Submit an Abstract for "Land-Atmosphere Interactions and the Role of HydroEcology on Climate" Session at AMS Annual Meeting

The American Meteorological Society's annual meeting, held January 23-27 in Seattle, WA, USA, will include a session on Land-Atmosphere Interactions and the Role of HydroEcology on Climate as part of the 25th Conference on Hydrology. This session seeks contributions from the research and operational forecasting communities on recent advances in quantifying the role of land surface processes on atmospheric dynamics from short-range to interannual time scales and at spatial scales from plot studies to regional assessments. We are particularly interested in studies addressing the roles of complex terrain, vegetation, snow and soil moisture dynamics, as well as ecosystem disturbances, on model predictability or skill. Efforts that study one-way or two-way interactions through observational, modelling or reanalysis techniques, or their integration, are encouraged. This session will help advance our understanding of the importance of land surface properties and ecosystem disturbances on local to regional weather, hydrology and climate.

We encourage you to submit an abstract by August 9, 2010. For online abstract submission, go to the AMS annual meetings page, select "Submit Abstract," and select the "25th Conference on Hydrology." A topic list will follow; select "Land-Atmosphere Interactions and the Role of HydroEcology on Climate." Submitting your abstract to this session assures that the session organizers will see it.

Speaking presentations are limited due to the tremendous array of topics covered at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, please indicate during the online submission process if you would be willing to accept (or would prefer) a poster presentation. The meeing organizers will do their best to accommodate all submissions, particularly those of international participants.

There is a $90 USD abstract submission fee charged by AMS which must be paid at the time of submission. Conference organizers are not allowed to accept submissions without advance payment. For additional details, see the Call for Papers page.

Submit an Abstract for AGU Hydrology Session H21

The session entitled "Understanding and Predicting Water and Energy Cycle Changes Utilizing Multi-sensor Heterogeneous Data for Energy and Water Cycle Research" will be held during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The focus of this Session is on understanding and predicting water and energy cycle changes in the face of a changing climate, including water and energy cycle variability and interactions with other climate system components. Interdisciplinary contributions are solicited that provide insight to the problem of understanding and predicting water and energy cycle changes related to climate. Also of interest are techniques and solutions utilized to combine multiple heterogeneous data sets for interdisciplinary research and applications. Research quality techniques for data inter-comparison, data quality/validation, and data assimilation are of particular interest. The abstract submission site is scheduled to open on 21 July 2010, and the submission deadline is 2 September 2010.

Submit an Abstract for AGU NEESPI Session GC07

The session entitled "Bringing Together Environmental, Socio-Economic and Climatic Change Studies in Northern Eurasia" will be held during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Presentations are sought on the biogeochemical cycles, the surface energy budget and water cycle, and climate and ecosystems interactions in Northern Eurasia (land cover and land use, atmospheric aerosols, soil, and permafrost changes that affect and are being affected by climate and ecosystems changes), 'human dimension' that includes, in addition to impact studies of environmental changes, the feedback studies of societal and land use changes on regional and global environment and climate, and tools to address the Northern Eurasia studies. The particular foci are on integrative multi-disciplinary studies associated with the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Inititative (NEESPI).

Submit an Abstract for AGU YOTC Session A21

The session entitled "Multi-scale Organization of Tropical Convection: YOTC" will be held during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The objective of YOTC (A WCRP-WWRP/THORPEX Research Program) is to improve our understanding and representation of tropical convection and its interactions with other weather/climate processes. Foci include the MJO, easterly waves and tropical cyclones, diurnal cycle, monsoons, and tropical-extratropical interactions. The approach involves using advanced high-resolution models, integrated observations, and theoretical insights in a virtual "intensive observation period" (May 2008 - October 2009 ) framework. This session is aimed at encouraging the dialogue on the above issues, with contributions sought that highlight observational and modelling advances associated with this ongoing project and its themes. A detailed description of YOTC can be found at http://www.ucar.edu/yotc/. The session description can be found here. Abstracts are due on September 2nd, 2010.

Submit and Abstract for AGU Session H69

The session entitled "Water Cycle Science and GEO" will be held during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Please consider submitting an abstract for this session, describing your water cycle research, modelling, data assimilation, GIS, or any other related activity and its possible applications or benefit to society. The international Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations, providing a framework within which to develop new projects and coordinate Earth observation strategies. GEO's Science and Technology Committee is working with GEO's 80 countries, the European Commission, and 58 Participating Organizations to integrate advances in science and technology through appropriate consultation with the research, observation, and application communities, most recently within the hydrology community. This session will feature work contributing to the improved observation of the water cycle, especially modelling, data assimilation, and geographic information system projects within the GEO context. This session is being co-sponsored by Geodesy, and so research related to the joint topics of Hydrology and Geodesy are welcome.