Program

International Summer School in Glaciology

Version 18 April 2024 (there may be changes)

Lecturers

Andy Aschwanden (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF), Ed Bueler (UAF), Mark Fahnestock (UAF), Regine Hock (UAF, Oslo Univ.), Martin Truffer  (UAF), Karen Alley (University of Manitoba), Gwenn Flowers (Simon Fraser University); David Rounce (Carnegie Mellon Univ.); Michael Loso (National Park Service Alaska)

Schedule

Friday 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)

Saturday 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” (Stories from McCarthy)
20:00 – Optional: McCarthy’s Friday night softball ???

Sunday 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

Monday 10 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
09:00 – 18:00 Glacier excursion (may be moved to Tuesday depending on weather)
19:30 DINNER

Tuesday 11 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 (Rounce)
15:15 – 16:00 Glacier outburst floods and other hazards (Rounce)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16.15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Wednesday 12 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

Thursday 13 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing I: Introduction ??? (Alley)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing II: Ice Flow from Satellites ? (Fahnestock)
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: Remote sensing (Alley /Fahnestock), Hydrology (Flowers)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER
20:30 – 21:30: Public lecture in McCarthy (Alley: Glaciers on a Global Stage: Sea-Level Rise and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet)
22:00 – Optional: Open-mic night at the bar

Friday 14 June
07:30 - 8:20 BREAKFAST
08:30 – 09:20 Remote sensing III: ??? (Alley)
09:25 – 10:15 Remote sensing IV: ??? (Fahnestock)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:20 Remote sensing V: ???c (???)
11:25 – 12:20 Inverse modeling (Truffer)
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Exercises: Remote sensing (Alley/Fahnestock), Numerical modeling (Bueler)
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Group projects
19:00 DINNER

Saturday 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 (Flowers)
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
20:00 – Optional: McCarthy’s Friday night softball

Sunday 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

Monday 17 June
07:00 - 7:45 BREAKFAST
08:15 – (earliest) 19:00 Transfer McCarthy – Fairbanks (campus)
19:30 –  Pizza-Party in Fairbanks