| GlacioEurolab4 | Alpine Glaciers | |||||
| August 21-28 | Obergurgl, Austria | |||||
| Teaching staff | ||||||
| Prof. Michael Kuhn | ||||||
| Dr. Norbert Span | ||||||
| Mag. Barbara Landl | ||||||
| Dr. Friedl Obleitner | ||||||
| Dr. Heidi Escher-Vetter | ||||||
| Dr. Elisabeth Schlosser | ||||||
| Prof. Karl Krainer | ||||||
| Mag. Britta Schneider | ||||||
| Schedule | ||||||
| Aug-21 | ||||||
| 15:00 | Bus transfer from Innsbruck to Obergurgl | |||||
| 17:00 | MK | Introduction to the course | ||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:30 | NN | Alpine safety, objective and subjective dangers | ||||
| Aug-22 | ||||||
| 09:00 | Check of equipment | |||||
| 10:00-17:00 | MK,NS,BL | Chairlift to Hohe Mut, 2600 m | ||||
| Glacier morphology | ||||||
| Walk to Rotmoos Glacier | ||||||
| Crevasses, moraines | ||||||
| Walk along Rotmoos River | ||||||
| Post glacial sediment profile | ||||||
| 18:00 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:00 | MK | Summary of the excursion with slides of relevant points | ||||
| Aug-23 | ||||||
| 9:00-11:00 | MK | Climate and glaciers | ||||
| Energy balance, mass balance, dynamics | ||||||
| 11:00-12:00 | MK,BL,NS,ES | PC work on energy balance model | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch | |||||
| 13:00-15:30 | NS | Radio-echo-sounding | ||||
| 15:30-18:00 | ES,BL,NS,MK | PC work with a simple flow line model | ||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:30 | Finish PC work | |||||
| Aug-24 | ||||||
| 9:00-16:00 | MK,NS, BL, ES | Field work on Gaisberg Glacier | ||||
| Radio-echo-sounding | ||||||
| Installation of stake with thermal drill | ||||||
| Snow pit | ||||||
| GPS positioning | ||||||
| 16:30-18:30 | NS | Radar evaluation | ||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:30 | MK | Alpine glacier advances in the Little Ice Age | ||||
| Aug-25 | ||||||
| 9:00-10:00 | KK | Rock glaciers | ||||
| 10:00-11:00 | KK,BS,NS,BL | Excursion to Hochebenkar Rock Glacier | ||||
| 11:00-17:30 | KK,BS | Morphology, Distribution of water temperature | ||||
| NS | Radar measurements | |||||
| BL | IR thermometry of various surfaces | |||||
| 17:30-18:30 | All | Summary of the excursion | ||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:30 | HEV,MK | Runoff from glaciers, introduction to next day's excursion | ||||
| Aug-26 | ||||||
| 08:30 | HEV,NS,BL,MK | Bus transfer to Vent (25 km) | ||||
| 09:00 | Chairlift to 2600m, hike to Breslauer Hütte 2800m | |||||
| MK | Historic surges of Vernagt Glacier | |||||
| Walk to runoff gauge in front of Vernagt Glacier 2700m | ||||||
| 11:00-12:00 | HEV | Glacier melt water regime | ||||
| Walk to Rofenberg 2700m with panorama of Hintereis | ||||||
| and Kesselwand glaciers | ||||||
| 14:00 | NS | Climate, mass balance and velocity changes | ||||
| Walk to Vent | ||||||
| 17:30 | Bus transfer to Obergurgl | |||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:30 | MK | Summary of the day | ||||
| Aug-27 | ||||||
| 9:00-10:30 | MK | The new Austrian glacier inventory | ||||
| 10:30-12:00 | NS, ThG | Laser scanner profiles of Hintereisferner in the Omega project | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch | |||||
| 13:00 | Bus transfer to ski area on Rettenbach Glacier | |||||
| 13:30 | MK | Glaciological and environmental aspects of a | ||||
| glacier skiing area | ||||||
| 17:00 | return to Obergurgl | |||||
| MK,HEV,NS | Jobs in applied glaciology | |||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:30 | All | Summary of the week, discussions, questions | ||||
| Aug-28 | ||||||
| 9:00-12:00 | Final Exam | |||||
| 12:00 | End of course | |||||