GC22C
Permafrost Degradation and Its Interrelations with Physical, Ecological, and Socioeconomic Processes I

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
3016 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Jens Strauss, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Conveners:  Mathias Ulrich, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Ylva Sjöberg, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm, Sweden and Daniel Fortier, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Chairs:  Jens Strauss, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany and Mathias Ulrich, University of Leipzig, Institute for Geography, Leipzig, Germany
OSPA Liaisons:  Ylva Sjöberg, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm, Sweden
10:20
GC22C-01
Impacts of permafrost change on landscape stability and water quality (Invited) (82983)
Scott F Lamoureux, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Melissa J Lafreniere, Queen's University, Geography, Kingston, ON, Canada
10:35
GC22C-02
Observations and Impacts of Permafrost Thaw in the Lower Yukon River Basin and Yukon Delta Region: the Importance of Local Knowledge (84035)
Nicole Michelle Herman-Mercer, USGS, Lakewood, CO, United States
10:50
GC22C-03
Coastal Hazard Vulnerability Assessment: A Case Study of Erosion and Flooding on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada (Invited) (60817)
Boris Radosavljevic, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
11:05
GC22C-04
Thermal erosion of ice-wedge polygon terrains changes fluxes of energy and matter of permafrost geosystems (61242)
Daniel Fortier1, Etienne Godin2, Esther Lévesque3, Audrey Veillette2 and Laurent Lamarque3, (1)University of Montreal, Département de géographie, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
11:20
GC22C-05
Climatological conditions of enhanced Arctic storm activity in relation to permafrost degradation in eastern Siberia (Invited) (66815)
Yoshihiro Iijima1, Tetsu Nakamura2, Hotaek PARK1 and Alexander N. Fedorov3, (1)JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
11:35
GC22C-06
Evolution of a Thermokarst Landscape: A History of Late-Quaternary Permafrost Degradation and Stabilization in Interior Alaska Illustrates the Importance of Multiple Environmental Controls (71974)
Mary E Edwards, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
11:50
GC22C-07
Evolving hydrologic connectivity in discontinuous permafrost lowlands: what it means for lake systems (Invited) (63440)
Michelle A Walvoord, USGS, Denver, CO, United States, Steven M Jepsen, University of California Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA, United States, Jennifer Rover, USGS, Earth Resource Observation and Science, Baltimore, MD, United States, Clifford I Voss, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Martin A Briggs, USGS Office of Groundwater, Branch of Geophysics, Storrs, CT, United States
12:05
GC22C-08
USING PSINSAR TO DETECT THERMOKARST-INDUCED SURFACE SUBSIDENCE IN EBOLING MOUNTAIN ON THE QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU OF CHINA (77860)
Jie Chen, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, CUHK, Hong Kong, China
 
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