The RGIK Standing Committee aims to coordinate the global compilation and distribution of standardised rock glacier products, and to foster international collaboration and advancement in the understanding of rock glaciers.
RGIK aims:
● To develop international standards and guidelines for inventorying and monitoring rock glaciers;
● To coordinate and encourage the global compilation of standardised rock glacier products, including, but not limited to, Rock Glacier Inventories (RoGI) and the Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Quantity Rock Glacier Velocity (RGV);
● To design, implement, and foster a global database compiling rock glacier products;
● To promote and support the dissemination and use of RGIK standards, guidelines and products, and communicate novel results internationally; and
● To coordinate a network and provide a common forum to exchange ideas and promote initiatives on rock glacier research.
RGIK Website: www.rgik.org
RGIK contact: info@rgik.org
Executive Committee:
Cécile Pellet, co-chair, Switzerland
Line Rouyet, co-chair, Norway
Francesco Brardinoni, Italy
Diego Cusicanqui, France
Yan Hu, Switzerland
Kaytan Kelkar, USA
Benjamin Robson, Norway
Mishelle Wehbe, Canada
Advisory Board:
Lukas Arenson, Canada
Reynald Delaloye, Switzerland
Lin Liu, China
Shelley MacDonell, New Zealand