Author: Regine Hock
Gerry Jones
Graham Cogley Award
The award was established in memory of Graham Cogley (see obituary) and recognizes excellence in glaciological research by early career scientists. The award was initiated and is generously sponsored by the Cogley family for a period of 20 years, and is shared between IACS and the International Glaciological Society (IGS).
2019 Winners
Goals of the Working Group
The main goals are a) to update and enrich the GlaThiDa global ice thickness data base, b) to perform an intercomparison of existing models that derive ice thickness distributions of individual glaciers, and c) to model the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers of the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI).
Download the 2014 proposal to IACS here, which details the objectives and work plan of the WG.
RGI Working Group
The main goal is to maintain and further update the RGI glacier inventory data set. Data and technical documentations can be downloaded here
With great sadness we inform that RGI WG co-chair Graham Cogley passed away in October 2018. See obituary
Download the 2013 proposal to IACS here and the proposal for a 1-year extension (2018-2019)
here
Graham Cogley
Links to other cryospheric organizations
IACS has worked with other professional cryosphere related organizations and entered agreements or Memorandums of Understandings.
Symposia
IACS Assemblies occur every two years: at the IUGG General Assemblies which take place every 4 years and include all 8 IUGG Associations, and once in between typically jointly with 1-2 other IUGG Associations.
IACS supports
– Workshops
– Training schools
– Attendance at IACS Assemblies
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