November Issue of "Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research"
Volume 39, Number 4 (2007)
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
University of Colorado at Boulder
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The latest issue of the journal "Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research"
is now available from the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at
University of Colorado at Boulder. The issue contains special sections
with proceedings of UINTAS 2006: the Uinta Interdisciplinary Assessment
Symposium, held in Snowbird, Utah, in May 2006; and papers from the
Fourth International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau, held in Lhasa,
China, in August 2004.
Contents of Volume 39, Number 4:
Special Section
Proceedings of UINTAS 2006: the Uinta Interdisciplinary Assessment
Symposium, Snowbird, Utah, May 2006
Edited by Jeffrey S. Munroe, Benjamin J. C. Laabs, and Katrina A. Moser
UINTAS 2006: the Uinta Interdisciplinary Assessment Symposium, Snowbird,
Utah, May 2006 - Introduction
By: Jeffrey S. Munroe, Benjamin J.C. Laabs, Katrina A. Moser, and Joseph
T. Gurrieri
Temporal and Seasonal Trends in Streamflow in the Uinta Mountains,
Northeastern Utah, and Relation to Climatic Fluctuations
By: Eric C. Carson
Glacial Geology and Equilibrium Line Altitude Reconstructions for the
Provo River Drainage, Uinta Mountains, Utah, U.S.A.
By: Kurt A. Refsnider, Benjamin J. C. Laabs, and David M. Mickelson
Chronology of the Last Glacial Maximum in the Upper Bear River Basin,
Utah
By: Benjamin J. C. Laabs, Jeffrey S. Munroe, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, Kurt
A. Refsnider, David M. Mickelson, Bradley S. Singer, and Marc W. Caffee
Recent and Multicentennial Precipitation Variability and Drought
Occurrence in the Uinta Mountains Region, Utah
By: Glen M. MacDonald and Abbie H. Tingstad
Exploring Relationships between Watershed Properties and Holocene
Loss-on-Ignition Records in High-Elevation Lakes, Southern Uinta
Mountains, Utah, U.S.A.
By: Jeffrey S. Munroe
Development of a Midge-Based Summer Surface Water Temperature Inference
Model for the Great Basin of the Western United States
By: David F. Porinchu, Katrina A. Moser, and Jeffrey S. Munroe
Properties of Alpine Soils Associated with Well-Developed Sorted
Polygons in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, U.S.A.
By: Jeffrey S. Munroe
Soil Development and Glacial History, West Fork of Beaver Creek, Uinta
Mountains, Utah
By: Daniel C. Douglass and David M. Mickelson
The Influence of Grazing and Other Environmental Factors on Lichen
Community Structure along an Alpine Tundra Ridge in the Uinta Mountains,
Utah, U.S.A.
By: Larry L. St. Clair, Jeffery R. Johansen, Samuel B. St. Clair, and
Kathryn B. Knight
Forest Ecology and Biogeography of the Uinta Mountains, U.S.A.
By: John D. Shaw and James N. Long
Special Section
Papers in Part from the Fourth International Symposium on the Tibetan
Plateau, Lhasa, China, August 2004
Edited by Tingjun Zhang
Perspectives on Environmental Study of Response to Climatic and Land
Cover/Land Use Change over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: an Introduction
By: Tingjun Zhang
Sensitivity of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to Seasonal
and Interannual Climate Conditions in the Lhasa Area, Tibetan Plateau,
China
By: Duo Chu, Lixin Lu, and Tingjun Zhang
Recent Glacial Retreat and Its Impact on Hydrological Processes on the
Tibetan Plateau, China, and Surrounding Regions
By: Tandong Yao, Jianchen Pu, Anxin Lu, Youqing Wang, and Wusheng Yu
Dendroclimatic Temperature Record Derived from Tree-Ring Width and
Stable Carbon Isotope Chronologies in the Middle Qilian Mountains, China
By: Xiaohong Liu, Xuemei Shao, Liangju Zhao, Dahe Qin, Tuo Chen, and
Jiawen Ren
Ostracoda Assemblages in Core Sediments and Their Environmental
Significance in a Small Lake in Northwest Tibet, China
By: Liping Zhu, Xiao Lin, Yuanfang Li, Bingyuan Li, and Manping Xie
Annual Accumulation in the Mt. Nyainqentanglha Ice Core, Southern
Tibetan Plateau, China: Relationships to Atmospheric Circulation over
Asia
By: Shichang Kang, Dahe Qin, Jiawen Ren, Yongjun Zhang, Susan Kaspari,
Paul A. Mayewski, and Shugui Hou
Accumulation Rates over the Past 500 Years Recorded in Ice Cores from
the Northern and Southern Tibetan Plateau, China
By: Ninglian Wang, Xi Jiang, Lonnie G. Thompson, and Mary E. Davis
The Environmental Significance of Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of
Modern Plant Leaves in the Northern Tibetan Plateau, China
By: Guangxiu Liu, Ming Li, and Lizhe An
Responses of Permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, to Climate
Change and Engineering Construction
By: Qingbai Wu, Xianfu Dong, Yongzhi Liu, and Huijun Jin
Stable Isotope Variations in Precipitation and Moisture Trajectories on
the Western Tibetan Plateau, China
By: Wusheng Yu, Tandong Yao, Lide Tian, Yaoming Ma, Naoyuki Kurita,
Kimpei Ichiyanagi, Yu Wang, and Weizhen Sun
Water Recycling between the Land Surface and Atmosphere on the Northern
Tibetan Plateau - A Case Study at Flat Observation Sites
By: Meixue Yang, Tandong Yao, Xiaohua Gou, and Hongguan Tang
A Diagnostic Analysis of the Impact of Complex Terrain in the Eastern
Tibetan Plateau, China, on a Severe Storm
By: Jing Chen, Chuan Li, and Guangbi He
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Circulation on the Eastern Edge of the
Tibetan Plateau, China, in Summer
By: Yueqing Li and Wenliang Gao
Modeling the Active-Layer Depth over the Tibetan Plateau
By: Christoph Oelke and Tingjun Zhang
Numerical Simulation of the Carbon Cycle over the Tibetan Plateau, China
By: Guangzhou Fan, Tingjun Zhang, Jinjun Ji, Kerang Li, and Jiyuan Liu