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PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THE MAIRS MOUNTAIN ZONE I
University of Nebraska at Omaha, could provide a start for the project. Workshop participants would share
existing available information by bringing references and data, where possible. National data-collecting agencies
need to be involved in the workshop. A synthesis of findings and publication of the workshop results as either
refereed publication or edited proceedings would provide a useful record.
Timing
Late 2007 would be an appropriate time for a small initial workshop on the status of current research, as well as
planning for future permafrost research in the MAIRS region.
Potential participants
Participants in the initial workshop would include:
* Relevant national meteorological and hydrological services
* NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
* National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Boulder, CO
* GLIMS Regional Centers and Stewards for Southwest Asia, India, China and elsewhere
* GCISC, Pakistan
* Individual researchers with relevant data
Next steps and responsibilities
Dr Shroder will initiate the activity through discussion with the GLIMS group in late 2006 in order to help identify
sources of existing data. A small organising committee will be established in collaboration with the MAIRS IPO
to plan for the workshop.
12. Project title: Monitoring climate extremes and their impacts in mountain regions
Rationale
It is well recognized that most natural and human systems respond more dramatically to extreme climate events
than to variations in mean climate. Over the last decade there has been a range of international activities aimed
at improving the capability to monitor and analyse extreme climate events across the world. While there has
been some good progress, much remains to be done to ensure that there are sustained mechanisms to continue
the processes already started and to initiate activities where gaps remain. Recognizing the capacity-building
aspects of these activities, START has maintained a program on Monitoring Extreme Climate Events (MECE),
and it is appropriate that MAIRS develops a program of activities that supports MECE in monsoon Asia.The problem of monitoring and analyzing extreme events is especially difficult in the mountain regions of monsoon
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