C33B:
Advances in High-Altitude Glaciohydrology I

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Francesca Pellicciotti, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Wouter Immerzeel, Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands
Primary Conveners:  Wouter Immerzeel, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Co-conveners:  Francesca Pellicciotti, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Joseph M Shea, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
OSPA Liaisons:  Wouter Immerzeel, Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
Advances in Remote Sensing for Assessing High Altitude Glacio-Hydrology - with a Focus on High Mountain Asia
Tobias Bolch, University of Technology - TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1:55 PM
 
Using Mesoscale Atmospheric Models for Glacio-Hydrological Studies at the Catchment Scale: Examples from High Asia and Perspectives for Future Applications
Fabien Maussion, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria and Sarah Emily Collier, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
2:25 PM
 
Evaluating Models for Calculating Sub-Debris Ice Ablation
Lindsey I Nicholson, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
2:40 PM
 
A Model Based Attribution of Streamflow Trends in Headwater Catchments of the Tarim River, Central Asia
Doris Duethmann1, Tobias Bolch2, Tino Pieczonka3, Daniel Farinotti1, Jiang Tong4 and Andreas Guntner5, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, (4)CMA China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (5)German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
2:55 PM
 
Investigating Glacier Surface Conditions using High-Definition Ground Based Infrared Imagery: Insight from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Caroline Aubry-Wake1, Michel Baraer2, Jeffrey M McKenzie1, Bryan G Mark3, Oliver Wigmore3 and Robert Hellstrom4, (1)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Ecole de Technologie Superieur, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)OSU-Byrd Polar Rsrch Ctr, Columbus, OH, United States, (4)Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA, United States
3:10 PM
 
Evolving patterns of coupled glacio-hydrology across the Pacific Northwest Region, USA
Chris D Frans1, Erkan Istanbulluoglu1, Dennis P Lettenmaier2, Andrew G Fountain3, Matthew Bachmann4 and Garry K C Clarke5, (1)Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA, United States, (5)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
3:25 PM
 
Modelling the response of a Himalayan watershed to climate change: new insights from linking high resolution in-situ data and remote sensing with an advanced simulation model
Silvan Ragettli, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Francesca Pellicciotti, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Wouter Immerzeel, Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands
 
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