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Chair: Assoc. Prof. Achim A. Beylich
Trondheim (Norway)
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Moor House	Courtesy by A.A.Beylich

Key Test Sites for I.A.G./A.I.G. SEDIBUD

Selected SEDIBUD Key Test Sites (by January 2008):

• Antarctica:
  1. Joyce Glacier, Garwood Valley
  2. Garwood Glacier, Garwood Valley
• Argentina:
  3. Laguna Potrok Aike
• Austria:
  4. Pasterze
• Bulgaria:
  5. Musala area
• Canada:
  6. Cape Bounty
• Finland:
  7. Kidisjoki
• Germany:
  8. Reintal
• Greenland:
  9. Kangerlussuaq-Strømfjord
  10. Mittivakkat glacier catchment
  11. Zackenberg
• Iceland:
  12. Botn í Dýrafirði
  13. Reykjarströnd
  14. Tindastöll
  15. Fnjóskadalur-Bleiksmýrardalur
  16. Hofsjökull, northern forefield
  17. Austdalur
  18. Hrafndalur
  19. Örravatnrústir
• India:
  20. East Dabka Watershed (Kumaon Himalaya)
• New Zealand:
  21. Douglas Glacier
  22. Godley Valley
  23. Unnamed Valley
• Norway:
  24. Erdalen
  25. Bødalen
  26. Vinstradalen
  27. Tana catchment
  28. Dynamiskbekken (Svalbard)
  29. Ebbaelva (Svalbard)
  30. Hørbyeelva (Svalbard)
  31. Kaffiøyra (Svalbard)
  32. Scottelva (Svalbard)
• Russia:
  33. Mezen
• Sweden:
  34. Latnjavagge
  35. Kärkevagge
  36. Kårsavagge
  37. Låktavagge
• United Kingdom:
  38. Moor House

So far 38 SEDIBUD Key Test Sites have been selected based on Proposals submitted by SEDIBUD members.

Justification for the selected SEDIBUD Initial Major Key Test Sites:

• A wide spectrum of different cold climate environments and processes is covered
• Active glacier retreat and permafrost degradation in some areas
• N-S and W-E gradients in northern Europe are investigated
• Different levels of stability and different levels of postglacial landscape formation are given
• Test catchments of similar size in different cold environments are given
• Different sizes of test catchments in the same cold environment are given in selected areas (Iceland, west Greenland, Finnish Lapland, Pennines, Russia, etc.)
• Combination of high-latitude and alpine sites is given
• Combination of European and non-European sites is given
• More European and non-European sites - both high-latitude and alpine sites - will be added

Data management

A SEDIBUD Metadata Database will be developed. The SEDIBUD Metadata Database will include new data from SEDIBUD test sites and will be accessible from the SEDIBUD Webpage. The comparable data sets from the different SEDIBUD test sites will be used for analysing effects of climate change and related vegetation cover changes on geomorphic transfer processes and sediment budgets in the selected SEDIBUD test sites.

Newsletter

An electronic SEDIBUD Newsletter will be sent three times per year by the SEDIBUD Secretary to all SEDIBUD members and linked networks, organizations and groups.

Reports

Reports on I.A.G./A.I.G. SEDIBUD Workshops and other SEDIBUD activities and outputs will be published in significant global newsletters.

Publications

Scientific paper and poster presentations from the SEDIBUD Workshops will be published in Special Issues of leading Journals. Also Abstract Volumes from these Workshops will be published.

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