The purpose of JCIOI is:

1. To act as a 'point of contact' for questions related to ice-ocean interactions in earth sciences.

2. To identify areas of research that are needed to advance the understanding, observing, and modeling of ice-ocean interactions, including under ice shelves, at the front of tidewater glaciers, and at the sea surface in surrounding ice floes as well as to motivate research and development related to these areas through small collaborations, more formal Working Groups, workshops, conference sessions, or other avenues.

3. To facilitate research that integrates theory and observations of ice-ocean interactions, with a focus on improving their representation in numerical ocean and ice sheet models.

4. To encourage continuing technological improvements and parameterization developments in relation to observations and models of ice-ocean interactions.

5. To communicate the latest developments around ice-ocean interactions to the relevant audiences, including scientists, funding bodies, and policy makers, e.g. by coordinating a “special issue” in a journal; reporting on research activities and outcomes; issuing white papers.

Co-chair (IAPSO): Felicity McCormack, Monash University, Australia

Co-chair (IACS): Isabel Nias, University of Liverpool, UK

Vice chair (IAPSO): Yoshihiro Nakayama, ILTS, Hokkaido University, Japan

Vice chair (IACS): Donald Slater, Edinburgh University, UK

Secretary: Sue Cook, University of Tasmania, Australia

Committee:         Susheel Adusumilli, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA

Lu An, Tongji University, China 

Dan Goldberg, Edinburgh University, UK

Tore Hattermann, Norwegian Polar Institute/Arctic University of Norway

Hélène Seroussi, Dartmouth College, USA

All current membership positions stand from Jan 2021 - Jan 2025

A full copy of the commission's terms of reference can be accessed here