1st Asia CliC Symposium

2nd Asia CliC Symposium

- The state and fate of Asian Cryosphere -

October 22 – 26, 2007

Lanzhou, China

Second Circular

Objectives and Outline:

The cryosphere is changing in Asia, as well as globally, due mainly to global warming. The long term impact of these climatological changes on the environment and the residents is still uncertain. This Symposium will focus on the Asian region component of the cryosphere within the context of the global climate system. This meeting follows from the 1^st Asia CliC symposium held in Yokohama, Japan in March 2006. The objectives of the Symposium are to exchange scientific results and information, to discuss the main issues related to the cryosphere in this region, to develop plans for implementation, and to coordinate ongoing and future CliC-related activities in the Asian region. The Organizers expect participation of scientists/engineers, students and also funding bodies from Asian countries and globally.

The symposium is open to all scientists who are interested in questions related to the cryosphere in the eastern part of the Eurasian continent and surrounding regions.

The main scientific sessions will focus on:

(1) Glacier distribution/changes

(2) Frozen ground/Permafrost condition and changes

(3) Snow cover, cold region hydrology and water resources

(4) Land surface and atmosphere processes in cold region and mountains

(5) Large-scale cryosphere-atmosphere interactions

(6) Predictability and predictions of the cryosphere

(7) Cryospheric database

Examples include discussing of a Eurasian snow cover data set, of a high-Asia glacier inventory and monitoring data base, of a permafrost data base, and establishment of cryosphere CEOP sites.

Examples include issues related to modeling and predicting GLOF’s, water supplies, and future

(8) Strategies for integrating and coordinating future cryospheric research

The sessions will be composed of both oral and poster presentations on the above topics, In addition, there will be one day of more focused sessions on specific and will have one day of split sessions on specified topics (such as snow cover, frozen ground, glaciers and meltwater, ice cores, etc) with more time for in depth discussions of science issues coordination of plans, and preparation of implementation strategies.

Symposium language will be English.

Associated meeting

The Symposium will follow the Symposium on Changes of Climate and Environment on the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions (Language in Chinese) (October 18-20), which is an open meeting. Participation is recommended for those all who are interested in changes of hydrology, meteorology, ecology, land-use and environment on the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions.

Organized by:

WCRP-CliC Science Steering Group

China CliC Committee

Japan CliC Committee

Supported by:

The State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, CAREERI, CAS

WCRP - CliC

JAMSTEC, Japan

Dates:

October 22-26, 2007

Venue:

Ningwozhuang Hotel, Lanzhou, China

http://www.casnw.net/clic/Asia_clic.html

Scientific Steering Committee:

Barry Goodison (Chair)

Qin Dahe (Vice-Chair)

Bashir Ahmad

Cheng Guodong

Gombo Davaa

Irina Tomashevskaya

Ramesh P. Singh

Roger Braithwaite

Testuo Ohata

Victoria Lytle

Vladimir Aizen

Vladimir Ryabinin

Vladimir M. Kotlyakov

Local Organizing Committee:

Qin Dahe (Chair)

Ding Yongjian

Ren Jiawen

Yao Tandong

Tordis Villinger

Xiao Cunde

Qin Xiang

Xie Aihong

Registration and fees:

Please complete the registration and accommodation form (Appendix 1) and return it to the symposium secretariat by September 1, 2007. For those who need a travel VISA to enter China, please register by August 1, 2007 to allow time for the preparation of needed documents.

There is no registration fee associated with this symposium.

Paper/Extended abstracts:

Please complete the paper submission form (Appendix 2) including a maximum 300 word short abstract and send to the symposium secretariat by October 1, 2007 (see contact details on back page). The short abstracts collection will be distributed at the symposium. Extended abstracts will be published after the meeting, and should be submitted during the symposium.

Ø Proceedings: Proceedings containing extended abstracts will be mailed to the participants by E-mail after the symposium is finished.

Ø Electronic Word files and hard copies of the extended abstract should be submitted to the symposium secretariat during the symposium. Extended abstracts are limited to four pages of A4 size paper. Formatting details can be found in Appendix 3 to this circular.

Types of presentation:

Ø Oral

Presentations will be 15 to 20 minutes including time for questions and change of speakers. Windows computer with computer diskette (floppy disk), CD-ROM, and/or USB ports will be provided. PowerPoint 2000 and 2003 for Windows for presentation software is also available. If you need some other devices and/or software for oral presentation, please consult the symposium secretariat.

Ø Poster

A board space for vertically long (portrait) A0 size (90cm x 120cm) for each poster presentation will be provided.

Accommodation:

Suite room: two rooms with one bigger bed or two smaller beds

Double room: one room with two beds

Single room：one room with one bed

The price doesn’t include breakfast, since it is the discounted rate.

Ø Ningwozhuang Hotel

Address: Tianshui Road 366, Lanzhou, China

Phone: +86-931-8265-888, or +86-931-8416-221

Fax: +86-931-8417-639

Website: http://travel.mygongshe.com/hotel/hotel-0.htm

Cost: Double room: RMB￥480 (VIP building) or RMB￥380 (other buildings) per day per room

Ø Lanzhou Hotel

Address: Donggang Western Road 486, Lanzhou, China

Phone: +86-931-8416-321, Fax: +86-931-8418-608.

Website: http://www.lanzhouhotel.com/

Cost: Suite room: RMB￥680 or RMB￥880 per day

Double room: RMB￥280 or RMB￥360 or RMB￥480 per day per room

Single room (big bed): same as double room

Ø Jincheng Hotel

Address: Tianshui Mid Road 3, Lanzhou, China

Phone: +86-931-8416-638, or +86- 0-132-3931-3189,

or +86-931-3695-000, Fax: +86-931-8418-438

Website: http://www.gsjcbg.com/

Cost: Suite room: RMB￥448 or RMB￥468 per day

Double room: RMB￥272 or RMB￥298 per day per room

Single room (big bed): same as double room

Ø Institute Guest House

Address: CAREEI, Donggang Western Road 320, Lanzhou, China.

