HR: 17:15h
AN: H24C-06    [Abstracts]
TI: A WCRP GEWEX - CliC Initiative: High Altitude - Latitude Hydrology
AU: * van Oevelen, P J
EM: peter.vanoevelen@gewex.org
AF: International GEWEX Project Office, Suite 450 1010 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States
AU: Lytle, V
EM: vicky@npolar.no
AF: CliC International Project Office, Norwegian Polar Institute Polarmiljosenteret, Tromso, 9296, Norway
AU: Ryabinin, V
EM: vryabinin@wmo.int
AF: World Climate Research Program, WMO, 7 bis, Ave de la Paix, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
AU: Goodison, B
EM: Barry.goodison@ec.gc.ca
AF: Environment Canada, 15th Floor Rm 1521 Place Vincent Massey 351 St. Joseph Blvd, Gatineau, Que K1A 0H3, Canada
AU: Sorooshian, S
EM: soroosh@uci.edu
AF: University of California at Irvine, CHRS, Dept. of CEE E-4130 Engineering Gateway, Irvine, Ca 92697-2175, United States
AB: Within Earth Sciences many of the disciplines relevant to hydrology and even hydrological sciences itself are disperse when dealing with cold climates/regions of the world. The links between cold region hydrology and temperate or tropical climate zones are weak or even lacking. Geographically, the links are missing between high latitude /cold region hydrology and high altitude/mountain hydrology. To understand global (climate) changes and its effect on water resources this gap needs to be bridged. Most of our fresh water resources originate in mountainous regions and/or cold regions. Changes in these environments lead to hydrological implications for water resources management which are currently poorly understood and not very predictable on any time and spatial scale. This gap is recognised within international science programmes such as the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), and the Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC), both part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Even extremely important initiatives such as the International Polar Year (IPY) or Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) do not fully bridge this gap. A new initiative, High Altitude - Latitude Hydrology will bring together, different disciplines, various research communities and individual scientists to help bridge this gap. This should lead to more visibility of critical issues with funding agencies and is expected to result in an increase in expertise, knowledge and increased technological and experimental capability.
DE: 0700 CRYOSPHERE (4540)
DE: 1800 HYDROLOGY
DE: 1880 Water management (6334)
DE: 1884 Water supply
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting