{"id":92,"date":"2018-12-16T03:20:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/discover-glaciers-IGCP672\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:16:41","slug":"igcp-672","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/discover-glaciers-IGCP672\/igcp-672\/","title":{"rendered":"IGCP 672 project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2017, the IGCP 672 \/UNESCO project led by Adina Racoviteanu focuses on the transfer<\/strong> of scientific knowledge on monitoring debris-covered glaciers to local partner institutions in high Asia through trainings, workshops and field collaborations.<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

There is urgency in standardising glacier lake hazard ranking schemes in remote areas of the Himalaya. Our long-term goal is to disseminate methodologies developed under this project via trainings and workshops to local institutions in high Asia and to embed scientific knowledge into local communities. We will use different types of satellite imagery combined with terrain analysis to characterise the surface features of these glaciers, to map their changes over time and to assess their potential for triggering hazards.\u00a0 By combining the science with community involvement, we aim at understanding the socio-economic impacts of glacier hazards in high altitude areas where people live.<\/p>\n

PROJECT TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"ADINA RACOVITEANU, UK Project leader<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ser Cymru II Marie Curie Fellow, Center for Glaciology, Aberystwyth University, UK<\/p>\n

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\"\"SMRITI BASNETT, India co-leader<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researcher\/Future Earth Coordinator, South Asia Regional Office of Future Earth, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 India<\/p>\n

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\"\"PANKAJ THAPA, Bhutan co-leader<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Professor
\n<\/strong>Department of Social Science\/Geography Department
\nSherubtse College, Bhutan<\/p>\n

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ANUBHA AGGARWAL, Project\u00a0<\/strong>collaborator<\/b><\/p>\n

Research associate<\/p>\n

TERI Energy and Resources, Delhi, India<\/p>\n

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\"\"FAROOQ MOHD AZAM, Project collaboratorNSPIRE Faculty Fellow
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor
\nDiscipline of Civil Engineering
\nIndian Institute of Technology Indore (MP)<\/p>\n

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\"\"Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, project collaborator<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor, Coordinator \u2013 Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate, and Disaster Research Center, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,
\nSchool of Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal<\/p>\n

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Tsering Tashi, project collaborator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hydromet Officer, Cryosphere Services Division, National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu,<\/p>\n

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CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TRAINING <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 2018: BHUTAN<\/p>\n

November 2018: NEPAL<\/p>\n

A full description of the past workshops are found here<\/a><\/p>\n

FIELD TRAINING<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NOVEMBER 2019: PONKAR GLACIER, NEPAL<\/p>\n

A full description of this training is here<\/a><\/p>\n

Upcoming trainings and workshops related to this project can be found on the UNESCO page :<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/natural-sciences\/environment\/earth-sciences\/international-geoscience-programme\/igcp-projects\/geohazards\/project-672<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

For any questions about the project, please use this contact form:<\/p>\n

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