Module Identifier |
EAM0820 |
Module Title |
APPROACHES TO GLACIOLOGY |
Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
Co-ordinator |
Dr Bryn P Hubbard |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Other staff |
Dr Poul Christoffersen, Dr Richard L H Essery |
Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | |
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Practical | |
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Other | 2 field classes |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Three projects, each no more than 2000 words. One report, no longer than 4000 words. (4x25) | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | Same as Semester Assessment | 100% |
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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Establish a datalogger station suitable for the automated collection of a variety of environmental data.
2. Gauge the discharge and chemistry of a stream manually and through the use of a data logger.
3 Load and run a computer-based, hydrological balance model of a cold regions catchment.
5. Use a computer-based, hydrological balance model to predict the snow and water state of a cold regions catchment from surface and meteorological data.
6. Demonstrate expertise in terms of the development and application of techniques in a single, selected area of glaciology.
7. Demonstrate expertise in terms of the development and application of techniques in a selected area of Glaciology.
Brief description
The module focuses on providing a practical introduction to a variety of commonly used glaciological techniques. This is provided through seminar classes, laboratory classes and field application classes.
Content
The module involves exploring the variety of approaches adopted by researchers in addressing glaciological problems. Module content includes evaluating the merits of combining various approaches to glaciology and includes a strong practical element. Specifically, the module will include one Report and three Projects, as follows.
Report: Seminar-supported review of the interaction of theory, modelling and empirical data collection in glaciology.
Project 1: Field-based Campbell Scientific micro-logger programming and implementation. Case study to be introduced through existing literature on proglacial stream discharges and based on a practical stream gauging exercise (BH).
Project 2: Laboratory-based experimentation on ice properties using the Institute?s Cold Laboratory. Experiments will combine theory with micro-logger use to investigate interrelationships between ice/water properties and freezing temperatures and rates (PC).
Project 3: Computer-based mass balance modelling exercise. Case study to be introduced through theoretical considerations of mass and energy balances of snow and ice and based on the practical application of temperature-index and energy balance models using meteorological data (RE).
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Hubbard, B. and Glasser, N. (2005) Field techniques in glaciology and glacial geomorphology
Wiley
Goudie, A. (1994) Geomorphological techniques
Routledge
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7