Program Schedule

Program Schedule 2016

Note that the schedule is preliminary and may change.

Tuesday 7 June

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

Wednesday 8 June

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 (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

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 (Hock: mass balance, Aschwanden: thermodynmics)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:15 Group projects
17:30 – 18:30 Arctic Climate (Vladimir Alexeev)
19:00 DINNER
22:00- Optional: Open Mic Night in the Pub

Friday 10 June

09:00 – 18:00 Glacier excursion
19:30 DINNER
20:00??? Optional: McCarthy’s Friday night softball

Saturday 11 June

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 Engaged Scholarship I (Lizz Utlee)
11:25 – 12:20 Engaged Scholarship II (Lizz Utlee)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises (Hock: meteo, Aschwanden: ice flow)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
20:30-21:30 Public Lecture in McCarthy: “When ice meets water” (Martin Truffer)

Sunday 12 June

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 Glacier hydrology I (Flowers)
15:15 – 16:00 Glacier hydrology II (Flowers)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Monday 13 June

08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing I: Theory (Stearns)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing II: Passive sensors and applications (Stearns)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Glacier hydrology III: Modeling (Flowers)
11:25 – 12:20 Glacier surges (Flowers)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises (Flowers / Stearns)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Tuesday 14 June

08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing III: Visible RS applications (Fahnestock)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing IV: Active sensors and applications (Stearns)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Remote sensing V: Radar applications (Fahnestock)
11:25 – 12:20 Inverse modeling (Truffer)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises (Stearns/Fahnestock)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Wednesday 15 June

08:30 – 09:20 Ice sheet modeling I (Bueler)
09:25 – 10:15 Ice sheet modeling II (Bueler)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Tidewater glaciers I (Truffer)
11:25 – 12:20 Tidewater glaciers II (Truffer)
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

09:00 – 10:30 ‘Mini-conference’: Student presentations of group projects (7 groups)
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 13:00 ‘Mini-conference’: Student presentations of group projects (7 groups)
LUNCH
FREE AFTERNOON
19:00 BANQUET

Friday 17 June

08:15 – 19:00 Transfer McCarthy – Fairbanks (campus)
19:30 - ? Pizza-Party in Fairbanks