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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt;">Dear GLIMS participants and users:</font><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;"><br style="line-height: 22px;"></font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">I received the following responses from the 'survey' sent last month. These responses are all -- each and every one-- very helpful</font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">to (1) meet the needs of the still-ongoing review of GLIMS (next major steps in the review will occur May 30 with a crucial meeting at NASA HQ, and June 9-10-11 with a review/evaluation meeting in Boulder at NSIDC), (2) identify both strengths and weakness in GLIMS as it has been conducted-- useful not just for the review but for moving forward in GLIMS; and (3) specifying new observation requirements/needs for future remote sensing systems that can be helpful to GLIMS, RGI, and other glacier monitoring initiatives.</font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">So for those of you who responded, please know that I appreciate your comments and suggestions, which I take as guidance from the GLIMS contributor and user community. </font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;"><br style="line-height: 22px;"></font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">Whereas your continued feedback can never be too late, for purposes of this May 30 meeting, if anybody else has feedback please provide it in the next 3 or 4 days. If I accidentally omitted any response, please accept my apology and remind me or resend what you sent.</font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">After I receive any further feedback, I intend to make all responses available through the GLIMS list, unless there are objections to doing so.</font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;"><br style="line-height: 22px;"></font></div><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">--Jeff <br id="ecxFontBreak" style="line-height: 22px;"></font></div><br><br>Jeffrey S. Kargel<div>Department of Hydrology & Water Resources</div><div>University of Arizona</div><div>Tucson, AZ 85742 USA</div><div>Email(1) jeffreyskargel@hotmail.com</div><div>Email(2) kargel@hwr.arizona.edu</div><div>Mobile phone: 520-780-7759</div><div>www.glims.org</div> </div></body>
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