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Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
November 20-23, 2006 |
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Conference Program:
| 8:30-9:30 |
Registration |
| 9:30-10:10 |
Opening Ceremony |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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PLENARY SESSION |
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Major Climate Change Mechanisms and How They Affect the Middle East |
Michael Ghil, Département Terre-Atmosphère-Océan, Ecole Normale Supérieure, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California |
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Climatic trends to extremes and regional modeling over the E. Mediterranean |
Pinhas Alpert, S.O. Krichak, I. Osetinsky, M. Dayan, D. Haim and H. Shafir, Tel-Aviv University |
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The Climate Change and Water Resources Projects of Southern Turkey |
İbrahim Gürer, Gazi University, Engineering and Architectural Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering |
| 13:10-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Climate Change |
| 14:00-14:20 |
Cyclone activity, precipitation and marine storminess in the Eastern Mediterranean region: analysis of regional climate scenario simulations |
P.Lionello, M.B.Galati, G.Vicentini, U.Boldrin, S. De Zolt |
| 14:20-14:40 |
The impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Middle East rainfall |
Emily Black |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Impacts of Global Climate Changes on Lake Ecosystems in Turkey |
Onur Kerimoglu, Temel Oguz, Meryem Beklioğlu |
| 15:00-15:20 |
Tendencies of stable isotopic content of rainfall in Central and Eastern Mediterranean |
Spyros Lykoudis, Athanassios A. Argiriou |
| 15:20-15:40 |
Large-scale changes in precipitation and runoff in the Middle East under climate change – ensemble climate model predictions and uncertainties |
Debbie L Hemming |
| 15:40-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Hydrology and Hydrogeology |
| 16:00-16:20 |
Impact of Global Warming on the Euphrates-Tigris Watershed |
Jason P. Evans |
| 16:20-16:40 |
Seasonal forecast of Danube river flow anomalies based on its stable teleconnections with the global sea surface temperature and precipitation fields |
Norel Rimbu, Constanta Boroneant, Mihai Dima, Antoaneta Stanciu |
| 16:40-17:00 |
Evaluation of runoff and peak flood changes for a period of time |
Mohammad Reza Yazdani, Sattar Chavoshi, Mohammad Hossein Mahdian, Mohammad mahdavi |
| 17:00-17:20 |
Possible effect of the global climate change on water resources and floods in Turkey |
M. Sait Tamisçioglu, Ömer Karaca, A. Deniz Özdemir, Hamza Özgüler |
| 17:20-17:40 |
Modelıng for Clımate Change Effects in the Gediz and Buyuk Menderes River Basins |
Okan Fistikoglu, Sevinç Özkul, Nilgün Harmancıoğlu |
| Tuesday, 21 November 2006 |
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Climate Change/Land Use Systems,Soils, Vegetation and Soil Development |
| 9:30-9:50 |
Temporal and spatial variation of rainfall rate in Marmara region |
Zafer Aslan, Bahar Oğuzhan, Z.Nevin Çağlar, Nail Yeniçer |
| 9:50-10:10 |
Analysis of percentile based precipitation indices over Iran |
Ahmad Asgari, Fatemeh-Rahimzadeh, Ebrahim Fatahi |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Global Climate change: effect on agriculture food sector in Sri Lanka |
Nanda Senanayake |
| 10:30-10:50 |
Climate and vegetation in the Middle East: inter-annual variability and drought feedbacks |
Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Jason P. Evans,Roland A. Geerken, Ronald B. Smith, |
| 10:50-11:10 |
Effects of environmental conditions on water status and photosynthetic activity in olive trees (Olea europaea L. cv “Chemlali”) under non irrigated field conditions |
