Multiple Session Announcements and Calls for Abstracts
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
5-9 December 2011
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline for all Sessions:
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Multiple Climate Literacy Sessions
B40 - Improving Predictions of the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate
in Earth System Models: New Mechanisms, Feedback Sensitivities, and
Approaches for Model BenchmarkingC09 - Dynamics of Permafrost Degradation--Impacts and Feedbacks
C25 - Observatories, Instruments, Technologies and Research
Programmes in Polar RegionsGC26 - Permafrost and Methane 3. Vulnerability of Permafrost
Carbon to Climate Change
- Multiple Climate Literacy Sessions
Organizers of seven climate literacy sessions planned for the American
Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting invite abstract submissions. The
sessions will be convened 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco,
California. The session numbers and titles are as follows:
ED09 - Climate Literacy: Addressing Barriers to Climate Literacy -
What Does the Research Tell Us?
ED10 - Climate Literacy: Evidence of Progress in Improving Climate
Literacy
ED11 - Climate Literacy: Higher Education Responding to Climate
Change
ED12 - Climate Literacy: Integrating Research and Education, Science
and Solutions
ED13 - Climate Literacy: New Approaches for Tackling Complex and
Contentious Issues in Museums, Zoos and Aquariums
ED14 - Climate Literacy: Pre-college Activities That Support Climate
Science Careers and Climate Conscious Citizens
ED15 - Climate Literacy: The Role of Belief, Trust and Values in
Climate Change Science Education Efforts
The abstract submission deadline for all AGU sessions is Thursday, 4
August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit an abstract,
you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and password at:
http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For complete descriptions on the climate literacy sessions, please go to:
http://tinyurl.com/AGU-ClimateLiteracySessions.
- B40 - Improving Predictions of the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate
in Earth System Models: New Mechanisms, Feedback Sensitivities, and
Approaches for Model Benchmarking
Organizers of Session B40, "Improving Predictions of the Global Carbon
Cycle and Climate in Earth System Models: New Mechanisms, Feedback
Sensitivities, and Approaches for Model Benchmarking," announce a call
for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical
Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco,
California.
Global climate-carbon cycle feedbacks are poorly quantified and
potentially large, and these feedbacks strongly influence predictions of
future atmospheric CO2 concentrations. This session focuses on
identification and quantification of feedback sensitivities; new
biogeochemical and biogeophysical mechanisms affecting carbon, nitrogen,
and nutrient cycles; systematic approaches for Earth System Model (ESM)
evaluation and benchmarking via comparison with contemporary
observations; and analysis of biosphere dynamics and responses in
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) model results.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Forrest M. Hoffman
Email: forrest [at] climatemodeling.org
Atul K. Jain
Email: jain1 [at] uiuc.edu
Wilfred M. Post
Email: wmp [at] ornl.gov
James T. Randerson
Email: jranders [at] uci.edu
- C09 - Dynamics of Permafrost Degradation--Impacts and Feedbacks
Organizers of Session C09, "Dynamics of Permafrost Degradation--Impacts
and Feedbacks," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be
convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9
December 2011 in San Francisco, California.
Permafrost underlies 24% of the Earth's land surface with thermokarst
processes affecting ice-rich terrain. Organizers of this session solicit
papers reflecting current knowledge of permafrost degradation dynamics,
including impacts of disturbance and climate change, and resulting
climate feedbacks. Submissions are welcome from a range of
permafrost-climate dynamics topics, including remote sensing of
permafrost degradation (satellite, airborne, ground-based, geophysics);
field-based or modeling process studies; cryolithologic/
paleoenvironmental studies; biogeochemistry; geomorphologic/
ecohydrologic feedbacks; landscape-scale modeling; integration of
permafrost degradation into land surface and carbon cycle models; and
probabilistic risk assessments.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Cynthia Dinwiddie
Email: cdinwiddie [at] swri.org
Sarah Godsey
Email: seg19 [at] psu.edu
Guido Grosse
Email: ggrosse [at] gi.alaska.edu
Anna Liljedahl
Email: akliljedahl [at] alaska.edu
- C25 - Observatories, Instruments, Technologies, and Research
Programmes in Polar Regions
Organizers of Session C25, "Observatories, Instruments, Technologies,
and Research Programmes in Polar Regions," announce a call for
abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical
Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco,
California.
Acquiring scientific data in polar regions is demanding due to their
extreme nature and remoteness. This session focuses on the specific
needs and strategies for observatories, tools, instruments, and sensors
used in polar environments, both for terrestrial and marine operations,
including submarine and ice sheet installations.
Organizers encourage submissions related to scientific concepts and
designs to monitor chemical, physical, biological, or geophysical
parameters. Contributions may cover design, calibration, experimental
setup, or operation of tools and instruments, including scientific
results. Submissions are encouraged to highlight capabilities of
integrating instruments into larger infrastructures or research
frameworks.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Nicole Biebow
Email: Nicole.Biebow [at] awi.de
Lester Lembke-Jene
Alfred-Wegener-Institute
Email: lester.lembke-jene [at] awi.de
Bonnie Wolff-boenisch
Email: bonnie_wolff-boenisch [at] web.de
- GC26 - Permafrost and Methane 3. Vulnerability of Permafrost
Carbon to Climate Change
Organizers of Session GC26, "Permafrost and Methane 3. Vulnerability of
Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change," announce a call for abstracts. The
session will be convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall
Meeting, 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco, California.
Permafrost zone soils contain 1670 Pg of carbon (C). Permafrost
degradation can change ecosystem C storage by enhancing microbial
activity and ecosystem respiration, but can also stimulate plant growth
and increase C stored in vegetation and surface soil. This session
invites papers that examine factors causing losses and gains in
ecosystem C storage in particular that relate to the question: What is
the magnitude, timing and form of C release from permafrost zone
ecosystems to the atmosphere in a changing climate? Papers may address
any aspect of this topic from microbial communities to the global scale,
using a range of measurements or modeling to detect and forecast
permafrost thaw and the influence on the C cycle and future climate.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Kevin Schafer
Email: kevin.schaefer [at] nsidc.org
Edward Schuur
Email: tschuur [at] ufl.edu