C32C:
The Cryosphere in Mountain Regions under a Warming Climate I


Session ID#: 10877

Session Description:
The major components of the cryosphere in mountain regions--such as glaciers, snow cover, permafrost, seasonally frozen ground, as well as lake and river ice--are sensitive components of the climate system and provide key indicators of climate change. The cryosphere in mountain regions has experienced dramatic changes in recent decades. Changes in major cryospheric components over mountain regions have impacts on sea level, water resources, ecology, the frequency of glacier lake outbursts and other natural hazards, and thus have environmental and engineering significance. We welcome contributions from a broad range of mountain cryospheric research including climate change in cold and arid regions; observed changes; climatic and environmental records; impacts on sea level, water resources, and ecosystems; modeling; hazards; adaptation and regional sustainable development; and impacts of the mountain cryosphere on cold regions engineering.
Primary Convener:  Oliver W Frauenfeld, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  Tingjun Zhang, LZU Lanzhou University, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China and Dawen Yang, Tsinghua University, State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing, China
Chairs:  Oliver W Frauenfeld, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States and Tingjun Zhang, LZU Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems（Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China
OSPA Liaison:  Oliver W Frauenfeld, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

0702 Permafrost [CRYOSPHERE]
0720 Glaciers [CRYOSPHERE]
1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1621 Cryospheric change [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Mountains as early warning indicators of climate change (Invited) (61170)
Mark W Williams, University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Long-term linkages between glaciers, permafrost and hydrology at two glacierized watersheds in Alaska (74569)
Anne Gaedeke1, Anna K Liljedahl2, Tiffany Gatesman1, Seth W Campbell3, Regine Hock4 and Shad O'Neel5, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (3)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (5)USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States
MAP THE PERMAFROST AND ITS AFFECTED SOILS AND VEGETATION ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU (Invited) (61324)
Lin Zhao1, Yu Sheng2, Qiangqiang Pang3, Defu Zou4, Zhiwei Wang3, Wangping Li3, Xiaodong Wu3, Guangyang Yue3, Hongbing Fang3 and Yonghua Zhao3, (1)NUIST Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (3)CAREERI-CAS, Lanzhou, China, (4)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Understanding Recent Trends in Freezing Level Height over the Tropical Andes Mountains of South America: An Investigation of Reanalysis Products and GEOSCCM Integrations. (75080)
Alexandria Russell1, Benjamin F Zaitchik2 and Anand Gnanadesikan1, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States
Changes to Glacier Runoff and Downstream Effects on the Susitna Basin, Alaska Over the Twenty-First Century (85786)
Andrew K Bliss, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Regine Hock, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, Gabriel J Wolken, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, United States, Erin Whorton, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Jing Zhang, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, United States, Alessio Gusmeroli, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Juliana Louisa Braun, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Munich, Germany, Anna K Liljedahl, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States and Jörg Schulla, Self Employed, Zurich, Switzerland
Response of Glaciers to Climate Change in Northwest China (Invited) (80329)
Zhongqin Li, CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China and Puyu Wang, NIEER/Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Taking a balanced approach to estimating snow and ice melt contributions to High Asia runoff (83691)
Andrew P Barrett, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States

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