Multiple Session Announcements and Calls for Abstracts
Arctic Science Summit Week 2011
27 March - 1 April 2011
Seoul, Korea
Abstract Submission Deadline: Saturday, 15 January 2011
To submit an abstract to the ASSW, please go to:
http://www.assw2011.org/submission_abstracts.php.
REMINDER: State of Glaciers and Permafrost and Associated
Feedbacks to the Climate SystemArctic Change and Implications for Terrestrial Ecosystem Services
- REMINDER: State of Glaciers and Permafrost and Associated
Feedbacks to the Climate System
Organizers of a session entitled "State of Glaciers and Permafrost and
Associated Feedbacks to the Climate System" announce a call for
abstracts. The session will be convened at the Arctic Science Summit
Week (ASSW), 27 March - 1 April 2011 in Seoul, Korea.
Contributions related to the following description are invited:
Glaciers and permafrost are some of the most outstanding components of
the cryosphere, covering about 10% of the emerged land surface
(glaciers) and underlying around 24% of the land in the Northern
Hemisphere (permafrost). It is well known that they both have a high
impact on the climate system, yet the International Polar Year
highlighted the need for better and denser measurements of the state of
glaciers and permafrost, and the necessity to integrate these
measurements in regional and global efforts in modeling and observing.
The connections between receding glaciers, sea level rise, and changed
sea ice conditions as well as the related alterations in the albedo and
the regional and global climate has been outlined by the most recent IPY
findings. Similarly, the impact of thawing permafrost on the
mobilization of stored carbon and nitrogen, its decomposition in
greenhouse gases, and its subsequent effects on the global climate is
one of the most urgent issues in arctic research.
This session will showcase the most recent results from the ongoing or
concluding projects on glaciers and permafrost from the International
Polar Year, as well as results from other innovative projects conducted
in the arctic realm. It will emphasize presentations that highlight
integrated understanding of past and recent changes and projections for
future change in glaciers and permafrost; the connections between local,
regional, and global systems; and efforts to understand glacier and
permafrost dynamics.
Organizers invite contributions on all aspects of arctic glacier and
permafrost research. Submissions on glacier dynamics such as the recent
evolution of small ice caps, studies about the interactions of glaciers
and the atmosphere, and microbiological aspects are welcome. New
modeling approaches and innovative observation techniques (e.g. remote
sensing) are also of great interest.
Another major focus of this session will be on the connection between
permafrost environments with the global climate system through the
vertical or lateral release of carbon and nitrogen, changes in the
hydrological cycle, and alterations in the land cover. Research on
permafrost modeling and monitoring, as well as submissions about
permafrost temperature, geomorphology, microbiology, and engineering
will also be gladly accepted.
Submission deadline: Saturday, 15 January 2011.
To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.assw2011.org/submission_abstracts.php.
For further information, please contact:
Hugues Lantuit
Email: Hugues.Lantuit [at] awi.de
Sungmin Hong
Email: smhong [at] inha.ac.kr
Inga May
Email: i.may [at] iggf.geo.uni-muenchen.de
- Arctic Change and Implications for Terrestrial Ecosystem Services
Organizers of a session entitled "Arctic Change and Implications for
Terrestrial Ecosystem Services" announce a call for abstracts. The
session will be convened at the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW), 27
March - 1 April 2011 in Seoul, Korea.
This session welcomes contributions on all aspects of arctic terrestrial
population, community, ecosystem processes, and biodiversity. Organizers
especially welcome interdisciplinary papers that provide new information
about approaches for valuing ecosystem services by describing and
assessing links between the structures and functions of natural systems
and the benefits (i.e., goods and services) derived by humanity.
What arctic terrestrial ecosystem services can be defined, how can they
be measured, and is the knowledge of these services sufficient to
support an assessment of their value to society? What kinds of research
or syntheses would most rapidly advance our ability to recognize,
measure, and value ecosystem services of arctic terrestrial
environments? What are the anticipated effects of climate change and
population growth on ecosystem services and societies in the Arctic?
Submission deadline: Saturday, 15 January 2011.
To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.assw2011.org/submission_abstracts.php.
For further information, please contact:
David Hik
Email: dhik [at] ualberta.ca
Masaki Uchida
Email: uchida [at] nipr.ac.jp
Kim Jochum
Email: kajochum [at] alaska.edu