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, fruit with yoghurt and a good cup of coffee.
After this it was only a steep 2-minute walk to the village community building, where the lectures took place. Each morning consisted of 4 lectures of 1 hour, with a coffee break after 2 lectures. During these coffee breaks, delicious pastries were served if you were still hungry after breakfast.

After the morning sessions, we would go back to the hotel for a delicious lunch. In the afternoon we would alternately work on our computer 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, enjoying the sauna, 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 14
Afternoon Arrival / check-in
19:30 DINNER

Wednesday 15
09:00 - 09:30 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 5-min presentations by students
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 16
08:30 - 09:20 Commonly used approximations in ice flow modelling (Gudmundsson)
09:30 - 10:20 Ice as a material, rheology (Dahl-Jensen)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Analytical ice-sheet models (Oerlemans)
11:40 - 12:40 Thermodynamics of ice sheets (Dahl-Jensen)
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group I: exercises (Oerlemans) / Group II: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: exercises (Oerlemans) / Group I: computer projects
19:30 DINNER
21:00 - 22:00 5-min presentations by students

Friday 17
08:30 - 09:20 Transport processes in firn (Buizert)
09:30 - 10:20 Ice core records - I (Fischer)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Introduction to geodynamics (Lambeck)
11:40 - 12:30 Interaction vetween ice sheets and the solid earth Lambeck
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group II: exercises (Dahl-Jensen) / Group I: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group I: exercises (Dahl-Jensen) / Group II: computer projects
19:30 DINNER
21:30 - 22:30 Special lectures by Dahl-Jensen about the field work on the NEEM site (Greenland)

Saturday 18
08:30 - 09:20 What can we learn from glacial rebound? (Lambeck)
09:30 - 10:20 Numerical modelling of ice shets and ice shelves - I (Bueler)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Ice core records - II (Fischer)
11:40 - 12:30 Ice core records - III (Fischer)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 14:50 History of glacialogical research at Hintereisferner (Kuhn)
15:00 - 15:50 Introduction to the excursion (Abermann)
19:30 DINNER

Sunday 19
Excursion to the glaciers of the Oetztal Alps (Abermann)

Monday 20
08:30 - 09:20 Sliding (Ng)
09:30 - 10:20 Glacier hydrology (Ng)
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 (Ng) / Group II: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: exercises (Ng) / Group I: computer projects
19:30 DINNER

Tuesday 21
08:30 - 09:20 Basal processes and geomorphology (Ng)
09:30 - 10:20 Remote Sensing of glaciers and ice sheets (Howat)
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

Wednesday 22
08:30 - 09:20 Interaction of ice shelves with the ocean - III (Jenkins)
09:30 - 10:20 Inverse modelling (Gudmundsson)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Coupling of ice sheet models ad climate models (De Conto)
11:40 - 12:30 Compaction of firn (Helsen)
12:45 LUNCH
Afternoon free
19:30 DINNER

Thursday 23
08:30 - 09:20 Polar meteorology (Van den Broeke)
09:30 - 10:20 The microclimate of glaciers (Oerlemans)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 Tropical glaciers and climate dynamics (Moelg)
11:40 - 12:30 Tidewater glaciers (Howat)
12:45 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30 Group I: exercises (Van den Broeke) / Group II: computer projects
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Group II: exercises (Van den Broeke) / Group I: computer projects
19:30 DINNER

Friday 24
08:30 - 09:20 The Cenozioc history of the Antarctic ice sheet (De Conto)
09:30 - 10:20 The glacial cycles of the Pleistocene (De Conto)
10:20 - 10:40 coffee break
10:40 - 11:30 The response of glaciers to climate change (Oerlemans)
11:40 - 12:30 Ice sheets, greenhouse warming and sea level (Van den Broeke)

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 25
Departure

Computer projects
Project 1: Remote sensing I (Howat)
Project 2: Glacial hydrology (Ng)
Project 3: Ice-sheet model (Bueler)
Project 4: Ice sheets and palaeoclimate (De Conto)
Project 5: Inverse modelling (Gudmundsson)
Project 6: Ice shelf - ocean interaction> (Jenkins)
Project 7: Ice/firn cores I (Buizert)
Project 8: Ice/firn cores II (Buizert)
Project 9: Mass balance modelling (Moelg)
Project 10: Compaction of firn (Helsen)
Project 11: Polar meteorology I (Tijm-Reijmer)
Project 12: Polar meteorology II (Tijm-Reijmer)