CR – Cryospheric Sciences

Programme Group Chair: Daniel Farinotti

CR1 – The State of the Cryosphere: Past, Present, Future
CR2 – lce sheets, ice shelves and glaciers
CR3 – Sea, Lake and River Ice
CR4 – Frozen ground, debris-covered glaciers and geomorphology
CR5 – Snow and ice: properties, processes, hazards
CR6 – Instrumental and paleo-archive observations, analyses, and data-driven methods in the cryospheric sciences
CR7 – The Cryosphere in the Earth system: interdisciplinary topics
CR8 – Short Courses (SC)

CR1 – The State of the Cryosphere: Past, Present, Future

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Christina Draeger, Violaine Coulon

Proposals are marked in red.

Suggested session
Glaciers and ice caps in a changing climate: from observations and modelling to impacts and risks

Session short summary:

This session explores advances in understanding glacier and ice cap change through field observations, remote sensing, modelling, and emerging technologies, alongside the environmental and societal impacts of glacier retreat. We welcome contributions spanning areas such glacier monitoring, water security, ecosystems, risk, and innovative approaches to adaptation, co-production, and communication.

Keywords: Climate change - impact on cryosphere, Climate change - societal impact, Cryosphere, Glaciers (Glaciation), Melting of glaciers and ice sheets

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CR2 – lce sheets, ice shelves and glaciers

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Violaine Coulon, Christina Draeger

Proposals are marked in red.

Suggested session
Surface mass balance of glaciers, ice sheets and ice shelves

Session short summary:

A session on improving our understanding of surface processes of glaciers, ice sheets and ice shelves, to better quantify their surface mass balance and their contribution to global sea-level in the past, present and future. This session welcomes observational, modelling and machine learning approaches.

Keywords: Ice sheets, Ice shelves, Melting of glaciers and ice sheets, Rainfall-runoff (Precipitation run-off), Snow hydrology

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Ice shelves and tidewater glaciers - dynamics, interactions, processes, and climate implications

Session short summary:

This session focuses on the physical interactions of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers with the remaining components of the climate system. Any scales, aspects, and techniques addressing this problem are welcome.

Keywords: Ice shelves, Ice-ocean interactions, Melting of glaciers and ice sheets, Polar latitudes (High latitudes)

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CR3 – Sea, Lake and River Ice

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Lettie Roach, Falk M. Oraschewski

CR4 – Frozen ground, debris-covered glaciers and geomorphology

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Samuel Weber, Cristina Pérez-Guillén

Proposals are marked in red.

Suggested session
Mountain permafrost in a warming climate: advances in methods, process understanding and hazard implications

Session short summary:

This session welcomes all contributions from mountain permafrost research in all periglacial environments that enhance the understanding of processes at slope and regional scales. The combination of multiple methods and newly developed approaches is of particular interest.

Keywords: Climate change - geomorphic impact, Mountain climate (Alpine climate), Periglacial processes, Permafrost

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CR5 – Snow and ice: properties, processes, hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Samuel Weber

CR6 – Instrumental and paleo-archive observations, analyses, and data-driven methods in the cryospheric sciences

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Falk M. Oraschewski, Lettie Roach

CR7 – The Cryosphere in the Earth system: interdisciplinary topics

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Thomas Mölg, Daniel Farinotti

CR8 – Short Courses (SC)

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officers: Daniel Farinotti, Thomas Mölg