Dear colleagues, Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) is excited to invite you to submit abstracts to two mountain specific sessions at the AGU 2020 Fall Meeting. The conference will be organised in a mainly virtual format allowing for lower registration fees and virtual participation from all over the world.
GC036 - Environmental and Climate Change in Global Mountain RegionsMountains are sensitive to global climate, hold valued archives of changes over time, and closely couple resources and risks to society. We invite contributions examining past, present and future environmental change and associated societal impacts in mountain regions. The session is open to measurement and modelling studies of the changing climate, cryosphere, hydrology, and ecology of global mountain environments, including their couplings and implications for mountain social-ecological systems (e.g. hazards, fire, water resources, and other socio-cultural impacts). Understanding of elevational gradients of climate change in mountain environments remains limited, due to difficulty resolving mountain terrain in climate models and a dearth of high-elevation monitoring stations in many parts of the world. We particularly welcome contributions addressing knowledge gaps in mountain systems, including high-elevation monitoring efforts, measurements across altitudinal gradients, climate downscaling strategies, and remote sensing innovations in mountain environments. This session is supported by the Mountain Research Initiative, MRI.GC083 - Wildfire impacts on mountain environmentsRegular wildfires are natural elements in the world's mountain regions, shaping mountain ecosystems and affecting hydrological cycles, soils, and cryospheric systems. Recent wildfires have shown that intense and frequent fire activity can have dramatic impacts on mountain systems when ecosystems don't have enough time to recover between the fires. Wildfire activity also has major impacts on regional snow and ice cover, as black carbon deposition can accumulate on glaciers and in alpine snowpacks, lowering the albedo and accelerating melt. The albedo impact of wildfire activity on mountain glaciers is not well understood, but the impacts of black carbon loading can accumulate over many years. Ice core and dendroclimatological records from high mountain environments can provide insight into fire history and associated albedo impacts, to place recent observations in context. This session, supported by the Mountain Research Initiative, encourages contributions that address wildfire impacts and wildfire history in mountain regions.
The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday 29th July 2020. Please feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested in submitting to these sessions. We look forward to receiving your abstracts and hope to meet you in December! Best regards, The Session Conveners:
Aino Kulonen - Mountain Research Initiative
Bryan Mark - Ohio State University Shawn Marshall - University of Calgary --------------------------------------------
Dr Aino Kulonen
Scientific Project Officer
Mountain Research Initiative
CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
aino.kulonen@giub.unibe.ch
Office days: Mon-Tue-Wed
Dr Aino Kulonen
Scientific Project Officer
Mountain Research Initiative
CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
aino.kulonen@giub.unibe.ch
Office days: Mon-Tue-Wed
