Dear Colleagues, 
 
Apologies for cross posting. We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the session "Interactions between surface water, groundwater, and the hyporheic zone" (HS10.3) at the EGU General Meeting,  Vienna, 3rd - 8th April 2011 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/6618).
 
The session solicits both field-based and modelling studies with a focus on:
- The development and application of novel experimental methods to investigate physical and biogeochemical conditions at the groundwater-surface water interface both at rivers and lakes;
- Investigations of the role of hyporheic processes for the retention and natural attenuation of nutrients and pollutants as well as its impacts on surface water and groundwater quality;
- Hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological modelling approaches (e.g. transient storage models, coupled groundwater - surface water models etc.) for applications at different scales;
- The importance of hyporheic controls on surface water and groundwater quality and riparian ecology at different scales;
- Investigations of the implications of groundwater - surface water interactions at their interface for management and risk assessment frameworks in regard to the European Water Framework Directive.
 
The abstract submission deadline is 10 Jan 2011: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html
The deadline for financial support is 3 Dec 2010: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/support_and_distinction/financial_support.html
 
Please feel free to get in touch with myself or any of the other convenors with any queries regarding the session.
 
We look forward to seeing you in Vienna. 
 
Mark Cuthbert
 
(on behalf of the convenors: Stefan Krause, Jan Fleckenstein, Gunnar Nuetzmann, Fulvio Boano, Joerg Lewandowski & Mark Cuthbert)

Dr Mark Cuthbert

Water Sciences Group (Hydrogeology)

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of Birmingham, UK

+44 (0)121 414 6167

http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/staff/cuthbertm.shtml