Chedlia Ben Ahmed, Bechir Ben Rouina, Makki Boukhriss |
| 11:10-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Land Use Systems, Soils, Vegetation and Soil Development |
| 11:30-11:50 |
Effects of Environmental Conditions on olive tree (Olea europaea L. cv “Chemlali”) under irrigated field conditions |
Chedlia Ben Ahmed, Bechir Ben Rouina, Bechir Ben Rouina, Makki Boukhriss |
| 11:50-12:10 |
Potential impacts of climate change on irrigated crop water requirements and production in Turkey: A combined remote sensing and modeling study |
Mutlu Ozdogan |
| 12:10-12:30 |
Land Use Changes in the Jordan Valley and the Impact of a Climate Change on Irrigation Water Requirements |
Ibrahim M. Oroud |
| 12:30-12:50 |
Opposite trends in performance of annual plant communities caused by daily rainfall variability |
Martin Köchy |
| 12:50-13:10 |
Modelling Land Use Patterns under Global Change for the Jordan River Region |
Jennifer Koch, Rüdiger Schaldach, Joseph Alcamo |
| 13:10-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Desicion Making/ Climate Change |
| 14:00-14:20 |
Using a cost-benefit analysis to select the optimal flood protection measures |
Leo De Nocker, Steven Broekx, Inge Liekens, Ir. Dirk Bulckaen, Steven Smets (IMDC), Johan Gauderis |
| 14:20-14:40 |
Advanced use of electrical methods in the study of the aquifers: the CAMI project experience |
Antonio Bratus, Riccardo de Nardi, Giovanni Santarato |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Interactive Simulation Game for International Carbon Emissions Trading |
Ali Kerem Saysel, Fırat İncioğlu |
| 15:00-15:20 |
Energy Consumption Effects on Air Pollution in I.R.Iran |
Bita Ayati, H. Ganjidoust |
| 15:20-15:40 |
Regional Climatic Impacts of Global Warming over the Eastern Mediterranean |
Barış Önol, Fredrick Semazzi, Yurdanur S. Ünal, H. Nüzhet Dalfes |
| 15:40-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Climate Change |
| 16:00-16:20 |
Climate Change in Central Europe in Correlation with Changes of Sun Activities |
Horst Borchert |
| 16:20-16:40 |
Generation of wind storm in the mountainous coast |
Hyo Choi |
| 16:40-17:00 |
Shallow Lake Ecosystems of Semi-Arid to Arid Mediterrenean Region and Global Warming: predictions from present |
Meryem Beklioglu |
| 17:00-17:20 |
Wavelet – Based Analysis of Rainfall Rate and Erosivity |
Zafer Aslan, Deniz Okçu, Ayfer Serap Söğüt |
| 17:20-17:40 |
Contemporary climate change in Jordan |
Muwaffaq Freiwan, Mikdat Kadıoğlu |
| Wednesday, 22 November 2006 |
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Hydrology and Hydrogeology |
| 9:30-9:50 |
Effects of climate change and aridity on Ergene river basin water productivity |
Doğan Kantarcı |
| 9:50-10:10 |
Winter precipitation and snowfall in the Korean coast |
Hyo Choi |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Trading Water in Regional Markets (Case Study Area: Middle East and North Africa) |
Ibrahim Gurer |
| 10:30-10:50 |
The CAMI project: high-resolution seismic survey to study shallow aquifer |
M. Giustiniani, F. Accaino, E. Del Negro, U. Tinivella, D. Nieto Yabar |
| 10:50-11:10 |
The Hydrologic Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean for a Double-CO 2 Scenario: Dynamic Downcaling from Atmospheric General Circulation Model Output |
Francois Vandenberghe, Andrea Hahmann, Yubao Liu,Scott Swerdlin, Thomas Warner, David Yates, Wei Yu |
| 11:10-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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The Past As A Key For The Future |
| 12:10-12:30 |
Climate Change and Crisis in Ottoman Turkey and the Balkans, 1590-1710 |
Sam White |
| 11:50-12:10 |
Expansion and Retraction: Precipitation-Induced Changes in Human Settlement |
Frank Hole |
| 11:30-11:50 |
Water, Life and Civilisation - a 5-year multidisciplinary project |
Steve Mithen, Emily Black |
| 12:30-12:50 |
