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Eidgenossisches Institut fur Schnee- und Lawinenforschung
| Website: | www.slf.ch |
| Address: | Institut federale pour l'etude de la neige et des avalanches / Istituto federale per lo studio della neve e delle valanghe [Swiss Federal Institutefor Snow and Avalanche Research], CH-7260 Weissfluhjoch/Davos |
| E-mail: | postmaster@slf.ch |
| Telephone: | +41-81-4170222 |
| Fax: | +41-81-4170220 |
| Year of foundation: | 1936 |
| Activities: | Carries out research into the properties of ice, atmospheric snow, snow precipitation, blowing snow, properties and processes in the seasonal snowpack, avalanches, avalanche control, snowpack and vegetation, and snow hydrology. Library. |
| Publications: | Jahresbericht der WSL (1989-, annual); Mitteilungen des Eidg (1946-, annual); Sonderdrucke; Tatigkeitsbericht (1946-91) [continued Bericht uber die Tatigkeit des Eidg]; Winterbericht (1936-, annual) |
Eidgenossisches Technische Hochschule
| Website: | www.vaw.ethz.ch/glaciology |
| Address: | Versuchsanstalt fur Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW/ETH), Gloriastrasse 37/39, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich |
| Activities: | Major research centre for glaciology, glaciohydrology, geocryology, etc. The World Glacier Monitoring Service is located here. Library. |
| Publications: | Mitteilungen (?-) |
Gletscherkommission der Schweizerischen Akademie der Naturwissenschaften
| Address: | c/o Versuchsanstalt fur Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, Eidgenossisches Technische Hochschule, Gloriastrasse 37/39, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich |
| Telephone: | +41-1-632-4091 |
| Fax: | +41-1-252-0147 |
| Publications: | Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen / Variations des glaciers suisses (?-, annual) |
Hochalpine Forschungsstationen Jungfraujoch und Gornegrat [HFSJG]
| Address: | Secretariat, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern |
| Year of foundation: | 1931 |
| Activities: | International foundation run by scientific organizations from Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Carries out high altitude interdisciplinary research at the Sphinx Observatory at Jungfraujoch and at two observatories on the Gornegrat. |
| Publications: | Review of Activity (?-, annual) |
Schweizerische Kommission fur Polarforschung (SKP) / Commission Suisse de Recherche Polaire (CSP) [Swiss Committee on Polar Research]
| [Swiss Committee on Polar Research] | |
| Address: | Barenplatz 2, 3 Etage, CH-3011 Bern |
| Telephone: | +41-31-312-3291 |
| Fax: | +41-31-312-3375 |
| Year of foundation: | 1984 |
| Activities: | Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences. On the national level, promotes inter-disciplinary collaboration and information exchange and assists in the formulation of scientific policy. On the international level, cooperates with non-governmental associations. National Member of IASC. National Associate Member of SCAR. |
Schweizerische Stiftung fur Alpine Forschungen [Binzstrasse 23, CH-8045 Zurich.]
| [Binzstrasse 23, CH-8045 Zurich.] | |
| Address: | Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research |
| Telephone: | +41-1-461-01-47 |
| Year of foundation: | 1939 |
| Publications: | Berge der Welt (1953-, biennial) [translated as Mountain World] |
Swiss Coordinating Group on Permafrost
| Website: | www.vaw.ethz.ch/glaciology/members/private/vdm_profaf.html |
| Address: | Swiss Academy of Science |
| Year of foundation: | 1986 |
| Activities: | Organizes workshops. |