1. The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

2. WGMS World Glacier Monitoring Service IACS Standing Groups
under the umbrella of IACS
IACS Standing Groups
GTN-G Steering Committee
Glacier And Permafrost HAZard in mountains
IAVCEI/IACS Joint commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions
WGMS

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

4. 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.”

5. 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

6. IACS, not a contender but a partner
Photo: Xu Jianchu (ICIMOD) 23 April 2007
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IUGG
IACS, not a contender but a partner
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WDCGGL
IPY
ICSIH
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