ISSI, Bern, 22-26 March 2010

The International Space Science Institute will arrange a workshop on the Earth's Cryosphere and Sea-Level change on 22-26 March 2010, at ISSI, Bern. The purpose of the workshop is to provide an in-depth insight into the future of mountain glaciers, ice-caps, and the Greenland and Antarctic ice-sheet and permafrost, as exposed to nature climate variations and human effects such as increasing greenhouse gases and aerosols and the effect this will have on sea level change. Read more >>

Topics

1. Long-term variations
2. Observations of ice sheets
3. Dynamics of ice sheets
4. Modeling of mass balance
5. Glacier observation and modelling
6. Sea level observations and modeling/geodynamic effects

Conveners

Einar-Arne Herland (ESA-ESRIN), Ola Johannessen (NERSC, Norway), Glenn Milne (University of Ottawa, Canada), Hans Oerlemans (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Atsumu Ohmura (ETHZ, Switzerland), Gilles Ramstein (CNRS-CEA, France), Philip Woodworth (POL, UK), Philippe Huybrechts (Vrije Universiteit, Belgium), Lennart Bengtsson (ISSI), Roger Maurice Bonnet (ISSI)

Travel

Please consult the ISSI Website for travel information to Bern.

Accomodation

Block bookings have been made at several hotels in Bern. Please contact Jennifer Zaugg for hotel registration as soon as possible.

Social Program

On Wendesday (24th of March) an excursion will take place to visit the Aerological and remote-sensing station at Payerne. Then there will be a visit to the town of Gruyères, famous for its cheese. Read more >>