The Third International Symposium on Arid and Sustainable Development (ISACS-3)

September 8-10, 2010, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China

(Second Circular)

The Third International Symposium on Arid Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ISACS-3) is to be held in Lanzhou, China, September 8—10, 2010.

Sponsors China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Gansu Provincial Government, P. R. China National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Co-Sponsors World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Gansu Association for Science and Technology, China National Drought Mitigation Center(NDMC), USA University of Utah, USA Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre(BMRC), Peking University, China Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center(APCC), Korea Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Israel Beijing Huafeng Group of Meteorological Audio and Video Information

Organizers Gansu Provincial Meteorological Bureau (GMB), China Gansu Meteorological Society (GMS), China Lanzhou University Cold and Arid Region Environment and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), CAS Arid Meteorology Branch, Chinese Meteorological Society Key Laboratory of Arid Climate Change and Disaster Reduction, CMA Key Laboratory of Arid Climate Change and Disaster Reduction of Gansu

Symposium Objectives Arid Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Symposium Themes  Impacts of climate change on ecological environment and social development in arid regions  Technology of arid climate monitoring and assessment  Prediction and diagnostic analysis of arid climate  Characteristics and modeling of land surface processes in arid regions  Impacts of sand-dust aerosol on weather and climate  Rational utilization of climate and water resources in arid regions

Organizing Committee Chairman: Wang Shourong, Deputy Administrator of CMA Vice-chairman: Zhang Shuyu, Director General of GMB Shi Weidong, Deputy Secretary-General of Gansu Provincial Government Members: Chao Qingchen, Deputy Director-General of Department of Science & Technology and Climate Change, CMA Huang Jianping, Dean of Atmospheric Sciences College, Lanzhou University Guo Chunwang, Section Chief of Farming and Forest Office of Gansu Province Government Li Mingmei, Deputy Director-General of Department of International Cooperation, CMA Lu Shihua, Secretary of CAREERI, CAS Luo Yunfeng, Deputy Director-General of Department of Science & Technology and Climate Change, CMA R. Stefanski, Scientific Officer of WMO Wang Caifang, Senior Adviser, WMO Regional Training Centre, Nanjing Wang Chunyi, Secretary General of Chinese Meteorological Society Yu Jixin, Director-General of Department of International Cooperation, CMA Zhang Chaolin, Director of Scientific Division, NSFC Zhang Qiang, Deputy Director-General of GMB

Scientific Committee Chairman: Ding Yihui Academician, National Climate Center, CMA Vice-Chairman: Xu Xiangde Academician, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, CMA Members: Bai Huzhi Prof., Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology, CMA Charles P.-A. Bourque Prof., Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management, Canada Chen Xiaoguang Prof., Qinghai Provincial Meteorological Bureau Yehezkel Cohen Prof., Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Israel Conway Declan Dr., University of East Anglia, UK Qiang Fu Prof., University of Washington, USA Gong Daoyi Prof., Beijing Normal University Pavel Groisman Dr., National Climatic Data Center, USA Michael J Hayes Dr., National Drought Mitigation Center, USA Hu Zeyong Prof., CAREERI, CAS Feifei Jin Prof., University of Hawaii, USA Li Weijing Prof., National Climate Center, CMA Li Yaohui Prof., Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology, CMA Luo Yong Prof., National Climate Center, CMA Ma Yaoming Prof., Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS Ma Zhuguo Prof., Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS M. Manton Dr., Monash University, Australia Niu Shengjie Prof., Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Pan Xuebiao Prof., China Agricultural University Soo-Yang Joo Prof., Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center, Korea Zhaoxia Pu Prof., University of Utah, USA R. Stefanski, Dr., World Meteorological Organization Sun Jianning Prof., Nanjing University Tian Wenshou Prof., Lanzhou University Wang Naiang Prof., Lanzhou University Wang Shigong Prof., Lanzhou University Wen Jun Prof., CAREERI, CAS Paul H. Whitfield Dr., MSC, Environment, Canada X. Zeng Prof., Arizona University, USA Zhang Qiang Prof., Gansu Provincial Meteorological Bureau Zhang Cunjie Prof., Northwest Regional Climate Center Zhang Hongsheng Prof., Peking University Huqiang Zhang Dr., Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia

Symposium Language English Symposium Agenda September 8: Check in. September 9—10: Academic communication (oral presentations and posters, etc). There will be a field trip at your own expense from 11th September.

Symposium registration fee

If you register before 20th July, registration fee is US ＄300 a person for participant, US

＄150 a person for student and accompanying. Otherwise it would cost additional US ＄200 per person. Payment ways will be presented on the symposium homepage. For general participants and students the registration fee includes:  Admission to all sessions and symposium posters.  Coffee breaks and meals during the meetings.  Symposium proceeding and other documents. Call for Papers Upcoming symposium will print a proceeding. The journal of Advances in Earth Science will devote a special edition for selected papers at author’s own page expense. Please submit paper abstracts and full texts by using the online registration system.

Deadline for submitting abstract：June 20, 2010

Symposium Homepage

For more information and registration, please logging in： http://www.gsma.gov.cn/isacs-3/index.asp From there, go to registration system directly. And all information about the symposium can be found on it.

Contact Persons Ms. Guo Hui Ms. Shi Zhijuan Mr. Xi Lizong Tel: 86-931-4670216-2463

Fax：86-931-4670532

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

We are looking forward to seeing you!