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
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