Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune has organized:
Modelling Mountain Glacier Dynamics
sponsored by SERB, Dept of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
The course introduces theoretical and numerical tools of glacier dynamics with emphasis on hands-on application. It is targeted at glaciology PhD candidates and interested masters' students. A background in undergraduate level Physics, Calculus and knowledge of computer programming are the prerequisites.
In the first half, basics of Glaciology, Physics, Calculus, and Computation is covered. The second half consists of training on a hierarchy of glacier models, Elmer/Ice package, and project work.
Dates: October 23- November 4, 2015
Venue: IISER Pune
Instructors:
R Shankar (IMSc, Chennai)
R Murtugudde (UMD, Maryland)
H Gudmundsson (BAS, Cambridge)
F Gillet-Chaulet (LGGE, Grenoble)
A Banerjee (IISER Pune)
Application procedure:
Send your application to argha@iiserpune.ac.in before 15th Sep 2015 as a single pdf file including: affiliation information, a statement of purpose (150 words), a description of research (150 words), and a brief CV.
Selected participants would be informed by email.
There are no course fees. Free boarding and lodging would be provided to the participants for the duration of the course.
