The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

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The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences www.cryosphericsciences.org

WGMS World Glacier Monitoring Service IACS Standing Groups under the umbrella of IACS http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms IACS Standing Groups GTN-G Steering Committee Glacier And Permafrost HAZard in mountains IAVCEI/IACS Joint commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions WGMS

WORKING GROUPS IACS Working Groups Mass balance terminology and methods WORKING GROUPS

WORKING GROUPS http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/products.html “IUGG urges snow and ice scientists, practitioners, and scientists from related disciplines to adopt these new schemes as standards.” http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/products.html

WORKING GROUPS IACS Working Groups Mass balance terminology and methods Flow law for polycrystalline ice From quantitative stratigraphy to microstructure-based modelling of snow WORKING GROUPS

IACS, not a contender but a partner Photo: Xu Jianchu (ICIMOD) 23 April 2007 IPCC YAKS, YAKS, YAKS ... ICSI CIG UCCS IUGG IACS, not a contender but a partner WDCGC WDCGGL IPY ICSIH IUFRO