The Cryosphere

Course Details

  • Acronym ESS 505
  • Instructor(s) Knut Christianson
  • Quarter Spring 2026
  • Credits 4
  • Meeting Times MWF 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM
  • Location JHN 022
  • Fullfills GCeCS Applications Course
  • Prerequisites PHYS 121

Course Description

Covers snow deposition and metamorphism, avalanches, heat and mass balance at snow and ice surfaces, glacier flow, ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, methods of paleoclimate reconstruction, and Ice Age theories.