Joint Commissions with other IUGG Associations


IACS currently has three joint commissions.


Joint IACS-IAG Commission on Cryospheric Deformation

IAG Co-Chair: Jeff Freymueller (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)
IACS Co-Chair: Bert Wouters (Utrecht University /Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
Vice-Chair: Natalya Gomez (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

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


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


Joint IACS-IAVCEI Commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions

IACS Co-Chair: Shaun Eaves (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
IAVCEI Co-Chair: Rosie Cole (University of Iceland)
IACS Vice-Chair: Rodrigo Soteres (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
IAVCEI Vice-Chair: Chris Conway (Geological Survey of Japan)
Secretary: Erin Fitch (University of Oregon, USA)

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 the chairs if you would like to be involved.

Annual reports: 2021, 2022, 2023