This week, Professor Doug Benn from the University of St. Andrews visited our institute and gave a guest lecture as part of the weekly M3OCCA Research Seminar.
The topic of his lecture was “Icy Oscillators: Understanding glacier surges”
Glacier surges are important but often misunderstood glacier accelerations, which have been observed in many parts of the Arctic, High Mountain Asia, and a few other areas of the world. In this talk, Professor Benn will discuss the geographical distribution of surge-type glaciers and its relationships with climate and glacier geometry. He will go on to show how these patterns can be understood using enthalpy balance theory, a new unifying framework for modelling glacier dynamics. The talk will conclude with a discussion of unsolved problems and possible new directions for research.
During his visit, we had lively discussions on our various research topics and on potential future collaboration. A social gathering with some local cuisine in the evening rounded off his visit.
Thank you again for your wonderful lecture!
This week, Professor Doug Benn from the University of St. Andrews visited our institute and gave a guest lecture as part of the weekly M3OCCA Research Seminar.
The topic of his lecture was “Icy Oscillators: Understanding glacier surges”
Glacier surges are important but often misunderstood glacier accelerations, which have been observed in many parts of the Arctic, High Mountain Asia, and a few other areas of the world. In this talk, Professor Benn will discuss the geographical distribution of surge-type glaciers and its relationships with climate and glacier geometry. He will go on to show how these patterns can be understood using enthalpy balance theory, a new unifying framework for modelling glacier dynamics. The talk will conclude with a discussion of unsolved problems and possible new directions for research.
During his visit, we had lively discussions on our various research topics and on potential future collaboration. A social gathering with some local cuisine in the evening rounded off his visit.
Thank you again for your wonderful lecture!