Symposium on Mass Balance of Andean Glaciers
12-13 March 2003
Centro de Estudios Cientificos
Valdivia, Chile
For more information see: http://www.cecs.cl
The Symposium on Mass Balance of Andean Glaciers is being organized by
the Working Group on Andean Glaciers of ICSI (International Commission
of Snow and Ice) - IAHS (International Association of Hydrological
Sciences) (http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/research/icsi/), with the goal of
presenting advances and current understanding related to mass balance
and glacier changes of Andean glaciers of South America. The symposium
follows from the ICSI-sponsored symposium on "Glaciers of the Southern
Hemisphere", held in Melbourne, Australia in July 1997, with papers
published in Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 22. The official
language will be English.
The following topics related to mass balance of Andean glaciers are to
be addressed in the Symposium:
1) Mass balance measurement techniques
2) Mass balance monitoring programmes
3) Recent glacier variations and their relation with climate
4) Glacio-hydrological studies and the relation with glacier mass
balance
Immediately after the Symposium, a 1-day workshop on Friday 14 March is
proposed for planning a mass balance network for Andean glaciers. A
2-day post-symposium tour (Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March) will be
planned to a glacier-covered volcano in the lake district of Chile.
See further information at http://www.cecs.cl
Contact Person: Gino Casassa, CECS;
Phone: 56.63.234540;
Fax: 56.63.234517;
Email: gcasassa [at] cecs.cl