(ESS505, The Cryosphere)
University of Washington
Autumn, 2017
| Date | Lecture Topic and Readings | Instructor(s) | ||
| Wed Sept 28 | 1. NATURAL OCCURRENCES OF ICE: | Knut Christianson | ||
| Distribution and environmental factors of | ||||
| seasonal snow, sea ice, glaciers and permafrost | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 1.
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| Untersteiner, N., 1984. The cryosphere. In The Global Climate, 121-140 | ||||
| Fri Sept 30 | FIELD TRIP PREPARATION | Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Sat Oct 1 | FIELD TRIP TO MT. BAKER | Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| J. Harper. 1993. Glaciers on Mt Baker. Arctic and Alpine Research 25(4), 332-340. | ||||
| Mon Oct 3 | 2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE: | Knut Christianson | ||
| Phase relationships, crystallography, basic properties. | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 2.
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| Runnels, L.K., 1966. Ice. Scientific American, Dec 1966, 118-126. | ||||
| Stillinger, 1980. Water revisited. Science, 209, 451-457. (Optional) | ||||
| Wed Oct 5 | 3. SNOW: Formation in the atmosphere | Ed Waddington | ||
| McClung, D., and P. Schaerer, The Avalanche Handbook, | ||||
| pp. 17-26, and pp. 37-45 (1993 edition) or pp 21-31, 43-52 (2006 edition) | ||||
| ** This book is not available on this class site. Check ESS431/505 readings-box in QRC library, Johnson 377A | ||||
| You may also be able to read the 2006 edition on-line through Google Books. | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012.
The Cryosphere. Chapter 4, p.65-72.
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| Fri Oct 7 | Lab/Discussion | Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Oct 10 | 4. SNOW: Deposition, wind transport, metamorphism, physical properties | Ed Waddington | ||
| The Avalanche Handbook, pp. 27-36, 45-60 (1993 edition); pp. 32-42, 52-72 (2006 edition). ** Check ESS431/505 readings-box in QRC library, Johnson 377A | ||||
| You may also be able to read the 2006 edition on-line through Google Books. | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 4, p.72-89.
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| Wed Oct 12 | 5. HEAT AND MASS BALANCE: | Knut Christianson | ||
| Radiation, sensible and latent heat transfer; growth and decay of glaciers and ice sheets. | ||||
| Paterson, W.S.B., 1994: The Physics of Glaciers Chapter 3, Chapter 4. | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 3.
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| Optional: Colbeck et al. 1979. Snow accumulation, distribution, melt, and runoff. Eos, 60, 465-468. | ||||
| Fri Oct 14 | Lab/Discussion (NorthWest Glaciologists at University of Washington) | |||
| Mon Oct 17 | 6. AVALANCHES: | Howard Conway | ||
| formation, forecasting,control, engineering challenges. | ||||
| The Avalanche Handbook, chapters 1, 4, 5 (all). ** Check ESS431 readings-box in QRC library, Johnson 377A | ||||
| You may also be able to read the 2006 edition on-line through Google Books. | ||||
| Wed Oct 19 | 7. GLACIER DYNAMICS I: Ice Deformation | Knut Christianson | ||
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Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 6.
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| Drewry, 1986, Glacial Geologic Processes. pp. 1-10. | ||||
| Kamb, 1964, Glacier geophysics. Science, 146, 353-365. | ||||
| Fri Oct 21 | Lab/Discussion | Conway, Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Oct 24 | 8. GLACIER DYNAMICS II: Sliding of Glaciers | Knut Christianson | ||
| Drewry, 1986 pp. 10-14, 20-32. | ||||
| Optional (advanced) reading: Raymond, 1980: Temperate valley glaciers. In Dynamics of Snow and Ice Masses, S. Colbeck, ed., pp. 79-139 | ||||
| Wed Oct 26 | 9. GLACIER CHANGES | John Christian | ||
| Response to climate, surge behavior, tide-water glaciers | ||||
| Jiskoot, H., 2011: Glacier Surging. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice, and Permafrost | ||||
| Kamb et al. 1985. Glacier surge mechanism: surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska. Science, 227, 469-479. | ||||
| Fri Oct 28 | Lab/Discussion | Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Oct 31 | 10. ICE SHEETS, ICE STREAMS AND ICE SHELVES | Knut Christianson | ||
| Temperature in cold ice masses and special problems of ice sheets | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 6.
