Field course in the Swiss Alps
A field course in Switzerland has been organized as a part of "Field Studies in Cryosphere". During the course, participants can directly experience field measurements in the Alps and also visit scientific research institutes in Switzerland.
Outline of the course
○ Objective：
- to learn the method of the field measurement through the field course on the glacier.
- to understand glacial- and periglacial environment through the observation.
- to visit Swiss institutes to learn the state-of-the-art researches in the geoenvironmental study.
○ A course for who?
Students in Master/PhD course in Graduate School of Environmental Science
○ Number of participants
ca. 10 to 15
○ Instructors of the course :
Dr. Shin Sugiyama, Dr. Yoshiyuki Ishii, Dr. Tetsuo Sueyoshi from Hokkaido University (Graduate School of Env. Science).
One or two lecturers from Swiss Federal Institute
○ Itinerary
Date：14.5.2006 (Sun)〜26.5.2006 (Fri)
Schedule：
5/14 Sapporo --> Tokyo --> Zurich
5/15 Zurich : Visit Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
5/16〜19 Field course in Jungfraujoch
5/19〜20 Field course in Gornergletscher
5/21〜23 Data analysis and presentation / Special lectures
5/24 Visit Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche
5/25〜26 Davos --> Zurich --> Tokyo --> Sapporo
○ Main topics：
- Field measurement on the Aletsch glacier
- Visit the ongoing observation on Gorner glacier
- Analysis of the obtained data and the presetnation
- Special lectures from ETH researchers
more info:
Detailed Schedule (pdf format)
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