Terms of Reference: Ice Core Working Group

These are the Terms of Reference for the U.S. Ice Core Working Group.

Preamble
Based on recommendations from a 1986 National Research Council report, the Ice Core Working
Group (ICWG) was established to provide the National Science Foundation (NSF) with
scientific and technical planning and advice. The ICWG and its parent organizations have evolved
over time. The ICWG is currently a working group of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP), under
the coordination of the IDP Science Advisory Board (IDP-SAB). The ICWG focuses on scientific
issues pertaining to ice cores, and as such provides direct advice to IDP and a forum to interface
with other SAB working groups, as well as providing advice to NSF and the NSF Ice Core Facility
(ICF). ICWG members are selected from the scientific community, and will represent the
community in all ice coring discussion and planning activities.