Annex 2: Symposiumsvorträge

Vorträge gehalten am deutsch-chinesischen Symposium des NSFC/DFG-Zentrums, gehalten am 30./31.09.2006 an der Xinjiang Universität, Urumqi (Leitung: King / Wang)

(thematische Abfolge: Gletscher, Klima, Wasserhaushalt)

Li Zhongqin:
Climate in the source area of Urumqi-River and the changes of Glacier No.1 in the past 45 Years

Tobias Bolch:
Significance of glaciers and rockglaciers as water towers in the northern Tien Shan and their fluctuations under changing climate

Liu Shiyin:
Actual glacier changes in the transnational river catchments in Xinjiang and their effects

Christoph Schneider:
Modelling climate change impacts on glacierised drainage basins using a degree-day model and atmospheric reanalysis data

Feng Xuezhi:
Satellite Monitoring of snow cover in Western China and research on snow melt runoff

Che Tao:
Research advances of snow in China using microwave remote sensing

Thomas Herz:
Storage function of permafrost in the water cycle of mountainous regions in the context of climatic change

Heiko Paeth:
Special aspects of climate change in arid and semi-arid regions – a perspective for western China

Li Jiangfeng:
Changes of precipitation in North Xinjiang and in the Tianshan Mountains

Klaus Fraedrich:
Variability and extremes of wet and dry periods in western China: observations, simulations and scenarios

Jiang Tong:
Climatic changes in Northwest Xinjiang in the last 40 years

Sun Zhandong:
From changes of Bosten and Daihai-Lakes to the climate changes in the Western China

Wang Run:
Analysis of hydrological factors in the Bosten-Lake and the background of climate changes in Tianshan

Gao Qianzhao:
Climate change and its influence on water resources of Tarim River in the South Tianshan

Hamid Yimit:
Research on hydrological responses from climatic change in the Tarim Basin

Heike Hartmann:
Periodicities in precipitation time series and their relevance for water availability: examples from northwestern China

Su Hongchao:
Changes of water areas in Aibi-Lake and analysis of runoff into the lake

Axel Thomas:
Climate change and water balances in NW China: methodology and results of a GIS-based analysis

Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt:
Climate variability and its consequences for flood risks

Lorenz King:
Climate change and its consequences for droughts, floods and the agroeconomy in arid regions

Ubbo Ricklefs:
Chances and risks of new sensors for climatic measurements in altitudes above 4000 m im Tianshan

Halik Yumiti:
Influence on natural vegetation in the middle and lower reaches of Tarim from water transportation and dyke works

Wang Tao:
Research of desertification in the Northwest China

Mao Weiyi:
Analysis of climatic factors in the annual changes of runoff of Aksu River in Xinjiang

Georg Hörmann:
Comparison of a simple and a spatially distributed hydrological model for regions with sparse data: examples from western China

Zhang Jie:
Water vapor distribution in the Qilian-Mountain and influence from circumfluence system and landscape

Wang Shijie:
Available water resources in the Urumqi River

Kai Born:
Assessment of water availability from regional climate modeling in arid regions

Ke Changqing:
Response of lakes in Xinjiang to global warming using remote sensing

Shen Yongping:
Recent changes of Lakes in Xinjiang and Central Asia and their climatic background

Hu Ruji:
Tendency of climate change from the changes of lakes in arid area in China

Kader Kezer:
Decrease of river runoff in the Lake Balkhash basin in Central Asia

Deng Mingjiang:
Climatic changes and the variation of runoff of the Tarim River Valley and the rehabilitation of the ecological system

Wang Shunde:
Stream-flow variations of four source rivers and of the mainstream of Tarim River, Xinjiang and transfer water course in 2003

Liu Chunzhen:
Hydrological circulation and ecological effect in the arid and semi-arid regions

Final conclusions

Lorenz King:
„Water Resources in large River Catchments of Western China and the Effects of Climate Change” - concluding thoughts

Wang Tao/Wang Run:
„Water Resources in the Aksu-Tarim River Catchment and the effects of Climate Change“ – a researchers vision