European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2011 General Assembly

The Third Pole Environment (TPE) was the focus of a session at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly.  The meeting was held in Vienna, Austria from April 3-8, 2011. The session was part of the Hydrological Sciences Programme Group (HS6.1), titled “The Third Pole Environment – Observation and modeling of hydrometeorological processes in high elevation areas.” Yaoming Ma was the Convener of the session, and the Co-Conveners were Peter J.van Oevelen, Bob Su, and Fan Zhang. Use the following links for more information related to the 2011 EGU General Assembly. Please note: some links will redirect to external websites.

• Conference Website
• Session Information

Please use the following links to view abstracts and presentations from the meeting. Special thanks to these authors who have generously agreed to share their presentation. Please note the file size and type prior to downloading.

-Oral Presentations-

EGU2011-10806 Surface radiation, energy, and mass balance on a valley glacier, Southeast Tibet: Observation and analysis: K Yang, X Guo, W Yang, L Zhao, S Li, M Zhu, T Yao (abstract)

EGU2011-13476 Observation and modeling of land surface state and convective activity over the Qinghai - Tibet Plateau: M Menenti, J Colin, L Jia, Y Ma, T Foken, JA Sobrino, J Wang, X Shen, K Ueno (abstract)

EGU2011-4341 Tracing the hydrological cycle by water stable isotopes on the Tibetan plateau: L Tian, T Yao, W Yu (abstract)

EGU2011-4650 (1.35 MB .pdf) Energy and matter exchange in the convective boundary layer above the Tibetan Plateau at Nam Co Lake: T Biermann, W Babel, T Gerken, Y Chen, Y Ma, K Yang, H-F Graf, T Foken (abstract)

EGU2011-2810 (1.38 MB .pdf) Study on soil thermal regime over Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its adjacent regions in last 30 years: L Zhao, R Li, Y Ding (abstract)

EGU2011-10489 Hydrological Modelling: An essential tool to understand the impact of climate change on glaciers and water availability in the Indus Basin: A B Shrestha, H Ouyang (abstract)

-Poster Presentations-

EGU2011-1836 Simulation of the spatial distribution of snow cover in the Dudhkoshi region of Nepal Himalaya, one of the regions of Third Pole Environment (TPE): M Shrestha, L Wang, T Koike, Y Xue, Y Hirabayashi (abstract)

EGU2011-2627 Surface-Atmosphere interactions: Modelling the development of local circulations and generation of convection at Nam Co Lake: T Gerken, W Babel, T Biermann, A Hoffmann, M Herzog, Y Ma, T Foken, H-F Graf (abstract)

EGU2011-2880 Recent climate change under the influence of human activities in the northern Tibetan Plateau: Z Hu, L Xu (abstract)

EGU2011-3982 Study on the Tibet Plateau climate system change and mechanism of its impact on East Asia: Y Ma, Z Hu, L Tian, F Zhang, A Duan, K Yang, Y Zhang, Y Yang (abstract)

EGU2011-4433 Precipitation variability on the Tibetan plateau in the past 600-year: K Duan (abstract)

EGU2011-6857 Understanding ICESat derived lake level changes of about 150 Tibetan lakes between 2003 and 2009: V P Hien, R Lindenbergh, M Menenti (abstract)

EGU2011-7459 Statistical climate data analysis and ensemble modeling to assess climate-driven changes in hydrological dynamics in the Nam Co basin, Tibet, China: P Krause, S Biskop, J Helmschrot (abstract)

EGU2011-9067 Ability of the ECMWF model in simulating and analysis of root zone soil moisture on the Tibetan plateau: B Su, P de Rosnay, J Wen, L Wang (abstract)

EGU2011-10455 A Regional Framework for Transboundary Hydrometeorological Monitoring of Major River Basins in the Himalayan Region: H Ouyang, A Shrestha (abstract)

EGU2011-13901 (590 KB .pdf) Observed Impact of the South Asian Summer Monsoon on the Local Atmospheric Properties in the Himalayas: L Zhou, H Zou, S Ma, P Li (abstract)