Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Hydrology and Ice Dynamics
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
14-18 December 2009
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline: Thursday, 3 September 2009
For further information, please contact:
Andreas Vieli
Email: andreas.vieli [at] durham.ac.uk
Andrew Shepherd
Email: andrew.shepherd [at] ed.ac.uk
Organizers of Session C18, "Hydrology and Ice Dynamics," announce a call
for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical
Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, in San Francisco,
California.
The extent to which fluctuations in basal and surface hydrology affect
ice sheet dynamics 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; as a result a detailed understanding is lacking. This session
will explore the nature of the effect that basal and surface 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.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 3 September 2009, at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm09.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Andreas Vieli
Email: andreas.vieli [at] durham.ac.uk
Andrew Shepherd
Email: andrew.shepherd [at] ed.ac.uk
Roderik van de Wal
Email: R.S.W.vandeWal [at] uu.nl