Geomathematics was established as a new geoscientific subject at the University of Trier in 1995. The principal research fields of the department of geomathematics are morphological ice surface characterisation, microtopography of snow and ice surfaces and satellite data analysis.

Prof. Dr. Ute C. Herzfeld developed a new geostatistical classification system for glacier surfaces. For this purpose, a multi-channel instrument, called „Glacier Roughness Sensor“ (GRS) was designed and built at the University of Trier to measure ice surface roughness with a very high accuracy. Ice surface roughness is a parameter of importance to many glaciological studies. As the worlds glaciers and ice sheets play an important role in the global climatic system, the knowledge of them makes an important contribution to the study of climatic changes on earth. In order to take data in different areas and to analyse them, Prof. Dr. Ute C. Herzfeld and her team have already made several research trips to Alaska, Greenland and Austria.

The students of geomathematics in Trier are allowed to take part in study trips (for example to the Ötztaler Alpen, Austria) which are offered nearly every semester. Geomathematics is one of the geoscientific subjects at the University of Trier which all students of geography have to take during their university course. There are nearly fifty students who are studying geomathematics as their major subject.

In general, the geomathematical course of study has the following learning contents which can be divided into two knowledge levels:

· Basic knowledge of geomathematics: linear algebra, analysis, statistics
· Special or extensive knowledge of geostatistics, higher mathematics geomathematics and multivariate data analysis

Professional prospects for geomathematicians are in research, for example in the environmental research, as well as in electronic data processing (programmer or geoinformation scientist).

If you are interested in Geomathematics and you still have questions about this subject, please contact

Head of Department
N.N.
+49 (0)651 201-4611

Staff
Dipl.-Geogr. Ralf Stosius
E-Mail: stosius@denali.uni-trier.de
+49(0)651 201-4612