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European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 3 to 
8 April 2011

HS7.4/AS4.9/CL3.4
Hydrological change versus climate change

Convener: Tim Cohn, United States Geological Survey, USA, [log in to unmask]
Co-Convener 1: Harry Lins, United States Geological Survey, USA, 
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Co-Convener 2: Manfred Mudelsee, Climate Risk Analysis, Germany, 
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Co-convener 3: Demetris Koutsoyiannis, National Technical University of 
Athens, Greece, [log in to unmask]

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Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for our session on 
investigating hydrological versus climate changes.

Please find further information below. Do not hesitate to contact us 
directly if you have questions.

Best wishes, also on behalf of my co-convenors,

Manfred Mudelsee

P.s.: Apologies for cross postings (but hey, everyone does it).

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The site for our session, from where you can also submit your abstract, is

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/6591

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 10 Jan 2011.

If you wish to apply for financial support, please submit not later than 
3 December 2010.

Further information about the EGU General Assembly 2011 can be found at 
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/home.html

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Session description:

Water and climate are tightly linked: Water vapor is by far the most 
important greenhouse gas; conversely, diachronic changes to climate 
impact hydrology. While hydrological change is influenced by many 
factors in addition to climate, and climate includes processes other 
than hydrological, nonetheless it would seem that one has to study water 
cycle and climate, the two phenomena, together, particularly if one 
wants to characterize future hydrological conditions -- e.g. water 
availability or flood hazards -- or understand future climate -- e.g. 
evaporation off land surfaces. However, the two corresponding scientific 
disciplines employ very different tools and methods. Although a number 
of sessions focus on assessing impacts of climate and hydrological 
change, this session seeks papers exploring the more fundamental 
physical interface between climate and hydrology: What can hydrology 
offer to climate science, and vice versa? Papers that explore how 
hydrological and climatological data can be employed to improve our 
understanding of the physical processes associated with climate, to 
calibrate models, to improve forecasts and predictions, and to estimate 
corresponding uncertainties, are particularly sought.

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Dr. Manfred Mudelsee
Chief Executive Officer
Climate Risk Analysis - Manfred Mudelsee e. K. (HRA 20 13 94)
Schneiderberg 26
30167 Hannover
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)511 7003 2891
Fax: +49 (0)511 7003 2892
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.mudelsee.com

Research Scientist
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Climate Science Division
Bussestrasse 24
27570 Bremerhaven
Germany