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| Drewry, 1986, Glacial Geologic Processes, pp. 14-17 | ||||
| Alley and Whillans, 1991. Changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science 254, 959-963. | ||||
| Oerlemans, J., 1991. The role of ice sheets in the Pleistocene climate. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 71, 155-161. | ||||
| Wed Nov 2 | 11. RECENT CHANGES IN THE ICE SHEETS | Laura Kehrl | ||
| Elevation changes, retreat of ice shelves, speedup of outlet glaciers, sea-level change | ||||
| Reading from IPCC AR5 (2013) | ||||
| Fri Nov 4 | Lab/Discussion, Mid-Term preparation | Christian, Kehrl, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Nov 7 | MID-TERM EXAM | Knut Christianson | ||
| Wed Nov 9 | Lab/Discussion, Mid-Term discussion | Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Fri Nov 11 | Veteran's Day Holiday | |||
| Mon Nov 14 | 12. EROSION AND DEPOSITION BY GLACIERS I | Bernard Hallet | ||
| Ritter, D.F., 1986: Process Geomorphology, Chapter 10. | ||||
| Wed Nov 16 | 13. EROSION AND DEPOSITION BY GLACIERS II | Bernard Hallet | ||
| Ritter, D.F., 1986: Process Geomorphology, Chapter 10. | ||||
| Fri Nov 18 | Lab/Discussion | Christian, Hallet, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Nov 21 | 14. PALEOCLIMATE AND ICE AGES I: | Bernard Hallet | ||
| Reconstruction of former glaciers | ||||
| Porter, S.C., 1985: Glaciological evidence of Holocene climatic change, In Climate and History, 82-110. | ||||
| Wed Nov 23 | 15. PALEOCLIMATE AND ICE AGES II: | Ed Waddington | ||
| Geochemistry of ice, chemical structure of ice sheets and interpretation in terms of past environments | ||||
| Jouzel, J., 2013. A brief history of ice core science over the past 50 years Climate of the Past Vol. 9, 2525-2547. | ||||
| Fri Nov 25 | Thanksgiving holiday | |||
| Mon Nov 28 | 16. PALEOCLIMATE AND ICE AGES III: | Gerard Roe | ||
| Theories of the ice-age cycles | ||||
| Roe, G., 2006: In defense of Milankovitch. Geophys. Res. Letters, 33, L24703, doi:10.1029/2006GL027817. | ||||
| Imbrie, J., 1985. A theoretical framework for the Pleistocene ice ages. J. Geol. Soc. London 142, 417-432. | ||||
| Pisias, N.G., and J. Imbrie, 1986: Orbital geometry, CO2, and Pleistocene climate. Oceanus, 29, 43-49. | ||||
| Wed Nov 30 | 17. PERMAFROST | Bernard Hallet | ||
| Distribution, relationship to climate, physical processes and structure/engineering problems. | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012.
The Cryosphere. Chapter 7, p. 165-179.
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| Lachenbruch, A.H., 2001: Permafrost. Oxford Encyclopedia of Global Change | ||||
| Fri Dec 2 | Lab/Discussion | Christian, Roe, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Dec 5 | 18. SEA ICE I: | Bonnie Light | ||
| Formation, structure and motion, and relation to climate | ||||
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Marshall, S., 2012.
The Cryosphere. Chapter 5, p.104-126.
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| Maykut, G., 1985: An Introduction to Ice in the Polar Oceans. Report APL-UW 8510. p 1-42. | ||||
| Also see the tutorial on sea ice at http://www.nsidc.org/seaice/intro.html | ||||
| Wed Dec 7 | 19. SEA ICE II: | Bonnie Light | ||
| Maykut, G., 1985: An Introduction to Ice in the Polar Oceans. Report APL-UW 8510. p 78-92. | ||||
| Marshall, S., 2012. The Cryosphere. Chapter 5. | ||||
| Fri Dec 9 | Lab/Discussion, review for final exam | Christian, Christianson, Waddington | ||
| Mon Dec 12 | FINAL EXAM 2:30 - 4:20 | Knut Christianson | ||
Send mail to: knut at uw.edu
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