Instructor: Professor Stephen Warren
524
Atmospheric Sciences Bldg., 543-7230
sgw@atmos.washington.edu
Lectures: TTH, 10:30-11:50 AM, Room ATG 610.
Office Hours:
Textbooks: Field Guide to Snow Crystals, by E. R. LaChapelle, 1969, University of Washington Press. Reprinted 1992 by International Glaciological Society.
The Avalanche Handbook, by D. McClung and P. Schaerer, 1993. The Mountaineers.
The Physics of Glaciers, third edition, by W.S.B. Paterson, 1994. Pergamon Press.
Illustrated Glossary of Snow and Ice, by T. Armstrong, B. Roberts, C. Swithinbank, 1966. Scott Polar Research Institute. out of print.
Glaciers of North America, by S.A. Ferguson, 1992. Fulcrum Publ.
Evaluation:
Homework: 50%;
Report (critical review of paper or series of papers)
20%;
Final Exam 25%.
Geography of snow and ice. 1 Lecture
Structure and physical chemistry of ice and water. 2 Lectures
Nucleation of water droplets and ice crystals in clouds; growth of ice crystals; snowfall meteorology. 2 Lectures
Thermal properties of snow and ice; snow metamorphism. 3 Lectures
Radiation in Earth's atmosphere and surface. 1 Lecture
Interaction of solar and infrared radiation with snow. 1 Lecture
Remote sensing of snow in solar and infrared; colors of ice and snow. 1 Lecture
Sea ice albedo; microwave remote sensing of snow and dea ice; radio-echo sounding of glaciers. 1 Lecture
Effects of wind on snow. 1 Lecture
Transfer of sensible and ltent heat between snow and air; surface energy budget o snow. 1 Lecture
Snow hydrology; glacier mass balance. 1 Lecture
Sea-ice formation and structure; growth and melt of sea ice; models of sea-ice mass and energy balance. 2 Lectures
Suncups. 1 Lecture
Climatic records from isotopes and impurities in snow and ice. 1 Lecture