C32C
The Cryosphere in Mountain Regions under a Warming Climate I

Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
3005 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  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, 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 Liaisons:  Oliver W Frauenfeld, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
10:20
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
10:35
Long-term linkages between glaciers, permafrost and hydrology at two glacierized watersheds in Alaska (74569)
Anne Gaedeke1, Anna K Liljedahl1, Tiffany Gatesman1, Seth W Campbell2 and Regine Hock3, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
10:50
MAP THE PERMAFROST AND ITS AFFECTED SOILS AND VEGETATION ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU (Invited) (61324)
Lin Zhao, Yu Sheng, Qiangqiang Pang, Defu Zou, Zhiwei Wang, Wangping Li, Xiaodong Wu, Guangyang Yue, Hongbing Fang and Yonghua Zhao, CAREERI-CAS, Lanzhou, China
11:20
Climatic Controls and Climate Proxy Potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt Kenya (72251)
Rainer Prinz1,2, Lindsey I Nicholson3, Thomas Mölg4, Wolfgang Gurgiser3 and Georg Kaser3, (1)University of Innsbruck, Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria, (2)University of Graz, Department of Geography and Regional Science, Graz, Austria, (3)University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, (4)University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Geography, Erlangen, Germany
11:35
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
11:50
Response of Glaciers to Climate Change in Northwest China (Invited) (80329)
Zhongqin Li and Puyu Wang, CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China
12:05
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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