A regular day in Karthaus

A day in Karthaus started with breakfast in the hotel. One by one, some sleepy, some fully awake, students and staff would come to the hotel to enjoy the freshly baked bread and a good cup of coffee.
After this it was only a 2-minute walk to the village community building, where the lectures took place. Each morning consisted of 4 lectures, with a coffee break after 2 lectures. During the breaks, delicious pastries were served, which were (unfortunately) also very popular with the wasps.

After the morning sessions, we would go back to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we would alternately work on our projects and exercises from the morning lectures. This afternoon session would last until 17.30, after which we were free. Popular ways to spend the time were: hiking, running, playing soccer or frisbee, reading, sleeping, etc.

At 19.30 we were expected at the dinner table of the hotel for our 5-course meal, which would last typically until 21.15, after which there was time to have a drink at the bar.

The summer school programme

Tuesday 8
Afternoon Arrival / check-in
19:30 DINNER

Wednesday 9
08:30 - 09:20 Welcome / practical announcements
09:30 - 10:20 Continuum mechanics-I (Gudmundsson)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Continuum mechanics-II (Gudmundsson)
11:40 - 12:30 Continuum mechanics-III (Gudmundsson)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 16:00 Exercises for all groups (Gudmundsson)
16:00 - 16:30 coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 5-min presentations by students
19:30 DINNER

Thursday 10
08:30 - 09:20 Ice as a material, rheology (Dahl-Jensen)
09:30 - 10:20 Modelling compaction of firn (Helsen)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Analytical ice-sheet models (Bueler)
11:40 - 12:40 5-min presentations by students
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group I: exercises (Dahl-Jensen) / Group II: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: exercises (Dahl-Jensen) / Group I: computer projects
19:30 DINNER
21:00 - 22:00 5-min presentations by students

Friday 11
08:30 - 09:20 (Nearly) all you ever wanted to know about ice core records - I (Fischer)
09:30 - 10:20 Thermodynamics of ice sheets (Dahl-Jensen)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Interaction of ice shelves with the ocean - I (Jenkins)
11:40 - 12:30 Interaction of ice shelves with the ocean - II (Jenkins)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group II: exercises (Jenkins) / Group I: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group I: exercises (Jenkins) / Group II: computer projects
19:30 DINNER
21:30 - 22:30 Special lectures by Micheal Kuhn and Jakob Abermann
(Research on the Oetztal glaciers / Introduction to the excursion)

Saturday 12
08:30 - 09:20 (Nearly) all you ever wanted to know about ice core records - II (Fischer)
09:30 - 10:20 (Nearly) all you ever wanted to know about ice core records - III (Fischer)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Interaction of ice shelves with the ocean-III (Jenkins)
11:40 - 12:30 Dating of ice cores (Dahl-Jensen)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 14:50 Numerical modelling of ice sheets and ice shelves I (Bueler)
15:00 - 15:50 Extra-terrestrial ice (Dahl-Jensen)
19:30 DINNER

Sunday 13
Excursion to the glaciers of the Oetztal Alps (Abermann)

Monday 14
08:30 - 09:20 Sliding (Fowler)
09:30 - 10:20 Glacier hydrology (Fowler)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Numerical modelling of ice sheets and ice shelves II (Bueler)
11:40 - 12:30 Numerical modelling of ice sheets and ice shelves III (Bueler)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group I: exercises (Fowler) / Group II: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: exercises (Fowler) / Group I: computer projects
19:30 DINNER

Tuesday 15
08:30 - 09:20 Basal processes and geomorphology (Fowler)
09:30 - 10:20 Polar meteorology (Van de Berg)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Remote sensing (Howat)
11:40 - 12:30 Remote sensing (Howat)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group I: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: computer projects
19:30 DINNER

Wednesday 16
08:30 - 09:20 Tidewater glaciers (Howat)
09:30 - 10:20 Tropical glaciers (Moelg)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Geophysical methods in glaciology I (Eisen)
11:40 - 12:30 Geophysical methods in glaciology II (Eisen)
12:45 LUNCH
Afternoon free
19:30 DINNER

Thursday 17
08:30 - 09:20 The microclimate of glaciers (Oerlemans)
09:30 - 10:20 Introduction to geodynamics (Milne)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Glacio-isostatic adjustment: introduction (Milne)
11:40 - 12:30 Glacio-isostatic adjustment: constraining changes in the cryosphere (Milne)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group I: exercises (Milne) / Group II: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: exercises (Milne) / Group I: computer projects
19:30 DINNER

Friday 18
08:30 - 09:20 Inverse modelling (Gudmundsson)
09:30 - 10:20 The response of glaciers to climate change (Oerlemans)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 The current mass budget of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (Van de Berg)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Presentation of computer projects (6x)
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Presentation of computer projects (6x)
17:30 - 18:00 Discussion
19:30 DINNER

Saturday 19
Departure

Computer projects
Project 1: Remote sensing I (Howat)
Ian
Project 2: Remote sensing II (Howat)
Anne, Gabrielle
Project 3: Inverse modelling (Gudmundsson)
Marijke, Helene, Jessica
Project 4: Ice-sheet model (Bueler)
Ward, Pierre, Sue
Project 5: Firn density model (Van den Berg / Helsen)
Jonathan, Rebecca
Project 6: Greenland surface mass balance (Van den Berg / Helsen)

Project 7: Dating of an ice core (Dahl Jensen / Vinther)

Project 8: Ice shelf - ocean interaction (Jenkins)
Asbjorn, Aimée
Project 9: Mass balance modelling I (Moelg)
Ellyn, Christo, Barbara
Project 10: Glacial isostacy (Milne)
Julian
Project 11: Interpretation of a radar survey (Eisen / Fischer)
Richard, Jan, Ernesto
Project 12: Interpretation of firn-core data (Eisen / Fischer)