Phone: +86-931-8274-557, or +86- 931-8271-867

Cost: Single room: RMB￥81 per day

Double room: RMB￥102 per day per room

In the institute guest house, there are only 8 single rooms and 3 double rooms available for the symposium. Please complete and submit the registration and accommodation form (Appendix 1) early to ensure a room if you book the institute guest house.

More information will be announced later. Please contact the symposium secretariat immediately if you have a change in your plans or schedule.

Note: the current exchange rate between USD/RMB is around 7.6, and EUR/RMB is around 10.3.

Directions for route:

Ø Zhongchuan Airport to the city of Lanzhou

Route map from Zhongchuan Airport to Lanzhou downtown

Airport shuttle bus

If you take the airport shuttle bus, please get off at the end of the route (named as Lanzhou Eastern Hotel, opposite Lanzhou University). One-way price is at RMB￥30，and there is the direct shuttle bus before/after every scheduled flight. It takes around 80 minutes to get to the shuttle bus terminal, downtown (Lanzhou Eastern Hotel, opposite Lanzhou University).

Taxi

One-way price: about RMB￥130.

Time: around 1 hour

Ø Shuttle bus terminal to the hotels or the institute (CAREERI)

Detailed locations of the shuttle bus terminal, hotels and CAREERI institute

The shuttle bus terminal in downtown is at Lanzhou Eastern Hotel, opposite Lanzhou University.

² 2 minutes walk shuttle bus terminal — Lanzhou Hotel

² 5 minutes walk Lanzhou Hotel — Jincheng Hotel

² 5 minutes walk Jincheng Hotel — Ningwozhuang Hotel

² 14 minutes walk Ningwozhuang Hotel — the CAREERI institute.

Visa:

If you need visa, please complete the attached registration form and submit the documents needed. If you have problems getting a visa, please contact the symposium secretariat.

Banquet:

An ICEBREAKER reception hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science will be held on October 22 (Monday evening), and a banquet will be held on October 24 (Wednesday evening) at a cost of approximately RMB￥200 per person. If you would like to go attend the banquet, please register your intention on the registration form, and make the payment at the symposium front desk in advance.

Mid-symposium activity and post-symposium excursion:

Some activities will be arranged. Details are announced later.

Ø Visit of the State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Ø Excursion on October 26 (Friday) to Liujiaxia reservoir, which is located at the canyon of Loess Plateau, and regarded as Bright Pearl in the plateau.

Symposium Secretariat:

Name: Qin Xiang / Xie Aihong

Email: qinxiang@lzb.ac.cn / xieaih@lzb.ac.cn

Phone: +86-931-4967370, Fax: +86-931-8272151 /

+86-931-4967338, Fax: +86-931-8277094

Address: Donggang West Road 320, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu Province, China

Symposium Website:

Additional information and announcements will be posted on the symposium website http://www.casnw.net/clic/Asia_clic.html. Information will also be shown on the website of WCRP/CliC Office http://clic.npolar.no/. If you do not have access to the internet, please ask for information through symposium secretariat directly (see above).

Deadlines (2007):

Registration for people who need VISA August 1

Financial support request August 1

Registration September 1

Accommodation September 1

Submission of abstract September 1

Notification of the acceptance of the submission September 16

Submission of paper October 1

Issue of Preliminary Program on the symposium web site October 16

Printed papers/extended abstract submission October 22-26

Funds Explore：

A possibility of receiving limited financial support for participants from developing countries and countries with economy in transition is being explored.

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Appendix 1

2nd Asia CliC Symposium

– The state and fate of Asian Cryosphere –

October 22-26, 2007, Lanzhou, China

Registration and Accommodation Request Form

Please fill out this registration form and send to xieaih@lzb.ac.cn by September 1, 2007. For those who need VISA, please register by August 1, 2007 (Double click one of the boxes to tick it).

Please make copies of the registration form if you require an invitation for an accompanying person.

Given name:		Surname:
Affiliation:
Address:
Country:
Nationality:
VISA for coming to China:	Needed Describe needed documents: 1. 2.		Not needed
Email:
Phone/Fax:
Presentation	Oral Poster
Scientific session
Attend Banquet	Yes No
Attend Excursion	Yes No

Appendix 1 (Continued)

Please specify the dates of check in and out if you want to book a room.

Date of check in	Date of check out	Any other date if any	Number of people

Which hotel and what type of room will you book?

Hotel	Type of Room	Cost (per day)

Special requests (i.e., vegetarian, non-smoking rooms):

For more information, please send an E-mail to xieaih@lzb.ac.cn

Phone: +86-931-4967338, Fax: +86-931-8277094

Address: Donggang West Road 320, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu Province, China

Appendix 2

Paper Submission Form

Please complete this form for each presentation, and send to xieaih@lzb.ac.cn by September 1, 2007. For those who would like to make more than one presentation, please copy this form (Double click one of the boxes to tick it).

Oral presentation	Poster presentation (A0 size)	Either
Scientific session
Title of presentation
Authors and their affiliations
Abstract (300 words)

Appendix 3

Format of the Extended Abstracts for 2^nd Asia CliC Symposium

Bernard Brown¹, Bin Villinger² and Meixue Zhang³

1 Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Japan

2 CliC International Project Office, CIPO, Norway

3 The Institute of Meteorological Studies, CAS, China

Key words: water cycle, carbon cycle, Siberia, Boreal zone