Global Outlook for Ice & Snow

Chapter 6A: Ice Sheets Charles R. Bentley, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Robert H. Thomas, EG&G Services, NASA, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Isabella Velicogna, CIRES and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA Chapter 6B: Glaciers and Ice Caps Lead: Michael Zemp, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Lead: Wilfried Haeberli, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Samjwal Bajracharya, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal Trevor J. Chinn, Alpine and Polar Processes, New Zealand Andrew G. Fountain, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Washington, USA

Jon Ove Hagen, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway Christian Huggel, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Andreas Kääb, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway Bjørn P. Kaltenborn, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Lillehammer, Norway Madhav Karki, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal, Georg Kaser, Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Austria Vladimir M. Kotlyakov, Institute of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia

Christian Lambrechts, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya Zhongqin Li, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Bruce F. Molnia, U.S. Geological Survey, USA Pradeep Mool, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal Christian Nellemann, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway Viktor Novikov, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway Galina B. Osipova, Institute of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia Andrés Rivera, Centro de Estudios Científicos, Chile Basanta Shrestha, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal Felix Svoboda, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dmitri G. Tsvetkov, Institute of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia Tandong Yao, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Chapter 6C: Ice and Sea Level Change Lead: John A. Church, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems, Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Robert Nicholls, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Southampton, UK John E. Hay, Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan Vivien Gornitz, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

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