), Ed Bueler (UAF), Jon-Ove Hagen (Oslo Univ.), Regine Hock (UAF), Mike Loso (APU Anchorage), Martin Truffer (UAF);
Lindsay Bartholomew (science communicator, Miami)
Vladimir Alexeev (UAF, IARC; 2 days)

Wednesday 6 August

07:15 – ca.19:00 Transfer Fairbanks - McCarthy
19:30 DINNER
20:30 - 21:00 Practical information (Kristin Link)

Thursday 7 August

08:30 – 08:45 Introduction / Practical information (Hock)
08:45 – 09.35 Continuum Mechanics I (Truffer)
09:35 - 10.20 Continuum Mechanics II (Truffer)
10:20 – 10:35 Break
10:35 – 11:25 Continuum Mechanics III (Truffer)
11:25 – 12:20 Science communication (Bartholomew)
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30 Exercises
(Truffer with help by Aschwanden/Bueler; Bartholomew)
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”

Friday 8 August

08:30 – 09:20 Glacier mass balance I (Hagen)
09:30 – 10:20 Glacier mass balance II (Hagen)
10:20 – 10:35 Break
10:40 – 11:30 Glacier mass balance III (Hock)
11:40 – 12:30 Glacier flow (Aschwanden)
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:00 Exercises (Hock/Hagen)
15:00 – 16:00 Group projects
15:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17.15 Group projects
17:30 – 18:30 Arctic climate and sea ice (Vladimir Alexeev)
18:30 DINNER
McCarthy’s Friday night softball

Saturday 9 August

09:00 – 18:00 Glacier excursion (Loso/Hock)
19:00 DINNER in Kennicott
20:30-21:30 Public Lecture in Kennicott: “When ice meets water” (Martin Truffer)

Sunday 10 August

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 (Hock, Aschwanden (ice flow))
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Monday 11 August

08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing I (Barrand)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing II (Barrand)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Inverse methods (Truffer)
11:25 – 12:20 Science communication (Bartholomew)

14:00 – 16:00 Exercises (Barrand, Bartholomew)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Tuesday 12 August

08:30 – 09:45 Glacial geomorphology (Loso)
09:45 – 10:00 Break/Prepare for excursion
10:15 – 13:00 Excursion to glacier front (Loso/Benn)
LUNCH
14:00 – 14.50 Glacier hydrology (Hock)
14:50 – 16:00 Surge-type glaciers (Hagen)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Wednesday 13 August

08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing III (Barrand)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing IV (Barrand)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Glacier mass changes from GRACE (Sutterley)
11:25 – 12:20 Thermodynamics (Aschwanden)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises (Barrand; Aschwanden/Hock)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Thursday 14 August

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 Synthesis and review of exercises (All)
11:25 – 12:20 Synthesis and review of exercises (All)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Group projects
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects / preparation of presentations
19:00 DINNER

Friday 15 August

09:00 – 10:30 ‘Mini-conference’: Student presentations of group projects
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:30 ‘Mini-conference’: Student presentations of group projects
LUNCH
FREE AFTERNOON
19:00 BANQUET

Saturday 16 August

08:30 – 19:00 Transfer McCarthy - Fairbanks
19:30 - ? Pizza-Party in Fairbanks