Observations

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The C2H team is strongly involved in the management and maintenance of the Service National d’Observation (SNO) GLACIOCLIM and the obseravtory of the cryosphere CRYOBS-CLIM.

The team is also strongly involved in the transfer of acquired data to global databases centralizing data from national observatories (OZCAR Research Infrastructure, Global Cryosphere Watch GCW, Global Land Ice Measurements from Space : GLIMS, World Glacier Monitoring Service WGMS).

SNO GLACIOCLIM

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The GLACIOCLIM observatory monitors nine sites in the world (Alps, Andes and Antarctica), plus three glaciers (Nepal, Pyrenees and Svalbard) in the context of the Cryosphere Observatory CRYOBS-CLIM attached to the Research Infrastructure OZCAR. These sites represent various climatic zones.

IR OZCAR

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OZCAR is a national research infrastructure dedicated to the observation and study of the functioning of the Earth’s surfaces, from the basement to the lower atmosphere, from the high relief to the coastal regions. OZCAR puts in synergy instrumented sites in France and abroad that rely on long-term observations of water, ice, soils, wetlands and their biodiversity. OZCAR is a community platform that focuses on the state and future of water and soil resources according to an integrated scientific vision of the environment and territories.

Global Cryosphere Watch GCW

GCW is composed of a central element, called CryoNet, and contributor stations that are not part of CryoNet. The GCW Network builds on existing cryosphere observation programs and encourages the addition of standardized cryospheric observations to existing facilities to create more robust environmental observatories.

Global Land Ice Measurements from Space : GLIMS

GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) is an initiative designed to monitor the world’s glaciers primarily using data from optical instruments on satellites. More than 60 institutions around the world are involved in GLIMS. Until early 2015, the project was coordinated by Principal Investigator Jeffrey S. Kargel of the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona.

World Glacier Monitoring Service WGMS

Le WGMS collects and disseminates standardized data on glacier fluctuations. Thus, the WGMS collects glacier data annually through its network of scientific collaboration active in more than 30 countries. The WGMS is a service of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IACS, IUGG) and the International Council for Science (ICS) Global Data System and works under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).