Long-Range Forecasting and the Scientific Background to Joseph's Interpretation of Pharaoh's Dreams |
Yizhak Feliks, Michael Ghil |
| 12:50-14:00 |
POSTER SESSION |
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Extreme maximum and minimum temperature tendencies over Turkey within last three decades |
Yurdanur Ünal |
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Application of underground dams for groundwater aquifer recharge and control of Qanats water |
Mohammad Reza Yazdani, Sattar Chavoshi, Mahmood Matin, Feizollah Rahnama |
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The Changes in the Summer Season Length in the Middle East |
Y. Goldreich and Z. Chermoni |
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Variation of Growing Season Length (GSL) over second half of 20 th in Iran |
A. Sedaghat Kerdar, F. Rahimzadeh |
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The CAMI project: non-conventional seismic analysis to characterize the shallow aquifer |
U. Tinivella, F. Accaino, M. Giustiniani, S. Picotti |
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Effects of Climate Changes on the Late Pleistocene and Holocene Sediments of the Venice Lagoon, Italy |
L. Baradello, G. Brancolini, L. Tosi, F. Rizzetto |
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Detecting and mapping springs into clay soils with GPR |
L. Baradello |
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The place names referring to wetlands as a key to understanding historical changes of the Mediterranean wetlands. Application to the Doñana Natural Park. |
Arturo Sousa, Julia morales, Pablo Garcia-Murilla, Leoncio García-Barrón, Şükran Şahin |
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Temporal analysis of the North sea Caspian pattern index (NCPI) : A semi emprical integration approach |
Hasan Tatlı, Yunus Borhan |
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Variations of heavy rainfall and sea surface temperature in the Korean coast under the passing of typhoon with strong wind |
Hyo Choi |
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Evaluations on air pollution from ships from global and Bosphorous effects on climate change |
Huseyin Toros, Ali Deniz |
| Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
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Climate Change |
| 9:30-9:50 |
Study of warm nights over Iran during last decades |
Fatemeh-Rahimzadeh, Ahmad Asgari, Nooshin Mohammadian |
| 9:50-10:10 |
Analysis of the Dates of Spring and Fall Freezing in the East and West Azarbaijan Provinces |
F.Sahraian, K.Noohi, M. Pedram, A.Sedaghatkerdar |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Drought evaluation in Isfahan province using statistical and geostatistical methods |
Mohammad Reza Yazdani, Sattar Chavoshi, Korosh Shirani, Bahram Saghafian |
| 10:30-10:50 |
Frequency of the Heat Waves in Istanbul and Its Relation to Circulation Patterns |
Yurdanur Ünal, Sibel Menteş |
| 10:50-11:10 |
Change in the Frost Free Season Length and Number of Frost Days in the West and East Azerbaijan Provinces |
M. Pedram - F. Rahimzadeh - F. Sahraian - K. Noohi |
| 11:10-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Climate Change |
| 11:30-11:50 |
Gas hydrate and free gas occurrence vs climate changes and instability slopes from seismic data analysis |
M. F. Loreto, U. Tinivella, F. Accaino |
| 11:50-12:10 |
Air Pollution Control Program In The Metropolitant City of Tehran |
Bita Ayati |
| 12:10-12:30 |
CO 2 Emission of Turkey's Provincies and Districts with respect to Industrial Classifcation |
Ali Can, Aysel T. Atımtay |
| 12:30-12:50 |
Annual and Seasonal Trend Patterns of Climate Change in Turkey |
Ulaş İm, Mete Tayanç |
| 12:50-13:10 |
Relationship between SST anomalies and rainfall patterns across Turkey |
Bradford Barrett |
| 13:10-13:30 |
CLOSING CEREMONY |
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