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The Snow and Ice
Research Group, New
Zealand (SIRG-NZ) is an informal
association of people interested in snow and ice research.
To participate
in the group simply register
with the SIRG email list.
SIRG Annual Workshop:
Queenstown 15th - 17th February 2010
Be there!
Monthly video meetings
Video meetings are held every month over the Access
Grid. Video rooms are sited at most universities.
Times and program for the video meetings are yet to be
established.
If you would like to present to the group, please
contact Inga Smith (inga@physics.otago.ac.nz)
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Speaker
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Institution
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Topic
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5th
August
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Dr.
Kat Lilly
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University of Otago
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TBC
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9th
September
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TBC
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7th
October
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TBC
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The locations of the video conference rooms for each
campus are:
Massey: Room 4.40, Social
Sciences Tower,
Massey University, Palmerston North.
Canterbury: Room 164,
Level 1, Geography-Psychology Building, Canterbury
University, Christchurch
Otago: Teaching Facilities South West corner, Information Services Building
Victoria:
Library RB106
The annual meeting of the NZ
snow and ice research group was held from the 16th to the 18th
of February at Albert Town.
The meeting was
proudly sponsored by:
Abstracts and
programme from the 2009 meeting at Albert Town
Abstracts
and programme from the 2008 meeting at Cass
Abstracts and
programme from the 2007 meeting at Mt Ruapehu
Previous talks given at the video meetings:
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Date
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Speaker
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Institution
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Topic
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March ‘07
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Wendy
Lawson
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University
of Canterbury
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The
2007 aerial survey of the glaciers of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
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April ‘07
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Brian
Anderson
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Victoria
University of Wellington
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Climate
sensitivity of a high-precipitation glacier in New Zealand
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May ‘07
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Stephanie
Mandolla
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Massey
University
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Reconstructing
debris transport pathways on constructional ridges: Wahianoa Glacier,
Mt. Ruapehu
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June ‘07
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Andrew
Mackintosh
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Victoria
University of Wellington
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Exposure
ages from mountain dipsticks in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica,
indicate little change in ice-sheet thickness since the Last Glacial
Maximum
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July ‘07
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Sean
Fitzsimons
Errol
Lewthwaite
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University
of Otago
NIWA
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John
Evans glacier, Canadian Arctic
CliFlo climate
database
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August ‘07
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Jordy
Hendrikx, Martyn Clark
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NIWA
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Snow
research at NIWA
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September ‘07
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Erin
Nolan
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Massey
University
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Relative
age dating of the Wahianoa moraines, Mt. Ruapehu
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October ‘07
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Daniel
Tovar, Jamie Shulmeister
Jeremy
Pugh
Olivia
Hyatt
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University
of Canterbury
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An
alternative origin to the Waiho Loop
Glacial
History of the Lake Heron Region
Glaciation
in the Rakaia
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November ‘07
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Tim
Naish,
Pascal Sirguey
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Victoria
Univ. / GNS Antarctic drilling - ANDRILL
University of Otago
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Satellite
derived snow cover mapping
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May ‘08
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Jordy
Hendrickx
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NIWA
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The
scale triplet and its application for avalanche forecasting: Findings
from field work in Montana
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July ‘08
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Tim
Kerr, Ian Owens, Wolfgang Rack
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University
of Canterbury
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A ground based laser
survey of the Rolleston Glacier
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August ‘08
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Trevor
Chinn
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Hawea
Institute of Cryology
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A short history of the
EOSS programme
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October ‘08
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Dorothea
Stumm
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University
of Otago
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Mass
Balance of the Brewster, Glenmary, Park Pass and Rolleston Glaciers
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December
‘08
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Martin
Brook
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Massey
University
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Glaciation
in the Tararua Ranges, Mt. Taranaki and Stewart Island
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April
‘09
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Pat
Langhorne
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University
of Otago
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Platelet
ice: Antarctica’s clandestine ice
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May ‘09
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Christina
Hulbe
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Portland
State University
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Grounding
Line Forensics: West Antarctica - Discharge Variability in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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June ‘09
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Kate Sinclair
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National
Ice Core Laboratory, GNS Science
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Using
the isotopic fingerprints of winter storms to understand vapour
pathways
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