Joint Commissions with other IUGG Associations


IACS currently has three joint commissions.


Joint IACS-IAG Commission on Cryospheric Deformation

IAG Co-Chair: Karen Simon (Canadian Geodetic Survey, Ottawa, Canada)
IACS Co-Chair: Matthias Willen (TU Dresden, Germany)
Vice-Chair: Carsten Ludwigsen (DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark)

IACS bureau liaison: Regine Hock
Commission website: IACS-IAG Commission on Cryospheric Deformation

This commission joint with the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) was established in spring 2020.

Annual reports: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024


Joint IACS-IAPSO Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions

IACS Co-Chair: Isabel Nias ( University of Liverpool, UK)
IAPSO Co-Chair: Felicity McCormack (Monash University, Clayton, Australia)

IACS bureau liaison: Sophie Nowicki
Commission website: IACS-IAPSO commission on Ice-Ocen Interactions

This commission joint with International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO) was established in October 2020.

Annual reports: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024


Joint IACS-IAVCEI Commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions

IACS leaders: Shaun Eaves (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Rodrigo Soteres (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
IAVCEI leaders: Iestyn Barr (Manchester Metropolitan University), Linda Sobolewski (Ruhr-University Bochum), Tryggvi Unnsteinsson (University of Aberdeen)

IACS bureau liaison: Andrew Macintosh
Commission website: IACS-IAVCEI Commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions

Following on from the Standing Group on Volcano-Ice Interactions (2010-2019), this commission joint with the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) was established in 2020 and formulated Terms of Reference (ToR) in 2021. Please contact https://viic.iavceivolcano.org/contact/ if you would like to be involved.

Annual reports: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024