EGU 2008: IS22-HS2.1 Session on "Climate, Water and Health"-- Last Call For Abstracts

The EGU 2008 will be held in Vienna, Austria, April 13-18, 2008. This Interdisciplinary Session is designed to explore the integrated hydro-climatic-population health system. Contributions are sought that shed light on the following issues:

1. Inter-linkages of climate change with water resources and population health, including
surface temperatures, extreme weather events, water shortages, and waterborne diseases.

2. Current data and information bases on water resources conditions and variations, in a climatic
context, over a range of space-time scales, and health impacts.

3. Development of climate-sensitive adaptive strategies to changing patterns of water availability using analytical and statistical methods.

4. Modelling tools for generating integrated solutions to climate-water-health problems, including precipitation-water quality degradation relationships and public health effects.

5. Stochastic spatiotemporal analysis of water variables, hydrologic extremes, space-time dependence functions, and water-related natural disasters.

6. Enhancing understanding of uncertainty measures and their effective use concerning the
interacting impacts of climate variability, water scarcity, and health issues.

7. Scale compatibility of model linkages, particularly in the linking of atmospheric hydrologic-health models.

The deadline for abstract submission is: 14 January 2008.