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:
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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