BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49a4ebda299eef81318f788198a4f849 CATEGORIES:Field and Summer Schools CREATED:20190930T133756 SUMMARY:Snow & Atmosphere master field trip LOCATION:Col du Lautaret\, French Alps DESCRIPTION:

Every winter, a training on Snow & Atmosphere in the field at Col du Lautaret in the French Alps for the master students of University Grenoble Alpes (UGA) is organized. In addition, the training is open to ~3-5 intern ational students (master or first year PhD).

The program compris es field work by group of 3 persons (6-7h/day) and complementary lectures ( 1h/day) on the following topics:
- snow stratigraphy in snowpits, snow metamorphism (2x 0.5 day).
- snow depth distribution by GPR and DGPS and data processing (3x 0.5 day).
- snow thermal regime (0.5 day).
- snow albedo and surface energy budget, micro-meteorology (0.5 day).
- atmospheric ozone (0.5 day).
- snow optics (0.5 day).
- data processing and interpretation (0.5 day)


This winter the tr aining will be 2 – 7 March 2020 (Monday to Saturday included), during the p eak of the snow season. 19 students from UGA will attend. 

The fees are 450€, and include the courses, basic accommodation in chalets on the site (Jardin alpin du Lautaret) and food cooked by ourselves.
< br />Col du Lautaret is at the altitude of 2100 m.a.s.l and climate conditi ons in March can be harsh (with sustained -15°C and windy as in 2018) or cl ement (0°C and sunshine as in 2017). While all the field activities take pl ace within 100 m around the chalets, good health conditions, adequate cloth ing and some initial experience with mountain environment are a prerequisit e. The training site is very close to a main road, but the access is occasi onally closed for a few hours to a full day during snowfall and storm.

To apply, please send an email with CV to Ghislain Picard <This email address is being prot ected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>, details of your master curriculum and motiva tions not later than 15 October 2019. We will give a respo nse within 3 weeks.

Please note that this year, the European Sno w Science Winter School (SSWS) will also take place in Col du Lautaret in m id-February. The SSWS and the Snow & atmosphere training are two indepe ndent events. The former is targeted to PhD students with expertise in snow science seeking for advanced training while the UGA training is a master c ourse for master students and first year PhD students with a broad interest in cold environmental sciences.

Further Info:
Jardin alpin du Lautaret : https://www.jardinalpindulautaret.fr/?language=en
University Grenoble Alpes: https://www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/
Training flyer: http://pp.ige-grenoble.fr/pageperso/picardgh/enseignement/lautare t/poster.pdf
Pictures: http s://www.google.com/search?q=col+du+lautaret+winter&tbm=isch
SSWS: https://www.slf.ch/en/about-the-slf/events-and-courses/snow-sci ence-winter-school.html

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