The 75th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC) will be held at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, USA, 5-8 June 2018.

The 75th ESC is a joint Canadian/U.S. organization founded in the 1940s originally with members from eastern North America. Today, our members come from the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, as well as North America. Our current membership includes scientists, engineers, snow surveyors, technicians, professors, students and professionals involved in operations and maintenance.

The 75th ESC has a longer program than usual to allow for more sessions. The program will also include an excursion on the Chesapeake Bay and Banquet in registration fee. The scientific program is open to sessions on theoretical, experimental, remote sensing, modeling and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology. We anticipate including sessions on historical perspectives of snow such as “Remote Sensing History”, “Data Preservation and Archiving” and “SnowEX”. This year’s theme is “SNOW PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE”. The ESC has only plenary (oral and poster viewing) sessions, allowing time to view and discuss the research of each participant. You are invited to submit an abstract for an oral or a poster presentation (please indicate type). (An abstract template is available on the website.) An abstract of 200-250 words should be submitted by 13 April 2018 to the Program Chairman: Dr. George Riggs: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The call for abstracts for the 75th Eastern Snow Conference, conference description and registration information is posted on the new ESC website www.easternsnow.org.

Link to ESC registration is on the annual meeting page. Early registration ends on 1 May 2018, fees increase for late registration.


To be considered for the Weisnet or Campbell awards please send an electronic copy of the paper with the supervisor's endorsement (separate email) to the Chair of the Research Committee (Barton Forman), no later than 27 April 2018. Please consult the ESC web site for conditions and details: Dr. Barton Forman, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

All papers will be published in the ESC Proceedings; please consult the ESC web site for details on submission.