The Eastern Snow Conference (June 14 - 16) is rapidly approaching! The meeting will take place at the Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center, at the Ohio State University.

 

The official deadline for abstract submission has passed (April 8). We received well over fifty submissions, and are looking forward to a great program. However, if you have a last minute abstract, we can still accept a few more. See the website (http://www.easternsnow.org/annual_meeting.html) for call for papers and other meeting details.

 

There will be an icebreaker the evening of Tuesday the 14th. The scientific program will begin Wednesday morning, and conclude on Thursday the 16th by noon. The conference banquet will take place Wednesday evening; we are privileged to have Prof Lonnie Thompson as our banquet speaker. During lunch on Thursday, there will be tours of the Byrd center and ice cores. After lunch on Thursday, we will organize a tour of several excellent  Columbus micro-breweries for any who are interested.

 

As a reminder, the scientific program is open for theoretical, experimental, and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology. This year’s general theme is: Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing of snow and ice.  There will be a presentation and discussion on the proposed NASA SnowEx campaign (http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/hsb/index.php?section=322).