2015 AGU Fall Meeting - Session on the diagnosis of change
We are convening a session at this year's Fall AGU Meeting, focussing on improving the understanding and diagnosis of Earth system changes in cold regions. The deadline for abstract submission is August 5. Further details are below. To submit an abstract, please go to https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8196.
Session Title: Improving the understanding and diagnosis of Earth system changes in cold regions
Session ID: 8196
Session Description: Over the past several decades there have been major changes to many Earth system components in mountain and high-latitude cold regions, including climate, hydrology, cryosphere, and terrestrial ecology. The response to climatic drivers has varied and is complicated by linkages and feedbacks among system components, operating across multiple time- and space-scales. This session invites submissions that address the analysis, modelling, and diagnosis of change in one or more these cold region Earth system components. Relevant science questions to be addressed include: 1) how have interacting Earth system processes changed in response to changing climate; 2) how can process-based models be improved and applied to better diagnose for key factors governing change; and 3) what are the interactions amongst climatic, hydrological, ecological, and cryospheric drivers, processes and feedbacks, and thresholds leading to system changes?
Co-Sponsor(s):
A - Atmospheric Sciences
B - Biogeosciences
H - Hydrology
Index Terms:
0798 Modeling [CRYOSPHERE]
1843 Land/atmosphere interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1863 Snow and ice [HYDROLOGY]
3305 Climate change and variability [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener:
Chris Michael DeBeer, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Conveners:
Howard S. Wheater, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Martyn P Clark, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States and Danny G Marks, USDA Agriculture Research Serv, Boise, ID, United States