The Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) aims to coordinate the community engaged in research on the glaciological, oceanic and atmospheric processes governing the behaviour of ice shelves that are key to the ice sheet contribution to sea level change.
The Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) was first developed by SCAR in 1983, with a specific geographical focus on the Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf. It later broadened its scope to the whole of Antarctica and Greenland. In 2016, it was confirmed as an Expert Group under the SCAR Physical Sciences Group to focus on the glaciological, oceanic, and atmospheric processes governing the behavior of ice shelves that are key to the ice sheet contribution to sea level change.
FRISP has arranged annual workshops, most of them in Europe, since 1984. During the workshop in 2024, it was decided that FRISP should expand the activity and arrange one workshop in Europe, and one in the southern hemisphere (“FRISP” and “FRISP South”).
Upcoming workshops: (click on the link for more information)