Zemp
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| Title / Titel | World Glacier Monitoring Service | ||||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) collects standardised observations on changes in mass, volume, area and length of glaciers with time (glacier fluctuations), as well as statistical information on the distribution of perennial surface ice in space (glacier inventories). Such glacier fluctuation and inventory data represent high-priority key indicators of climate change and are monitored as terrestrial variables within global climate-related observing systems directed by WMO, UNESCO, UNEP, FAO and ICSU. They form a basis for hydrological modelling with respect to possible effects of atmospheric warming, and provide fundamental information in glaciology, glacial geomorphology and quaternary geology. Weitere Informationen |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Zemp, M., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2009): Six decades of glacier mass balance observations - a review of the worldwide monitoring network. Annals of Glaciology, 50: p. 101–111.WGMS (2008b): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2000-2005 (Vol. IX). Haeberli, W., Zemp, M., Kääb, A., Paul, F. and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ICSU (FAGS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 266 pp.WGMS (2008a): Global Glacier Changes: facts and figures. Zemp, M., Roer, I., Kääb, A., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Haeberli, W. (eds.), UNEP, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 88 pp.WGMS (2007): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 9 (2004-2005). Haeberli, W., Zemp, M. and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ICSU (FAGS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 100 pp.Haeberli, W. (2006): Integrated perception of glacier changes: a challenge of historical dimensions. In: Knight, P. G. (ed): Glacier Science and Environmental Change. Blackwell, Oxford, 423-430.WGMS (1989): World glacier inventory - Status 1988. Haeberli, W., Bösch, H., Scherler, K., Østrem, G. and Wallén, C. C. (eds.), IAHS (ICSI) / UNEP / UNESCO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 458 pp.Weitere Informationen |
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| Other links to external web pages | http://www.wgms.ch | ||||||||
| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), SNF (Personen- und Projektförderung), Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies), Others The WGMS receives substantial funds for the operations of the central service from the Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland and the Swiss GCOS Office at the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. The following organizations have supported the production of WGMS products and projects: International Association of Cryospheric Sciences of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IACS/IUGG), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), World Data System of the International Council for Science (WDS/ICSU), World Meteorological Organization (WMO). |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 1986 to Jan 2015 |