Cryospheric Deformation (joint with IACS)

IAG Co-Chair: Karen Simon (Canadian Geodetic Survey, Ottawa, Canada)

IACS Co-Chair: Matthias Willen (TU Dresden, Germany)

Vice-Chair: Carsten Ludwigsen (DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark)

Objectives

• Connecting researchers working on cryospheric deformation by
• Organizing 1-2 international workshop(s) that will continue the very successful series organized by this sub-commission over the last several years;
• Co-organizing sessions at meetings of the American Geophysical Union and European Geosciences Union;
• Organizing and continuation of online seminar series;
• Investigate the impact of reference frame differences (mainly origin) between GIA models and geodetic reference frames;
• Stimulate and support the inter-comparison, benchmarking, and validation of 1-D and especially 3-D Earth rheological models;
• Stimulate and encourage sharing model outputs, observational data, and distribution of open source software tools for modeling cryospheric deformation, and promote the inclusion of ice sheet-solid earth interactions in past and future ice sheet model runs;
• Stimulate discussion and promote the application of (future) Earth Observation techniques to research questions related to cryospheric deformation.