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2020 WAIS Workshop
October 5-8, 2020
Algonkian Regional Park
Sterling, Virginia, U.S.A.
The 2020 WAIS workshop will be held in Sterling, Virginia, in the Washington DC area at Algonkian Regional Park. Sponsored by the NSF and NASA, the workshop will focus on marine ice-sheet and adjacent earth systems, with particular emphasis on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
More details on the 2020 edition of the WAIS Workshop will be sent out to the WAIS Workshop listserv and Cryolist in the Spring. In the meantime, you can view the 2019 WAIS Workshop oral presentations here, or view the abstract booklet to find slides, video, and abstracts for individual presentions here.
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Questions? Please contact us at wais@mines.edu.
Current science plan: How Much, How Fast? (PDF)
Past Science Plans
2014 WAIS Science Plan
Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASEP) Science and Implementation Plan (February 2002)
WAIS Initiative Science Plan 2013-2016 (PDF)
Related Information
The following links provide information related to the WAIS Initiative. They will take you to outside Web sites.
Pine Island Glacier (PIG) Ice Shelf (2007 - 2010 and beyond)
Who, what, where, why, how, and when ...
LIMA: Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (November 2007)
View and Download Data | Information and Resources
International Polar Year, 2007-2008
U.S. Committee to the IPY, and much more ...
Royal Society Scientific Discussion Meeting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet(October 2005)
Programme (PDF) | Read Details
Glaciologists Honored by ACAN: Ross Sea Ice Streams and Ridges Renamed (January 2003)