Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Ice Sheet Hydrology and Dynamics
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
15-19 December 2008
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 September 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=381
Or contact:
Andrew Shepherd
Phone: +44-0-131-651-4345
Email: andrew.shepherd [at] ed.ac.uk
Papers are invited for Session C17: Ice Sheet Hydrology and Dynamics, to
be convened at the AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2008, in San
Francisco, California.
Session Description:
The extent to which fluctuations in basal and surface hydrology affect
ice sheets is a topic of widespread and recent concern; changes in the
flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet correlate with changes in its surface
hydrology. Melting at the Antarctic Peninsula has factored in the
disintegration of ice shelf sections, and exchanges of water between
lakes at the base of the Antarctic Ice Sheet could modulate mass losses
through episodic drainage and lubrication. Although relationships
between the hydrology and flow of mountain glaciers have been studied
for much of the past century, attention has only recently turned to ice
sheets, so a detailed understanding is lacking. This session will
explore the effects hydrology has on ice sheet dynamics by collating the
results of field experiments, satellite observations, and numerical
modeling. Contributions from each of these areas are encouraged.
For abstract submission procedures and instructions, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=program
For session information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=381
Or contact the session convenors:
Andrew Shepherd
Phone: +44-0-131-651-4345
Email: andrew.shepherd [at] ed.ac.uk
School of Geosciences
University of Edinburgh
EDINBURGH, EH8 9XP, UK
Roderik van de Wal
Phone: +31-3025-3325-9 ext. 3275
Email: r.s.w.vandewal [at] uu.nl
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht
Utrecht University
Princetonplein 5
3584 cc Utrecht
The Netherlands
Andreas Vieli
Department of Geography
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Phone: +44-0-191-334-1855
Email: andreas.vieli [at] durham.ac.uk