International Symposium on Snow Science
International Glaciological Society
3-7 September 2007
Moscow Russia
For more information, please go to:
http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2007/russia/
The International Glaciological Society will hold an International
Symposium on Snow Science in 2007. The symposium will be held in Moscow,
Russia, with registration on 2 September and sessions 3-7 September
2007.
Snow is a complex and short-lived sediment with many effects on its
surroundings. The symposium emphasis will be on the internal processes and
external interactions of snow with natural and man-made systems. A better
understanding of the interfacial properties of snow is required to define
exchange mechanisms that drive chemical, ecological and hydrological
processes in many regions of the world. The snow interface also determines
how roads, buildings, ski-pistes and other man-made systems are designed
and used. How atmospheric interactions contribute to the formation of snow
avalanches and other cold-region natural hazards will be a further
conference topic, as will snow in motion and modelling snow under static
and dynamic loadings, since these are key issues in engineering problems.
The organizing committee hopes to bring together researchers working on the
physical properties of snow with scientists working on ecological,
hydrological and engineering problems in which the understanding snow
processes plays a key role. Snow will be examined at all scales - from the
microscale of snow structure to the megascale of remote sensing. The
conference theme is to pay homage to the International Polar Year 2007-
2008.
For more information and registration details, please go to:
http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2007/russia/