1. GCOS-WGMS Annual Meeting, Zurich, 25 February 2015 World Glacier Monitoring Service Report 2014 5-year budget revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS Michael Zemp, on behalf of the WGMS team World Glacier Monitoring Service, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2. Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS Report 2014

3. Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) Steering Committee Advisory BoardExecutive 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 Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

4. 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) Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

5. WGMS day-to-day business Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

6. Prepare the WGMS services for new digital and print products annual call-for-data Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

8. 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) Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

9. 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 Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

10. GTN-G Global Glacier Browser Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

11. Publications Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

12. Copernicus Climate Change Service Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

13. 5-yr budget revisited Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

14. 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? Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

15. Program 2015 Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

16. 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 Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

17. FLUCTUATIONS OF GLACIERS 2005–2010 (Vol. X) A contribution to the Global 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 Outlook as 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 FLUCTUATIONS OF GLACIERS 2005–2010 (Vol. X) A contribution to the Global 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 Outlook as 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 Report 2014 5-yr Budget Revisited Program 2015 GLAMOS

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