GLIMS: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

Monitoring the World's Changing Glaciers

GLIMS Meeting 2010, Columbus, Ohio, USA

GLIMS Meeting, in conjunction with the IGS Symposium on Disappearing Ice
Columbus, Ohio, USA
August 18 (Wednesday), 2010 (tentative)

Location: Byrd Polar Research Center, in Scott Hall (west Campus)

Approximate Program:

Time	Topic
13:00	Introduction (Kargel or Raup)
13:15	GLIMS Database and uses of GLIMS data; RC activity (Raup)
13:30	GLIMS book status (Kargel)
13:50	Discussion of methods for glacier mapping, as agreed upon at recent meetings and symposia (e.g. GLIMS Workshop held in Boulder, Colorado, and the IGS Workshop on Glacier Inventory, held in Lanzhou, China, both in 2008). Discussion of problems encountered by Regional Centers in glacier mapping. Q and A.
16:00	Discussion of new online tools either available or in the works at NSIDC to help the GLIMS analysis process. (Raup)
16:30	Additional time for discussion
17:00 or 17:30	Closing

GLIMS-related science presentations should be given at the IGS Symposium.

Attendance

This meeting is open to anyone interested in GLIMS. Please email Bruce Raup (braup@nsidc.org) or Jeff Kargel (jeffreyskargel@hotmail.com) if you intend to be at this meeting.