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Event

6th Study Conference on BALTEX

Details of this event

Title: 6th Study Conference on BALTEX

Date: 14.06.2010 - 18.06.2010

Location: Miedzyzdroje, Island of Wolin, Poland

Host: BALTEX

Inhalt

BALTEX is a Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP) of the Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP) within the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research Programme. In recent years, the emphasis of BALTEX research has been on various aspects of regional climate change and its effects on water, energy and biogeochemical cycles in the atmosphere, on land and in the sea. Thus, the scientific focus of the conference in 2010 is on „changing water, energy and biogeochemical cycles in the Baltic Sea basin“.

The 6th Study Conference on BALTEX will reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the BALTEX programme and will focus on the following major topics:

  • Climate variability and change in the past and future. This topic involves the characterization of the past climate using recent instrumental and proxy data, detection and attribution studies, as well as assessments of past, current and future climate change, including new scenarios of the climate of the 21st century, and its impacts on the environment.
  • Water, energy and biogeochemical cycles in the regional Earth system. This topic involves process understanding and the improvement of observations, as well as the development and assessment of regional models. As biogeochemical cycles are stongly interwoven with the water cycle, this topic integrates energy, water and biogeochemical fluxes in the sea, on land and in the atmosphere in response to climate change. Also included is the coupling of regional climate models with biogeochemical models to estimate the impact of climate change on the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environment of the Baltic Sea basin.
  • Hydrological modelling, water management and extreme hydrological events. Hydrological changes are among the first to become evident as climate changes. How will these changes affect water management? Which dangers are we facing? This topic includes the assessment of water resources in past, present and future climates, as well as forcasting extreme events and their impacts on the environment and infrastructure.
  • Regional adaptation to climate change. How can regions respond to the challenge of climate change? This topic involves questions related to adaptation measures on the regional scale, and the communication of climate change information between science, policy and the public.
The registration deadline is 10 April 2010.

Call for Papers

Contributions in accordance with the four conference topics as outlined above, both oral or as poster, are welcome. Extended abstracts in English language, maximum of two pages, including figures, tables or diagrams, are invited to be submitted to the International BALTEX Secretariat electronically. After the conference, authors are invited to submit a full paper for a special conference issue planned to be published with Oceanolgia. Abstracts must be submitted electronically using e-mail. An electronic abstract template including all fromat definitions is available at the conference website.

Abstract Deadline: 15 February 2010

The Scientific Conference Committee will review the submitted papers, and the authors will be notified accordingly before 31 March 2010. An abstract volume will be distributed at the conference. An award for best student poster presentation will be offered. See website for further details.

Information

Online registration


Conference website


Abstract template


Hotel and conference venue: Amber Baltic Hotel