International partners

Several partners form the international Glaciodyn IPY project will collaborate actively in the Norwegian project. Some will directly participate in field investigations and others cooperate on remote sensing and modeling work. The partners and their contributions are listed below. Confirmation letters of their participation and input are enclosed.

1. University of Utrecht, NL, (IMAU) Professor Johannes Oerlemans. The group in Utrecht will cooperate both on energy mass balance modeling and sensitivity studies and on the dynamic response. They will operate a number (ca. 10) year-round GPS stations for dynamic monitoring in Svalbard and an AWS-station on Langfjordjøkelen.
2. University of Silesia, PL, (USi). Professor Jacek Jania is leading another Glaciodyn proposal with focus on the Target glacier Hansbreen in Svalbard. We will cooperate on comparative studies on calving processes.
3. University of Cambridge, UK, Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), Professor Julian Dowdeswell will contribute on remote sensing of Austfonna and also provide existing airborne radio-echo data of the ice cap.
4. University of Alberta,CA (UA), Professor Martin Sharp, has proposed a similar IPY-Glaciodyn on Devon Ice Cap. We will cooperate on approach methods and run comparative studies with Austfonna, including exchange of PhD-students.
5. University of Maine, USA (UMa), Dr. Gordon Hamilton will cooperate on Remote sensing data - Aster and ICESAT-data of Austfonna.
6. Iowa State University, USA, (ISU), Professor Neal Iverson, Subglacial processes/sliding/ hydrology on Engabreen (IPY-EoI-1007). Fieldwork will be coordinated with Glaciodyn.
7. University of Bristol, UK (UB), Professors Jonathan Bamber and Jemma Wadham. Bamberorks with NASA on the possibility to repeat airborne NASA profiles on Austfonna in 2008. Wadham has several ongoing projects in the subglacial laboratory, including studies of the subglacial hydrology at Engabreen.
8. University of Swansea, UK (USw) Dr. Gudfinna Adalgeirsdottir, Dynamic modeling.
9. University of Innsbruck, A (UI) Dr. Friedrich Obleitner, will provide AWS-stations and take part in energy balance modelling.
10. Pennsylvania State University, USA (PSU), Dr.Sridhar Anandakrishnan, subglacial processes, seismics. 11. University of Uppsala, S (UU) Dr. Veijo Pohjola, is leading an IPY-project ‘Change and variability of Arctic Systems Nordaustlandet, Svalbard’ (IPY-no.58) with a logistic base in Kinnvika, near Austfonna. We will cooperate closely on logistics and glaciological investigations proposed for the Vestfonna