Institutskolloquium PG: Warmer world, cooler glaciers? The meteorological response of mountain glaciers under a warming climate. – Mi. 15.01.2025
Warmer world, cooler glaciers? The meteorological response of mountain glaciers under a warming climate.
Dr. Thomas Shaw (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun
Warm atmospheric conditions promote the rise of a local microclimate over glaciers and the generation of cool katabatic winds. These winds act to reinforce a shallow boundary layer above melting snow and ice, mediating their response to temperature fluctuations in mountain regions. Models that estimate the energy flux and melting of glaciers typically ignore the cooling of this intermediate layer above glaciers, resulting in a linear response to current and future temperatures that might be inappropriate in several climatic settings. Recent evidence compiled from glaciers around the world are used to exemplify how strong this cooling of glacier microclimates can be, why and where it might matter a lot and what it could imply about the future change of mountain ice masses.
Wann: Mittwoch, 15.01.2025 von 12:30 bis 14:00 Uhr
Wo: Präsenz, Seminarraum Tennenlohe, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen.
Vortragsübersicht für das Institutskolloquium im Wintersemester 2024/25.
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Fragen zum Kolloquium?
Organisation: Maximilian Brönner (KG) (maximilian.broenner@fau.de) & Dr. Sebastian Feick (PG) (sebastian.feick@fau.de)