GEOINFORMATICS RESEARCH PAPERS, publ. BS3004, doi:10.2205/2015IUGG-RU-IACS, 2015

National Report for the IACS of the IUGG 2011–2014

Edited by T. Y. Khromova

Abstract

In this National Report are given major results of researches conducted by Russian glaciologists in 2011–2014 on the topics of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). This report is prepared by the Section of Cryospheric Sciences of the National Geophysical Committee of Russia to the XXVI General Assembly of the IUGG. Glaciological symposiums are held every two years, the last one took place in January 2013 in Novosibirsk. Since 2010, the Russian Academy of Sciences publishes journal "Ice and Snow" which is a continuation of the issues "Materials of glaciological studies" (since 1961) and since 1967, the scientific journal "Earth's Cryosphere". Some main results of 2011–2014 are presented on the following topics: The "Earth's Cryosphere" and "Ice and Snow" journals, Glaciers and ice sheets, Permafrost, Paleo glaciology and paleo climate, Snow cover and snow avalanches, Sea, river and lake ice, Cryo data management.

Published 18 June 2015.

 
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Citation: Khromova T. Y. Ed. (2015), National Report for the IACS of the IUGG 2011–2014, Geoinf. Res. Papers, 3, BS3004, GCRAS Publ., Moscow, 75 pp. doi:10.2205/2015IUGG-RU-IACS