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International Workshop on Changes in Surface and Grount Water in the Tarim River Basin

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Background

  The Tarim River Basin (TRB), located in China, north of the Tibetan plateau is the world’s largest and most densely populated arid-region, closed drainage, basins. Water resources in the TRB are declining rapidly as result of climatic changes and high water use in Xinjiang Province of northwestern China. The PI (Dr. V. Aizen) proposes to convene leading climatologists, hydrologists, and modelers from the United States, the People’s Republic of China, and neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at a workshop in fall, 2009 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province, China.

 

Purpose of the Workshop

The TRB workshop scientific discussions will synthesize and refine current state of knowledge in the following areas:

  • Dynamics and feedbacks of changes in low-atmosphere moisture transfer and surface water resources redistribution between natural stores of waters (seasonal snow cover, glaciers, permafrost, lakes, rivers and aquifers).
  • State-of-the-art methods of field research, remote sensing, and modeling and their application to assist in meeting the project’s scientific objectives.
  • Long-term meteorological and hydrological data accessibility and analysis for the study region.
  • Data control, data calibration, validation, and modeling.
  • Transboundary water problems (China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and integrated water management will contribute to discussions related to sustainable social and economical development in the TRB.
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    Scientific steering and editorial committee

    Chairman: V. Aizen
    Member: Qin Dahe, Cheng Guodong, Vijay Singh, Jeff Dozier, Hugo Loaiciga, Yao Tangdong, Liu Changming, Xiahong Feng, Bolot Moldobekov, Mamadsho Ilolov
    Organizing committee
    Chairman: Qin Dahe
    Deputy Chairman: Ding Yongjian
    Members: Chen Xi, Wang Zhijie, Vladimir Aizen
    Secretary General: Liu Shiyin

     

    Permanent core of the Event Organizing Committee

    In US:Dr. Vladimir Aizen, Dr. Arzhan Surazakov. Tel.+1(208) 885-5888 , Fax.+1(208) 885-2855
    E-mail: aizen@uidaho.edu,arzhan@uidaho.edu

    In China:Dr. Liu Shiyin and Dr. Guo Wanqin. Tel. +86-931-4967375, Fax. +86-931-4967345
    E-mail: liusy@lzb.ac.cn,guowq@lzb.ac.cn

    In China: Tel./fax or Fax
    Questions about the Workshop organization and logistic information can be sent to Dr. Vladimir Aizen (aizen@uidaho.edu), Dr. Arzhan Surazakov (arzhan@uidaho.edu), Dr. Liu Shiyin (liusy@lzb.ac.cn), Dr. Shangguan Donghui (dhguan@lzb.ac.cn), or Guo Wanqin(guowq@lzb.ac.cn)

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