In addition to 25 poster presentations, the session also included oral presentations by renowned scientists from institutions in the US, Germany and China, including: Two Extreme Climate Events of the Last 1000 Years Recorded in Himalayan and Andean Ice Cores (by Lonnie Thompson), Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions (by Tandong Yao), Influences of the climate changes and pollutants over the Asian Monsoon/Tibetan Plateau region on transport of ice, aerosols and water vapor to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (by Rong Fu, University of Texas at Austin), Dynamical, thermodynamical and hydrological effects of the Third Pole (by Peter J Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology), Contemporary Asian High Mountain Glacier Mass Balance Estimates from GRACE Gravimetry (by C. K Shum, Ohio State University).

More information about the TPE sessions, including abstracts and full presentations, can be found online at: www.tpe.ac.cn/agu2013.