Wednesday, April 14, 2010: 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Horace Tabor/Molly Brown (Westin Tabor Center, Denver)
Global climate change will have significant regional impacts. Many of these impacts on hydrology and water resources, most notably groundwater, are not well understood. Additionally, land-atmosphere interactions have long been shown to significantly influence regional climate. Presentations will include: • A range of topics related to climate change, groundwater, and water resources, focusing on climate-hydrologic feedbacks and coupled modeling and observational studies that integrate across traditional boundaries in hydrology. • The impact of climate change on surface water resources, groundwater resources, and surface water–groundwater interactions • The role of lateral surface and subsurface flow and vertical surface-subsurface exchange in land surface energy and water balances • Interactions between water resources management on the land surface hydrology, surface energy and water balances, and land-atmosphere feedbacks • Local and non-local impacts of land-atmosphere coupling, including feedbacks between local hydrology and large-scale circulation
Moderators:
Reed M. Maxwell, Ph.D.
and
Ian M. Ferguson, Ph.D.
1:30 p.m.
2:50 p.m.
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