Student4Student Summerschool

The cryosphere, especially in mountain areas, is undergoing rapid changes. The processes driving these changes are inherently complex due to the interactions of terrain and atmospheric dynamics, making understanding them an important topic for both model and observation-based research.

This session aims to explore the diverse range of modern techniques used for studying the cryosphere and its interaction with the atmosphere. We invite contributions based on both observational methods and modelling approaches. We want to look at current approaches in measuring processes at all scales over snow and ice, including micrometeorological phenomena such as turbulent fluxes, radiative exchanges, and surface-atmosphere coupling, as well as approaches to larger scale glacier changes for example harnessing remote sensing techniques. The session also explores recent progress and challenges in modeling the cryosphere, including point-scale and distributed energy and mass balance modeling, as well as atmospheric modeling approaches for the surface boundary layer over snow and ice, and the role played by larger scale weather patterns and their interaction with terrain in driving glacier change. The session seeks to enhance process-level understanding and improve the predictive capacity of models under changing climatic conditions.