Welcome to the web page describing the joint meeting of
the International Conference on Aeolian Research 5 (ICAR 5) and the Global
Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, Soil Erosion Network (GCTE-SEN). This is the
fifth meeting of the International Conference on Aeolian Research. Previous
meetings have been held in Aarhus, Denmark (1985), Sandbjerg, Denmark (1990),
Zyzxx, CA, USA (1994), and Oxford, U.K. (1998). The ICAR conferences attract
aeolian geomorphologists, physical scientists, soil scientists, and erosion specialists
from around the world to discuss the latest challenges and discoveries of
aeolian research.
The GCTE-SEN is a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere
Programme. The thrust of the GCTE-SEN is twofold: 1) To design and undertake
experimental and monitoring programs to provide a predictive understanding of
the impacts of changes in climate and land-use on soil erosion and 2) To refine
and adapt current erosion models (for use in global change studies) from plot
to regional scales. The network was developed to encourage international
collaborations and has been very successful. There have been several meetings
in support of GCTE-SEN evaluating, testing and comparing water erosion models
but very little has been done in wind erosion and aeolian processes. More
information on the network can be found on their web page at (http://mwnta.nmw.ac.uk/GCTEFocus3/networks/erosion.htm).
