Date

Call for Papers
Cryosphere Sessions at European Geophysical Union General Assembly
13-18 April 2008
Vienna, Austria

Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 14 January 2008

For further information, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/

or contact:
Marco Tedesco
E-mail: mtedesco [at] umbc.edu


Papers are invited for Cryosphere Science sessions being convened at the
European Geophysical Union General Assembly on 13-18 April 2008, in
Vienna, Austria. Individual sessions are listed thematically below, and
complete session descriptions are available at:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/programme/view.php?m_id=49&p_id=2…

International Polar Year:

The International Polar Year 2007 - 2008 (CR1)
Convener: Tedesco, M.
Co-Conveners: de Jong, C.; Ellis-Evans, C.

Instrumentation related to polar regions and the IPY (GI8)
Convener: Rose, M.
Co-Convener: Meldrum, D.

General Cryosphere:

State of the Cryosphere (CR2)
Convener: Bamber, J.
Co-Conveners: Rignot, E.; Kaab, A.

Open session on cryospheric sciences (CR3; including Louis Agassiz Medal
Lecture)
Convener: Gudmundsson, H.
Co-Convener: Bindschadler, R.

Nonlinear Cryosphere Dynamics (IS39 - NP2.02/CR24)
Convener: Ng, F.
Co-Convener: Schoof, C.

Applied geophysics in cryospheric sciences (CR6)
Convener: Eisen, O.
Co-Conveners: Kneisel, C.; Kulessa, B.; Hauck, C.

Polar hydrology - subsurface flow systems (HS9.8)
Convener: Haldorsen, S.
Co-Conveners: Boike, J.; Piotrowski, J.

Land-atmosphere interactions in Northern Eurasia (BG2.8)
Convener: Groisman, P.
Co-Conveners: Kabat, P.; Hibbard, K.

Trimlines and refugia: concepts, approaches, data and modelling (GM3.2)
Convener: Fabel, D.
Co-Convener: Linge, H.

Permafrost:

Open Session on Permafrost (CR4)
Convener: Gruber, S.
Co-Convener: Hauck, C.

Glaciers and Glaciology:

Ever smaller than now? Holocene glacier history with climatic
background (CR7)
Convener: Solomina, O.
Co-Convener: Grosjean, M.

Glacial landscape evolution (IS16 - GM3.1/CR16)
Convener: Stroeven, A.
Co-Conveners: Clark, C.; Swift, D.

Glaciology, climate, and oceanography of the Antarctic Peninsula and the
sub-Antarctic (CR20)
Convener: Kulessa, B.
Co-Conveners: Sammonds, P.; King, E.; Shepherd, A.

Glacial sediments and glacial sedimentary environments (SSP22)
Convener: Glasser, N.
Co-Conveners: Hambrey, M.; Powell, R.

Methods in landscape analysis for palaeoglaciological
reconstructions (GM3.3)
Convener: Hattestrand, C.
Co-Convener: Jansson, K.

Periglacial processes and landforms (GM3.6)
Convener: Christiansen, H.
Co-Convener: Murton, J.

Unraveling the contributions of glacial and periglacial processes to
landscape development (GM3.4)
Convener: Goodfellow, B.

Remote Sensing:

Remote sensing of cryosphere (CR8)
Convener: Tedesco, M.

Ocean Remote Sensing (OS6)
Convener: Miller, J.
Co-Conveners: Schrama, E.; Barale, V.; Han, G.

Snow and energy balance:

Snow dynamics and snow-atmosphere exchange over Greenland and
Antarctica (CR9)
Convener: Heinemann, G.
Co-Conveners: Jones, A.; Neff, W.

Mass and energy balance of snow and ice (CR10)
Convener: Scherer, D.
Co-Convener: Nrock, B.

Snowcover processes and avalanche formation (NH7.1)
Convener: Schweizer, J.
Co-Convener: McClung, D.

Snow avalanche dynamics, hazard mapping and risk management (NH7.2)
Convener: Naaim, M.
Co-Convener: Naaim-Bouvet, F.

Monitoring and modeling snow for hydrological purposes (HS10.5)
Convener: Parajka, J.
Co-Convener: Lehning, M.

Artificial snow:

Artificial Snow and Climate Change - physical, social and economic
assessment (CR11)
Convener: de Jong, C.
Co-Conveners: Cetara, L.; Rixen, C.

Mountains:

Himalaya Glaciers - Changing Climate and Changing Hydrology (CR12)
Convener: Molnia, B.

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: Current issues, future concerns
(IS8 - CR13/HS1.6/NH7.3)
Convener: Reynolds, J.
Co-Convener: Funk, M.

Mountain Hydrology and Climatology: present state and future
scenarios (CR14)
Convener: Viviroli, D.
Co-Convener: de Jong, C.

Mountains and renewable energy (IS66 - CR15/ERE12)
Convener: de Jong, C.
Co-Convener: Held, H.

Deglaciation in mountain belts - Geomorphic processes, rates and
hazards (GM3.7)
Convener: Korup, O.
Co-Conveners: Crosta, G.; Clague, J.

Ice sheets and Glaciers:

Subglacial environments of glaciers and ice sheets (CR17)
Convener: Hubbard, B.
Co-Conveners: Vogel, S.; Bingham, R.; Fischer, U.; Fricker, H.

Ice sheet - climate interactions (CR18)
Convener: Huybrechts, P.
Co-Convener: Fichefet, T.

Modelling ice-sheets and glaciers (CR19)
Convener: Hindmarsh, R.
Co-Convener: Pattyn, F.

Sea Ice and Oceanography:

Variability in the Southern Ocean (OS10)
Convener: Hellmer, H.
Co-Convener: Park, Y.

The fate of the Arctic sea ice in changing climate: implication from
observations and modeling (OS8)
Convener: Alekseev, G.
Co-Conveners: Johannessen, O.; Bobylev, L.

(Sub)Arctic Ocean circulation and climate change - natural and
anthropogenic forcing (CL30)
Convener: Koc, N.
Co-Conveners: Kuijpers, A.; Hald, M.; Stein, R.

Modelling sea ice and ice-ocean interactions (CR21)
Convener: Morales Maqueda, M.
Co-Convener: Feltham, D.

Glacier dynamics and calving fluxes: tidewater glaciers, ice streams and
glacier surges (CR22)
Convener: Murray, T.
Co-Conveners: Benn, D.; Nick, F.

Climate change:

EPICA and the climate of the last million years (CL25)
Convener: Fischer, H.
Co-Conveners: Wolff, E.; Raynaud, D.

Rapid climate change (IS6 - CL43/AS4.01/CR25/NH1.5/OS23)
Convener: Renssen, H.
Co-Convener: Bamber, J.

Subsurface temperature signals of climate change, processes involved,
and importance to climate modeling (CL35)
Convener: Rath, V.
Co-Conveners: Gonzalez-Rouco, J.; Safanda, J.

Climate change impacts on glaciers, permafrost and related hazards
(IS7 - CR5/NH7.4/CL51)
Convener: Schneider, C.
Co-Conveners: Kaab, A.; Huggel, C.; Raup, B.

High latitude changes in ocean, ice and climate (OS7)
Convener: Doscher, R.
Co-Conveners: Mauritzen, C.; Schauer, U.

Cold regions geomorphology: present landforms and past climate (GM3.5)
Convener: Roer, I.
Co-Conveners: Frauenfelder, R.; Lukas, S.

For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/

or contact:
Marco Tedesco
E-mail: mtedesco [at] umbc.edu