Matthias Huss: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Dr. Matthias Huss |
| Address | Professur für Glaziologie ETH Zürich, HIA D 54.2 Hönggerbergring 26 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 40 93 |
| huss@vaw.baug.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
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| 651-3561-00L | Cryosphere | 3 credits | 2V | M. Huss, D. Farinotti, H. Zekollari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The course introduces the different components of the cryosphere - snow, glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice and lake ice, and permafrost - and their respective roles in the climate system. For each subsystem, essential physical aspects are emphasized, and their dynamics are described quantitatively and using examples. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students are able to - qualitatively explain relevant processes, feedbacks and relationships between the different components of the cryosphere, - quantify and interpret physical processes, which determine the state of the cryospheric components, with simple calculations. In the course "Cryosphere", the competencies of process understanding, modeling, data analysis & interpretation and measurement methods are taught, applied and examined. System understanding is taught and examined. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The course provides an introduction into the various components of the cryosphere: snow, glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice and lake ice, permafrost, and their roles in the climate system. Essential physical aspects are emphasized for each subsystem: e.g. the material properties of ice, mass balance and dynamics of glaciers, or the energy balance of sea ice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Handouts will be distributed during the teaching semester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Benn, D., & Evans, D. J. (2014). Glaciers and glaciation. Routledge. Cuffey, K. M., & Paterson, W. S. B. (2010). The physics of glaciers. Academic Press. Hooke, R. L. (2019). Principles of glacier mechanics. Cambridge University Press. Further literature will be indicated during the lecture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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