| Date |
Time |
Content |
Reading * |
|
| Thu 11/11 |
08.15 |
In |
Introduction to the course. Presentation of research projects |
|
| |
09.15 |
|
Introduction to the goals and the organization of the field trip |
|
| |
10.30 |
La |
Project work: Preparations for field trip
Snow, air and ice sampling devices, storage containers, safety equipment |
Dale W. Griffin, Christina A. Kellogg, Virginia H. Garrison and Eugene A. Shinn:
The Global Transport of Dust. American Scientist, Volume 90, 2002, 228-235 |
| Fri 12/11 |
06.00 |
Ft |
Field trip, all day, to the high altitude research station Jungfraujoch (3550 m a.s.l).
Sampling of airborne dust from the snow pack and particles from the air for microbiological and mineralogical analyses |
Special program.
For ongoing research at the Swiss high altitude stations see http://www.ifjungo.ch/ |
| |
21.15 |
|
Return from field trip. Conserving samples. |
|
|
Abbreviations:
Introduction (In) / Laboratory (La) / Lecture (Le) / Exercises (Ex) / Seminar (Se) / Computer course (Co) / Paper presentation (Pa) / Field trip (Ft)
* Please prepare yourself by reading the listed papers and by consulting the approriate chapters in Madigan M.T., J.M. Martinko and J. Parker:
"Brock - Biology of Microorganisms" (BBOM), 10th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003 (ISBN 0-13-049147-0) or the corresponding chapters in the
9th edition of BBOM, 1999 (ISBN: 0-13-085264-3). The chapters listed here normally refer to the 10th edition. |