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CATEGORIES:Field and Summer Schools
CREATED:20190930T134532
SUMMARY:6th Snow Science Winter School 2020
LOCATION:Col du Lautaret\, France
DESCRIPTION:Covering up to 49% of the total land surface in midwinter in the northern h
 emisphere, snow is a crucial component of the cryosphere. Snow plays a key 
 role in our environnment, with social and economical implications such as t
 he climate change, natural hazard, tourisms, etc. How does snow behave and 
 interact with its surrounding largely depends on its microstructure, which 
 varies widely from light dendritic snowflakes to small rounded grains or de
 nse melt crusts for instance. Measuring and characterizing snow is therefor
 e essential.\nGreat advances have been made over the past 15 years toward m
 ore quantitative, objective characterization of snow, allowing for a better
 , more physical description of the processes; they came along with new meas
 urements techniques. These improved quantification methods of the snow cove
 r must be spread to the cryosphere scientists community, and beyond, as ben
 eficial to many applications in this field, e.g. hydrology, climatology, av
 alanche forecasting or earth observation from space.\nThe 6th Snow Science 
 Winter School will teach these modern techniques of snow measurements. The 
 school consists of a field training complemented by theoretical lessons. It
  includes the practice with some of the state-of-the-art snow measurement t
 echniques (specific surface area by reflection and spectroscopy, near-infra
 red photography, high-resolution penetrometry, micro-tomography, etc). Stud
 ents will learn about how to characterize snow cover, what are the fundamen
 tal processes responsible for its evolution, and how does it interacts with
  the environment. For this edition, a special focus will be on snow in a ch
 anging climate, impact on human and nature.\nApplication Deadline: 20 Octob
 er 2019\nSee all information here: https://www.slf.ch/en/about-the-slf/even
 ts-and-courses/snow-science-winter-school.html\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Covering up to 49% of the total land surface in midwinter in the norther
 n hemisphere, snow is a crucial component of the cryosphere. Snow plays a k
 ey role in our environnment, with social and economical implications such a
 s the climate change, natural hazard, tourisms, etc. How does snow behave a
 nd interact with its surrounding largely depends on its microstructure, whi
 ch varies widely from light dendritic snowflakes to small rounded grains or
  dense melt crusts for instance. Measuring and characterizing snow is there
 fore essential.</p><p>Great advances have been made over the past 15 years 
 toward more quantitative, objective characterization of snow, allowing for 
 a better, more physical description of the processes; they came along with 
 new measurements techniques. These improved quantification methods of the s
 now cover must be spread to the cryosphere scientists community, and beyond
 , as beneficial to many applications in this field, e.g. hydrology, climato
 logy, avalanche forecasting or earth observation from space.</p><p>The 6th 
 Snow Science Winter School will teach these modern techniques of snow measu
 rements. The school consists of a field training complemented by theoretica
 l lessons. It includes the practice with some of the state-of-the-art snow 
 measurement techniques (specific surface area by reflection and spectroscop
 y, near-infrared photography, high-resolution penetrometry, micro-tomograph
 y, etc). Students will learn about how to characterize snow cover, what are
  the fundamental processes responsible for its evolution, and how does it i
 nteracts with the environment. For this edition, a special focus will be on
 &nbsp;<strong>snow in a changing climate, impact on human and nature</stron
 g>.</p><p><strong>Application Deadline: 20 October 2019</strong></p><p>See 
 all information here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.slf.ch/en/about-the-slf/eve
 nts-and-courses/snow-science-winter-school.html">https://www.slf.ch/en/abou
 t-the-slf/events-and-courses/snow-science-winter-school.html</a></p>
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200216T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200222T170000
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