GLIMS Update: upcoming meetings of possible interest

[Jeffrey S Kargel]

Dear GLIMS colleagues,

Here is a short list of upcoming meetings of possible interest to GLIMS.

--Jeff K

International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Association internationale des sciences hydrologiques
VIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly
Theme: Freshwater : Sustainability within Uncertainty
Includes symposia and workshop on:
    S#5 Contribution from Glaciers and Snow Cover to Runoff from Mountains
in Different Climates (ICSI)
    W#4 WORKSHOP on Andean Glaciology (ICSI)
3-9 April 2005
Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)
Abstract deadline: 31 December 2004
URL: http://www.cig.ensmp.fr/~iahs/
GLIMS activities: perhaps an organizing meeting to prepare a NASA proposal
for a remote sensing/field campaign in Cordillera Blanca (contact J. Kargel
if interested)


European Geosciences Union (EGU)
General Assembly 2005
24-29 April, 2005
Vienna, Austria
Abstract deadline: 21 January 2005
URL: http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/ga/egu05/index.htm
GLIMS events and other notes:
   Glacier session chaired by Andy Kaab and Bruce Raup
  26 sessions dealing with the various aspects of the cryospheric Sciences

2005 Joint Assembly Meeting (includes AGU)
23-27 May, 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Abstract deadline: 10 Feb., 2005
URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm05/
GLIMS events: none scheduled so far

31st Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment:
Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security
20-24 June, 2005
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Abstract deadline, 31 Dec., 2004
URL: http://www.niersc.spb.ru/isrse/
GLIMS events: none scheduled so far, but J. Kargel will attend/present

IGARSS 2005
25-29 July, 2005
Seoul, South Korea
Abstract deadline: Contributed: 21 January, 2005. Invited: 11 January, 2005
URL: http://www.igarss05.org/
GLIMS events: none specifically scheduled.  Special session on Terra/Aqua
results.  J. Kargel will present invited talk.

IAMAS: The International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric
Sciences
2-11 August, 2005
Beijing, China
Includes JOINT SYMPOSIA WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF SNOW AND ICE
(ICSI) OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES (IAHS)
  J2: Glacier Mass Balance and its Coupling to Regional and Hemispheric
Circulation
  J3: Mountain Snow and Ice Cover
Abstract deadline: ?
URL: http://www.iamas.org/
GLIMS events and other notes: none at this time

INTERNATIONAL GLACIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
International Symposium on High-Elevation Glaciers and Climate Records
5-9 Sep. 2005
Lanzhou, China
Abstract deadline: 28 Feb. 2005
URL: http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2005/lanzhou/
GLIMS events and other notes: none at this time.  Seems to be a great
meeting.

FALL 2005 MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
5 – 9 December 2005
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
URL: www.agu.org/meetings
GLIMS events and other notes: none yet sceduled, but a GLIMS Miniworkshop
is likely

GLIMS Workshop
Feb. 2006
New Zealand
Details to be announced later
GLIMS events and other notes: field trips to glaciers in addition to
workshop.  Please plan on attending if possible.

INTERNATIONAL GLACIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
International Symposium on Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Glacier
Volcano/Geothermal Interactions
12 - 16 June 2006
Reykjavík, Iceland
URL: http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2006/iceland/
GLIMS events and other notes: none scheduled at this time

INTERNATIONAL GLACIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
International Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of  Global Climate Change
A joint CliC/IGS/ICSI Symposium
21 - 25 August 2006
Cambridge, England
URL: http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2006/cambridge/
GLIMS events and other notes: none planned at this time, but Kargel
suggests this might be a good option for a piggybacked GLIMS meeting and
heavy GLIMS participation in the IGS meeting.



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Dr. Jeffrey S. Kargel
U.S. Geological Survey
2255 N. Gemini Dr.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
U.S.A.

Telephone (+1) (928) 556-7034
Fax (+1) (928) 556-7014
Email: jkargel at usgs.gov
Home email: jkargel at flaglink.com
Home phone: (+1)(928) 527-4196ncludes symposia on:
S#5 Contribution from Glaciers and Snow Cover to
   Runoff from Mountains in Different Climates (ICSI)