{"id":1135,"date":"2022-01-07T17:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/?page_id=1135"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:58:06","slug":"past-group-meetings-spring-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/group-meetings\/past-group-meetings\/past-group-meetings-spring-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Past group meetings: Spring 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 2021<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goals of group meetings:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Facilitate interaction that we would have had every day in person in the lab<\/li><li>Share the process and results of our own research with each other<\/li><li>Learn the scientific process and the tools of scientific communication<ul><li>The Scientist&#8217;s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career, by Stephen B. Heard. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.buffalo.edu\/view\/action\/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&amp;package_service_id=9471064850004803&amp;institutionId=4803&amp;customerId=4800\">Available online at UB Libraries<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Facilitate communication of research and research outputs<ul><li>This includes communication via this website!<\/li><li>Writing and creating your own thesis, papers, talks, and figures<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1 \/ February 5<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Intro week, get to know each other, set group goals and goals of meetings, design the semester&#8217;s schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 2 \/ February 12<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2606 Kristin presents recent research: \u201cThe Moulin Shape (MouSh) Model\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Try to identify the elements of the scientific method shown in this research.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3 \/ February 19<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scientist&#8217;s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career, by Stephen B. Heard.  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.buffalo.edu\/view\/action\/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&amp;package_service_id=9471064850004803&amp;institutionId=4803&amp;customerId=4800\">Available online at UB Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assigned reading: Preface and Ch. 1-4.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll discuss these ideas in group meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4 \/ February 26<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2606 Josh presents his research \u2606 in preparation for Wooster talk: \u201cGreenland Ice Sheet Hydrology\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 5 \/ March 5<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scientist&#8217;s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career, by Stephen B. Heard.  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.buffalo.edu\/view\/action\/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&amp;package_service_id=9471064850004803&amp;institutionId=4803&amp;customerId=4800\">Available online at UB Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assigned reading: Chapters 5-7 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 5, <em>Getting Started<\/em> &#8211; Consider TMT theory and write down specific actions you can take to increase the attractiveness of a writing project you&#8217;re working on.  (end of chapter exercise)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 6, <em>Momentum<\/em> &#8211; What was a time in the past when you&#8217;ve used &#8220;binge&#8221; writing and when have you used &#8220;snack&#8221; writing?  Same question, but for &#8220;swooping&#8221; and &#8220;bashing&#8221; writing techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 7, <em>Finding and Telling Your Story<\/em> &#8211; Write a mini-summary (like the one on page 60) for your research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 6 \/ March 12<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Semi-annual<em> website biograph<\/em>y workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 7 \/ March 19<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scientist&#8217;s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career, by Stephen B. Heard. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.buffalo.edu\/view\/action\/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&amp;package_service_id=9471064850004803&amp;institutionId=4803&amp;customerId=4800\">Available online at UB Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assigned reading: Ch. 8-13 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 8 \/ March 26<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Windstorm wipes out power! <\/em> Research presentation postponed.  Instead, we&#8217;re jumping ahead one week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scientist&#8217;s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career, by Stephen B. Heard.  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.buffalo.edu\/view\/action\/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&amp;package_service_id=9471064850004803&amp;institutionId=4803&amp;customerId=4800\">Available online at UB Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chapter 13, Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the Discussion section for the paper <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-glaciology\/article\/measuring-and-inferring-the-ice-thickness-distribution-of-four-glaciers-in-the-tien-shan-kyrgyzstan\/A3E633F8A0660853AC99ECF24372134C#\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMeasuring and inferring the ice thickness distribution of four glaciers in the Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan\u201d by Lander Van Tricht et al.<\/a>, in the most recent issue of Journal of Glaciology. (It will probably help to read the abstract first.) Identify text that supports each of the four main Discussion components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Interpreting results<\/li><li>Considering weaknesses<\/li><li>Relating results to literature<\/li><li>Considering future progress<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What occupies the power position at the end of this Discussion \/ Conclusion? What does it tell you about the importance of the different parts of the research that these authors performed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 9 \/ April 2<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2606 Eric presents his research \u2606 Detecting draining of firn aquifers using NASA Operation IceBridge data in GHub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 10 \/ April 9<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2606 Naureen presents an introduction to her research \u2606 How to use Google Earth Engine, with application to detecting crevasses in Greenland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 11 \/ April 16<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2606 Hannah presents her research \u2606 Finding moulins in western Greenland \u2606<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 12 \/ April 23<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Field Trip: \ud83c\udf33 In-person outdoor walk at UB South Campus.  Meet at the main (northwest) entrance to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@42.9536659,-78.8186386,58m\/data=!3m1!1e3\" target=\"_blank\">Abbott Library<\/a>.  Thanks to Naureen for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/2021\/04\/26\/gml-in-person\/\">photographic documentation<\/a>! \ud83c\udf33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 13 \/ April 30<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scientist&#8217;s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career, by Stephen B. 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