Minutes Tuesday, 13th of November 2012

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Session Recordings

Seminar theme 1: Climate Change in the Alps - Thinking one step further!

Speaker: Carole Piton, CIPRA-International

Recording:

Further reading:

Seminar theme 2: Climate Change Aspects in Saudi Arabia

Speaker: Dr. Wisam E. Mohammed, College of Architecture and Planning

Recording:

Further Reading

  • Al Zawad, F. M., 2008. Impacts of climatic change on water resources in Saudi Arabia. s.l., s.n.
  • Almazroui, M., 2012. Temprature variabilty over Saudi Arabia during the period 1978-2010 and its association with global climate indices. Journal of King Abdulaziz University. Meteorology, Environment and Arid land Agriculture, 23(1).
  • Almazroui, M., 2012. The lifecycle of extreme rainfall events over western Saudi Arabia simulated by regional climate model: Case study of November 1996. Atmosfera, 25(1), pp. 23-41.
  • Almazroui, M. et al., 2012. Recent climate change in the Arabian Peninsula: Seasonal rainfall and temperature climatology of Saudi Arabia for 1979-2009. Atmospheric Research, Volume 111, pp. 29-45.
  • Kotwicki, V. & Al Sulaimani, Z., 2009. Climate of the Arabian Peninsula - past, present, future. International Journal of Climate Change Strategic Management, Volume 1, pp. 297-310.
  • Ragab, R. & Prudhomme, C., 2000. Climate change and water resources management in the southern Mediterranean and Middle East countries. Hague, s.n.
  • Tieleman, B. I., Williams, J. B., Buschur, M. E. & Brown, C. R., 2003. Phenotypic variation among and within larks along an aridity gradient: Are desert birds more flexible?. Ecology, Volume 84, pp. 1800-1815.
  • Williams, J. B. et al., 2012. Climate change and animals in Saudi Arabia. Sauid Journal of Biological Science, Volume 19, pp. 121-130.

Tasks for the next session

  • Working groups E + F to complete assignment 2 before November 19
  • if you are interested in synchronous concept mapping on our Cmaps Server, please contact the seminar coordinator

General activities

  • get in touch with your group members
  • think about a case study area for assignment 3
  • learn about wiki editing by checking the help page and practising on your working group pages
  • check the resources for more information on the theme