4. Glaciers and Permafrost Hazards in High Mountain Slopes
Chairs
IPA/IACS Co-chair:
- Andreas Kääb, Norway kaeaeb@geo.uio.no
IPA Co-chair:
- Christian Hauck, Switzerland christian.hauck@unifr.ch
IACS Co-chairs:
- Jeffrey Kargel, U.S.A. jkargel1054@earthlink.net
- Christian Huggel, Switzerland christian.huggel@geo.uzh.ch
Statement of Goals
- Continue disaster database
- Enhance outreach and dissemination including image gallery with explanations, a second special journal issue
- Increased focus on application of geophysics to permafrost hazards (co-chair Christian Hauck)
- Increase meetings with other than EGU, ICOP and EUCOP
- Collaboration with other working groups, e.g. IAVCEI/IUGG Commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions
- Improve geographical representation
Activities:
- Continue special sessions at EGU, session at IACS/IAMAS/IAPSO Joint Assembly (2009, Montreal), glacier and permafrost hazard symposiun/conference (2009), NATO conference (2010), applied geophysics workshop (EUCOP III)
Web page: http://www.geo.uio.no/remotesensing/gaphaz/
Liaison person with SCDIC: A. Kääb
Liaison with international organizations and programs: IACS, IGS, WGMS, GLIMS, and other cryospheric programs and organizations