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Michael Zemp, on behalf of the WGMS team

World Glacier Monitoring Service, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

Report 2014Report 2014

Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G)

Steering Committee

Advisory Board Executive Board

World Glacier Monitoring

Service

US National Snow and Ice Data Center

Global Land Ice Measurements

from Space

Operational Team Michael Zemp (85%) Isabelle Gärtner-Roer (45%) Samuel Nussbaumer (50%) Nico Mölg (CATCOS & SMD4GC) Florian Denzinger (40% Mai-Dez) Patrizia Di Secli (10%)

Strategic Team Operational Team Wilfried Haeberli Frank Paul Martin Hoelzle

Guest Scientists and Trainees from CH, DE, CA


Financial statement 2014

Income 284 KCHF GCOS/MeteoSwiss 2 KCHF EKK 4 KCHF GIUZ (teaching) 7 KCHF CATCOS (summer school) 297 KCHF Total 2014 52 KCHF Carry-forward from 2013

Expenses 262 KCHF Salaries & Social Taxes (+20 KCHF) 3 KCHF Material Costs (+3 KCHF) 15 KCHF Travel Expenses (+1 KCHF) 16 KCHF extra Travel NSIDC (+1 KCHF) 17 KCHF Publications & IT (- 5 KCHF) 313 KCHF Total 2014 (+ 20 KCHF)

=> Carry-forward for 2015: 35 KCHF (-12 KCHF)


WGMS day-to-day business


Prepare the WGMS services for new digital and print products

annual call-for-data



Evaluation of GTN-G in 2014

through GTN-G Advisory Board, under the lead of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

C. Rolstad Denby, L.M. Andreassen, A. Arendt, G. Cogley, V. Ryabinin

(evaluation is a WDS-requirement)

Evaluation of GTN-G and its operational bodies (WGMS, GLIMS, NSIDC) concerning the monitoring of glaciers and ice caps:

WGMS Klausur, 13 February 2014 self-evaluation report (Q2) site visite (9-11 June 2014, Boulder) final evaluation report (Q4)


Evaluation of GTN-G in 2014 – outcome relevant to WGMS activities

“The WGMS staff does an admirable job with data compilation, outreach, training activities as well as scientific production.”=> (CATCOS, SMD4GC, MoU IRD/CRNS)

“We do see strong potential for WGMS to act as a distributor of high level data derived from remote sensing products, for example glacier-wide mass balances determined from laser altimetry.”=> Strengthen the remote sensing competence at WGMS (Glaciers_cci Option 5)=> GLIMS/RGI issue to be solved at NSIDC and with NASA proposal

“The Advisory Board supports the idea of merging the two products as a biennial Fluctuations of Glaciers, which will free resources and offer the public a more timely product.”=> Global Glacier Change Bulletin (GGCB) series

“the GTN-G web portal should be an early focus for improvements in publication of, and access to, services that are already provided.”=> WGMS MetaData Browser update postponed to 2015, priority on finalization of GTN-G Global Glacier Browser


GTN-G Global Glacier Browser


Publications


Copernicus Climate Change Service


5-yr budget revisited5-yr budget revisited


Corrections to 5-year budget (2015-19) 31 KCHF 14.5% employer’s social taxes (+4 KCHF)

8 KCHF support for using public transportation (+4 KCHF) 2 KCHF IT-hardware (=)

5 KCHF update of digital products (+5 KCHF)

60 KCHF Global Glacier Change Bulletin (-2 KCHF)

=> Overall annual budget is 13 KCHF larger

=> Can these additional costs be covered by GCOS?


Program 2015Program 2015


Operational Team Michael Zemp (85%) Isabelle Gärtner-Roer (45%) Samuel Nussbaumer (50%) Nico Mölg (45% CATCOS) Fabia Hüsler (50% SMD4GC) Patrizia Di Secli (10%)

Strategic Team Operational Team Frank Paul Martin Hoelzle

Guest Scientists and Trainees from CH, CA, UK, FR, IT, CO, …

Budget 2015

Expenses 251 KCHF Salaries & Social Taxes 3 KCHF Material Costs 10 KCHF Update of digital products 18 KCHF Travel Expenses 3 KCHF Other (publ. fee & further educ.) 20 KCHF Global Glacier Change Bulletin 305 KCHF Total 2015

=> Carry-forward for 2016: 36 KCHF


FLUCTUATIONSOF

GLACIERS

2005–2010

(Vol. X)

A contribution to theGlobal Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G)

as part of the Global Terrestrial/Climate Observing System (GTOS/GCOS),

the Division of Early Warning and Assessment and the Global Environment Outlookas part of the United Nations Environment Programme (DEWA and GEO, UNEP),

and the International Hydrological Programme (IHP, UNESCO)

Prepared by the

World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

ICSU (WDS) – IUGG (IACS) – UNEP – UNESCO – WMO

2012

FLUCTUATIONSOF

GLACIERS

2005–2010

(Vol. X)

A contribution to theGlobal Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G)

as part of the Global Terrestrial/Climate Observing System (GTOS/GCOS),

the Division of Early Warning and Assessment and the Global Environment Outlookas part of the United Nations Environment Programme (DEWA and GEO, UNEP),

and the International Hydrological Programme (IHP, UNESCO)

Prepared by the

World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

ICSU (WDS) – IUGG (IACS) – UNEP – UNESCO – WMO

2012




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