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     The Cryosphere Focus Group acts as a liaison between the cryospheric science research community and AGU administration. It is a vehicle to promote and strengthen cryospheric science within AGU, as well as ensure that our needs as a scientific community are met through AGU Meetings and Publications.

      We were renamed "Cryosphere Focus Group" in 2002, replacing the former Snow, Ice and Permafrost Technical Committee. We have gown in strength since this change, reflected in a significant increase in contributions at the AGU Fall Meeting: from 120 abstracts in 5 sessions in 2002 to 340 abstracts in 29 sessions in 2007. In December 2005, there were 505 AGU members who chose Cryosphere as their primary affiliation.

      The Focus Group is managed by an Executive Committee, who are in regular communication over email and meet once per year during the Fall meeting (click here for 2005 fall committee meeting minutes).

      The goal of this web site is to make relevant and timely information available to the cryospheric science community. The site is updated regularly and you will find highlights of AGU developments of interest to cryospheric scientists as well as opportunities to give your input into AGU and Cryosphere Sciences Focus Group activities.

      If you need to contact us, please phone or e-mail your questions or comments to the Cryosphere Sciences Focus Group Chair, Danny Marks (Phone: (208) 422-0721, e-mail:
danny@nwrc.ars.usda.gov). Any AGU-related concerns should be forwarded to AGU's Education and Career Services Manager, Jill Karsten (phone: (202) 777-7508, e-mail: jkarsten@agu.org).