FYI ***************************** Estimados Colegas de CienciaPR, October 11, 2010 is the deadline for submission of abstracts to the 2011 Aquatic Science Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). This conference will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 13-18, 2011. In particular, we are personally inviting abstracts for the special session "S11: Hydroclimatology of Tropical Mountainous Areas and Related Hierarchies of Water Processes". The session description is below. For abstract submission go to: http://www.aslo.org/sanjuan2011/submittal.html Please advertise this event with your colleagues and consider submitting an abstract to our session. Espero contar con su apoyo, Ernesto Muñoz, Ph.D. Research Scientist New Mexico Consortium at Los Alamos 4200 West Jemez Road, Suite 301 Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 **************************** S11: Hydroclimatology of Tropical Mountainous Areas and Related Hierarchies of Water Processes Conveners: + Enrique Vivoni, PhD Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration & School of Sustainable Engineering and Built Environment, vivoni@asu.edu; + Tamara Heartsill-Scalley, PhD USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, theartsill@fs.fed.us + Ernesto Munoz, PhD New Mexico Consortium, emunoz@newmexicoconsortium.org; Ecosystems in tropical mountainous regions are susceptible to climate variability and change with potential impacts on the availability of water and its quality for human systems. In these regions, a hierarchy of physical and biogeochemical processes interacts across scales to impact water resources stretching from the mountain front to coastal communities. This session invites contributions on relevant aspects of atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic processes and their linkages in the tropical (or subtropical) regions. Particularly relevant are contributions related to: hydrologic events and their climatological context; inter- disciplinary studies on the linkages of these hierarchical processes across scales; synthesis studies using different approaches (models, observations or reanalysis products); biogeochemistry and ecosystems in river basins; moisture/water fluxes, storages and budgets; and within-site and across site comparative studies. Contributions carried out in Central America or the Caribbean, including Long Term Ecological Research Sites or other observatories, are particularly encouraged. For abstract submission go to: http://www.aslo.org/sanjuan2011/submittal.html - Show quoted text -