Cryosphere
Theme Documents:
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Cryosphere Theme Report, v1.0, 26 August 2007 (PDF formatted for A4 paper). Citation.
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Recommendations from the Cryosphere Theme Report, (PDF).
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Report author list
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Cryosphere
Theme poster (1-page handout) (PDF | PPT)
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| Cryosphere Theme logos
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Cryosphere implementation tables (DRAFTS): top-level, snow, sea ice, freshwater, glacier, permafrost |
| Presentation to IGOS Partners at IGOS-P-14, 30 May 2007, when the Report was up for approval. |
Cryosphere Theme proposal
to the IGOS Partners (PDF), 14 February 2005
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A short
version of
Vladimir Ryabinin's May 2004 presentation
to IGOS-P (Powerpoint), 27 May 2004
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Other
IGOS Theme Reports:
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| Geohazards
theme
report and theme
poster |
| Water
Cycle theme report
and
theme poster
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Atmospheric
Chemistry theme report
and
theme poster.
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Oceans
theme
report
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| Coastal
theme
report |
| Land
theme DRAFT report |
Carbon
cycle theme report. Click
here for a
list figures (*.ppt files).
Carbon cycle implementation plan.
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Relevant Documents:
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| Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing
Network,
from the National Research Council |
| A white paper on a global cryospheric
climate monitoring system (A European "proposal" by Solberg et al.) |
| ICARP Working Group 7 report
on cryospheric and hydrological processes and systems, a science plan |
| Systematic Observation Requirements for
Satellite-based Products for Climate from GCOS |
| AOSB-CliC Observing Plan for the
International Polar Year |
| CEOS response to GCOS Implementation Plan |
The
GCOS Second
Report on the Adequacy of the Global Observing System
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GCOS
Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in
Support of the UNFCCC
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| GCOS
Annex
on technical requirements for climate monitoring |
Canadian GCOS
plan. GCOS
cryoshere
summary report.
More detailed reports are also
available.
|
Canadian GCOS
plan. GCOS
cryoshere
summary report.
More detailed reports are also
available.
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| CEOS Virtual Constellation concept (Draft) |
JCOMM Expert
Team on Sea
Ice
Second Session
Report
(April 2004, Hamburg)
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Ice
Information
Services,
socio-economic benefits and
earth observation requirements
by the International
Ice Charting Working Group
|
Report
of the
8th Session of the Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank Steering Group,
Ottawa, 30 April - 1 May 2000
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CEOS
ice
hazards report
from the Disaster Management Support Group
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Report of
the SCAR ISMASS working group (also in Global & Planetary
Change v42, July 2004). Main
document | Fig
1
| Fig 2
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Earth
Observation Handbook
(ESA).
Good source of satellite information. (Copied locally from
the ESA
site.)
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| Cryosphere
chapter
of the EOS Science Plan. |
| CliC
Science Plan |
| Paper by R.
Barry on mountain
climate change and cryospheric responses. |
| Part of
a report to NASA on cryospheric
research with SAR and InSAR
(from K. Jezek) |
| EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Planning
Document |
| EnviSnow
requirements document (draft)
covering some snow variables |
| EUMETSAT
Satellite Application Facilities hydrology report,
including requirements for snow |
| NRC/NAS
report on
climate data records |
| Arctic
Climate
Impacts Assessment highlights |
| ICSU
report
on socioeconomic data. The
recommendations should be addressed in the theme reports. |
| World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme series: See Guidelines for Managing Changes in Climate Observation Programmes (WCDMP-62) and Guidelines on Climate Data Management (WCDMP-60). |
| Global Outlook for Ice and Snow from UNEP (link to site) |
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IGOS Theme Development:
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| IGOS-P Process Paper.
Explains the process for Theme
proposals and reports. |
| Approval compliance checklist.
A Theme must meet the criteria in this list. This is an example from another theme. |
| Theme
publication guidance (report
document formatting) |
