Dr. Ralf Greve

Professor, Glacier and Ice Sheet Research

... as guest lecturer of the UNIS on Svalbard:

About me:

I studied physics at the Darmstadt University of Technology (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Germany, from 1985 to 1991 (diploma thesis on granular avalanches), and then did my doctorate at the Department of Mechanics, Darmstadt University of Technology, from 1992 to 1995 on ice-sheet dynamics and thermodynamics. Until 2003 I worked as scientific employee, scientific assistant and lecturer at the Department of Mechanics in the group of Prof. Kolumban Hutter. In early 2000, I received the university lecturing qualification ("Habilitation") with a thesis entitled "Large-scale glaciation on Earth and on Mars". Now I'm employed as professor for glacier and ice sheet research at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. I'm continuing my research related to the dynamics and thermodynamics of ice sheets and shelves (details below). Furthermore I'm involved in teaching and student supervision duties at the Graduate School of Environmental Science (Division of Earth System Science).

For further details please have a look at my profile at ReaD & Researchmap or my curriculum vitae (PDF file).

Current and recent research projects:

• Simulations of the evolution and dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in past and future climates
  (JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), since 2010; ILTS Research Fund, 2009-2010).
• Numerical simulations of the evolution of the Martian water ice deposits in past and future climates
  (ILTS Research Fund, 2011-2012).
• Simulation of rapid dynamical changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet in response to global warming
  (JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Postdoctoral Research Fellows, 2008-2010).
• Assessing the timing, extent and volume of Tibetan Plateau ice during the last 130,000 years by numerical simulations
  (PMIP 2 project, 2008-2010).
• Induced anisotropy, fast ice flow and climate change in ice sheets
  (JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 2006-2009).
• Heinrich Event INtercOmparison HEINO
  (CliC/WCRP/SCAR ISMIP intercomparison topic, 2005-2010).
• Evolution and dynamics of the Martian polar ice caps over climatic cycles
  (ILTS Research Fund, 2005-2007).

Software development:

• Ice sheet model SICOPOLIS
  (background process running since 1992, and no end in sight...  ).
• Mars Atmosphere-Ice Coupler MAIC-2.

Publications:

List of publications (co-)authored by myself (including recent work 'in press' or 'submitted').

Courses:

• Second semester 2013:
  Advanced Course in Glacier and Ice Sheet Science - Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers.
  [Announcement (PDF)]   [Lecture notes]
• Second semester 2013:
  Advanced Course in International Communication Methods - Scientific Presentation.
  [Announcement (PDF)]   [Lecture notes]
• First semester 2013:
  Introduction to Cryosphere Sciences - Ice Sheet Physics.
  [Announcement (PDF)]   [Lecture notes]

Office contact:

For office contact information please see http://wwwice.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/~greve/contact.html.

Go to:
    [Glacier and Ice Sheet Research Group]
    [Institute of Low Temperature Science]   [Hokkaido University]

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Last modified: 2013-10-31