International cryospheric science capacity building and its role in policy and management

Alana M Wilson1,2, Richard L Armstrong3, Betsy R Armstrong4, Andrew P Barrett5, Mary J. Brodzik3, Florence M Fetterer6, Jennifer L. Fluri7, Alice Frances Hill8, Rijan Bhakta Kayastha9, Siri Jodha S Khalsa10, Alia Lauren Khan11, Holly A. Miller1, Cholpon Minbaeva3, Adina Racoviteanu5, Bruce H Raup12 and Karl Rittger13, (1)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Armstrong and Associates, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Univ Colorado, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (8)National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Nelson, New Zealand, (9)Kathmandu University, Department of Environmental Science, School of Science, Dhulikhel, Nepal, (10)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, United States, (11)University of Colorado - Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (12)NSIDC, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (13)University of Colorado Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States