urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:laboratory.ghent-ice 1.0 1.11.0.0 Product_Context 2019-02-20 1.0 Initial creation of the context product. urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:ghent-ice.ice_wt facility_to_instrument 10.1016/S0933-3630(96)00012-8 Gabriels, D., W.M. Cornelis, I. Pollet, T. Van Coillie, and M. Ouessar, (1997), The I.C.E. wind tunnel for wind and water erosion studies, Soil Techn., 10, 1-8. International Centre of Eremology, Ghent University, Belgium Laboratory The International Centre of Eremology (ICE) at Ghent University, Belgium was founded in 1989 by Prof. Em. Dr. ir. M.F. De Boodt as a reaction to the disasterous droughts Sahelian countries were suffering from sin the early 1970s. As such a special branch of science was devoted to the study and management of drylands. The late French professor, Theodore Monod (founder of IFAN - l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, Dakar, Sénégal) who first used the word 'eremology' - meaning the study of deserts (erhmoz - Greek for desert). ICE offers a base of operations for students and scientists to conduct various research, educational and exchange projects in many dryland countries all over the world. Facility website: https://www.ugent.be/bw/environment/en/research/sophy/ice