1. CATCOS Phase 2 Glacier WorkPackage Part UZH - Andes
CATCOS PSC-4 Meeting, 9 March 2016
CATCOS Phase 2 Glacier WorkPackage Part UZH - Andes
Michael Zemp and Nico Mölg
World Glacier Monitoring Service, Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Switzerland

2. CATCOS-2: Data Chain from Observers to International Datacenters
GGCB No. 1: countries with CATCOS-activities are highly visible

3. CATCOS-2 Actions in South America – COLOMBIA
Position as Visiting Professor offered to:
Dr Philipp RASTNER, UZH
Colombia: key priorities for last project year
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM)
Observations received
Support the continuation of the glaciological mass balance program
Jointly analyse and publish the glaciological and geodetic data
Remote and on-site twinning
Outreach activities
Photo by J. Ramirez

4. CATCOS-2 Actions in South America – ECUADOR
Ecuador: key priorities for last project year
Aerial image 1997 by
Instituto Geográfico Militar, EC
Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)
Observations received
Support the continuation of the glaciological mass balance program
Complete the geodetic processing
Jointly analyse and publish the glaciological and geodetic data
Remote and on-site twinning
Outreach activities
Jointly analyse geodetic results => PhD Ruben Basantes (EPN)
Jointly analyse glaciological results => Bolivar Caceres (INAMHI)
=> On-site twinning: Nico Mölg in November (INAMHI)

5. CATCOS-2 Actions in South America – ECUADOR
Ecuador: key priorities for last project year
Aerial image 1997 by
Instituto Geográfico Militar, EC
Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)
Observations received
Support the continuation of the glaciological mass balance program
Complete the geodetic processing
Jointly analyse and publish the glaciological and geodetic data
Remote and on-site twinning
Outreach activities
Jointly analyse geodetic results => PhD Ruben Basantes (EPN)
Jointly analyse glaciological results => Bolivar Caceres (INAMHI)
On-site twinning had to be cancelled due to
lack of response by INAMHI....

6. CATCOS-2 Actions – First Authorship Issues

7. > 40 valid applications
CATCOS-2 Actions in South America – Training Course, Bolivia
> 40 valid applications

8. CATCOS-2 Actions – Educational and Public Outreach
Users per country
> 1,000 users per day
users per day
wgms Glacier App
available from:

9. CATCOS-2 Actions in South America
¡ EN CAMINO !

10. international glacier monitoring strategy
Key tasks of a glacier observation program
Process understanding (and model calibration)
Regional variability of glacier changes
Representativeness of observation series
Global coverage
Reanalysis of observation series
Assessment of secondary impacts
Free and unrestricted international data sharing
Publication of results in international journals
Outreach activities
CATCOS Phase 1
+ continue in-situ mass balance observations
+ geodetic survey for validation/calibration of in-situ series
CATCOS Phase 2
+ continue in-situ mass balance observations
+ reanalysis of obs. series
+ publication of results
+ outreach
WGMS (2008)