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SUMMARY:Honorary Lecture - Prof. D. Andrew Barry
DTSTART:20231212T180000
DTEND:20231212T190000
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. D. Andrew Barry\nDate: 12 December 2023\nTime: 18:00 - 1
 9:00\nIntroduction by Dean Claudia R. Binder\, lecture by Prof. D. Andrew 
 Barry\, conclusion by President Martin Vetterli. Followed by an Apero.\nPl
 ace: CO1\nZoom link\n\n\nTitle:\n“Up\, Down and Around: How Hydrodynamic
 s Controls Lake Geneva’s Water Quality in a Warming Climate”\n\nAbstra
 ct\nBasic physics explains the warming surface waters of the 309-m-deep La
 ke Geneva (le Léman) – warming increases buoyancy so that heat is trapp
 ed in the lake’s surface layer. However\, the lake’s cold\, less buoya
 nt bottom layers are also warming. This observation is not anomalous\, but
  rather exemplifies the complexity of the often-hidden hydrodynamic proces
 ses that govern the heat content and water quality of large lakes. Indeed\
 , Lake Geneva is an archetype of temperate zone lakes\, as was recognized 
 well over 100 years ago by François-Alphonse Forel\, the founder of limno
 logy. Forel identified\, measured and explained a type of subtle basin-sca
 le motion (seiches) using the iconic Lake Geneva as an outdoor laboratory.
  And\, to this day\, Lake Geneva is an ideal example to showcase major hyd
 rodynamic processes affecting large\, deep lakes\, including potential eff
 ects of climate warming. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\nD. Andrew Barry is an
  Australian whose career path included academic appointments in Australia\
 , the US\, and the UK. He joined EPFL in 2005\, and led the Ecological Eng
 ineering Laboratory in the Institute of Environmental Engineering until 20
 23. His research fields traverse diverse aspects of environmental science 
 and engineering\, including soil science\, vadose zone hydrology\, surface
  hydrology\, soil erosion\, soil and groundwater contamination and physica
 l limnology.
LOCATION:CO 1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CO%201 https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62
 964539721
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