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Snow Hydrology and Avalanche Winter Course - MZ330T65
Title: Zimní kurz hydrologie sněhu a lavinové prevence
Guaranteed by: Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology (31-330)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:4/0, C [DS]
Capacity: 16
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Michal Jeníček, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. RNDr. Michal Jeníček, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Michal Jeníček, Ph.D. (28.02.2022)
Five-days winter course. Students will adopt basic methods used in snow hydrology including avalanche issues. Participants will learn 1) how to measure snow depth and snow water equivalent in different environments (forest vs. open meadow, different topography) using several techniques (manual measurements, UAVs), 2) how to calculate snow storages and how to measure and calculate snowpack energy balance (using thermal camera or digital hemispherical photography), 3) how to analyse a snow pit (layering, stability, physical characteristics) and 4) how to recognize and move in avalanche terrain (including snow stability tests) and how to work with avalanche beacons and conduct avalanche rescue. The winter course is co-organized with Department of Water Resources and Environmental Modelling of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. Therefore, both CUNI and CULS students participate on this course. The course usually takes place in February or March in a suitable mountain location in Czechia.
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Michal Jeníček, Ph.D. (30.08.2022)

Credit:

  • Attendance on the course
  • Elaborating of defined small projects
Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Michal Jeníček, Ph.D. (01.12.2023)

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