Mt. Blanc painted by Bruno Nedela
Thursday, 1 March
9:30 - 9:50
Ludwig N. Braun, Commission for Glaciology,
Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich
Water balance of the
highly glaciated Vernagt basin, Ötztal Alps, based on 32 years of
measurements
Abstract
9:50 - 10:10
Matthias Huss, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Determination of seasonal mass balance of four Alpine glaciers
since 1865
Abstract
10:10 - 10:40
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:00
Fabian Walter, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Seismic activity during Gornersee jökulhlaups of summers 2004
and 2006
Abstract
11:00 - 11:20
Pierre-François Roux, Laboratoire de Géophysique
Interne et Tectonophysique Le Bourget-du-lac,France
Seismic
evidence for stick-slip processes in an Alpine glacier
Abstract
11:20 - 11:40
Mauro Werder, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Tracer experiments during the superficial drainage of
Gornersee
Abstract
11:40 - 12:00
Olaf Eisen, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven
Can we detect fast fabric changes in glaciers and ice
sheets remotely?
Abstract
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20
Jean-Pierre Dedieu, Laboratoire EDYTEM, Université
de Savoie, le Bourget du Lac, France
Snow cover modelling
under Climate Change conditions in North Calcareous Alps
(Austria)
Abstract
14:20 - 14:40
Alexandra Mittermeier, Meteorologisches Institut,
Universität München, Germany
Parameterization of snow
albedo - an empirical analysis based on records from different
environments
Abstract
14:40 - 15:10
Poster Presentation
15:10 - 16:00
Poster session with Coffee
16:00 - 16:20
Gernot Koboltschnig, Institut fuer
Wasserwirtschaft, Hydrologie und Konstruktiven Wasserbau,
Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria
Missing snow:
calibration and validation of a water balance model in a glacierized
high alpine basin
Abstract
16:20 - 16:40
Frank Paul, Department of Geography University of
Zürich, Switzerland
A new glacier inventory for the
Svartisen area (Norway) from Landsat ETM+: Methodological challenges
and first results
Abstract
16:40 - 17:00
Michael Zemp, Department of Geography Universität
Zürich, Switzerland
World Glacier Monitoring Service -
operations, current call-for-data and International Polar Year
activities
Abstract
17:00 -
Poster session
18:30 - 21:00
Apéro and Banquet with the nicest view of town
Friday, 2 March
9:00 - 9:20
Carlo D'Agata, University of Milan, Italy
Recent evolution of the largest debris covered glacier of the
Italian Alps: Miage Glacier (Mont Blanc Massif, Italy)
Abstract
9:20 - 9:40
Claudia Mihalcea, University of Milan, Italy
Spatial distribution of surface temperatures, from ground-based
and ASTER derived measurements on debris covered glaciers. Study
case of Miage Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Italy
Abstract
9:40 - 10:00
Ben Brock, Geography, School of Social Sciences
University of DundeeScotland, U.K.
The surface energy balance
of debris-covered Miage Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Italy
Abstract
10:00 - 10:15
Announcements
10:15 - 10:40
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:00
Jeannette Nötzli, Department of Geography
University of Zürich, Switzerland
3D modelling of
transient permafrost temperatures below steep alpine topography
Abstract
11:00 - 11:20
Ludovic Ravanel, Savoie University (EDYTEM),
Chambéry, France
Recent slope instabilities in steep
alpine rockwalls affected by permafrost: a case study in the Mont
Blanc massif (the Drus)
Abstract
11:20 - 11:40
Christian Vincent, LGGE - Grenoble, France
Hazards relative to glacial lake of Rochemelon (French
Alps)
Abstract
11:40 - 12:00
Martin Funk, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Consequences of the rapid changes on Unterer
Grindelwaldgletscher
Abstract
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20
Katrin Röhl, University of Otago, Dunedin, New
Zealand (now in Kiel, Germany)
Recent terminus development
at debris-covered glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and
implications for future behaviour
Abstract
14:20 - 14:40
Martina Schäfer, LGGE - Grenoble, France
Mountain glacier flow modelling: a comparison of different
models from Shallow Ice Approximation to the Full-Stokes
solution
Abstract
14:40 - 15:00
Jerome Faillettaz, VAW, ETH Zürich,
Switzerland
Breaking off of large ice masses: Logperiodic
oscillations, icequakes and model.
Abstract
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:50
Roger Rüegg, Martin Lüthi, VAW, ETH Zürich,
Switzerland
Structural glaciology of Gornergletscher
Abstract
15:50 - 16:10
Rainer Prinz, Institut für Geographie, Universität
Innsbruck, Austria
A Comparison of Climate Information as
derived from Mean Specific Mass Balance and Ablation Stake
Records
Abstract
16:10 - 16:20
Conclusion
Kinematic waves and supraglacial tree responses on Miage Glacier
(Western Italian Alps)
Abstract
Snow chemistry studies of a high alpine snowcover on the examples
Wurtenkees and Goldbergkees (Hohe Tauern, Austria)
Abstract
Evolution of the drainage system during a jökulhlaup as revealed by
dye tracer experiments on the Gornergletscher.
Abstract
Exploring landscape dynamics in the Eastern Swiss Alps (Albula
region, Grisons) during the Lateglacial and early Holocene
Abstract
Investigating steep Bedrock Permafrost with Wireless Sensor
Networks
Abstract
Reconstruction of the surface mass balance of Morteratschgletscher
since the Little Ice Age
Abstract
The recent evolution of Mount S. Matteo avalanching glacier
(Ortles-Cevedale Group, Italy)
Abstract
HISTALP - 250 years of instrumental climate in the alpine realm - status and first results
Abstract
Ablation conditions across the Karakoram Range, a comparison
Abstract
First results from the automatic weather station (AWS) on the
ablation tongue of Forni glacier (Upper Valtellina, Italy)
Abstract
Post-drainage ice dam response at Merzbacher Lake, Inylchek glacier,
Kyrgyzstan
Abstract
Modeling
polythermal glaciers: regularization with a brine pocket scheme
Abstract
A study of the transferability and robustness of an enhanced
temperature-index glacier melt model
Abstract
The new Glacier Inventory of Aosta Valley Region (Italy)
Abstract
Gorner jökulhlaups: Hydraulic model explaining temporary englacial
storage of water and flood delay
Abstract
Application of a physically-based hydrological model on an alpine
glacier
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