IPY 2007-2008

The 67th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC) will be held at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Hancock, MA USA 8-10 June 2010. Jiminy is noteworthy for its 1.5MW wind turbine, providing approximately 33% of its electrical demands. The scientific program is open to sessions on theoretical, experimental, and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology.  The ESC reputation is demonstrated by the BAMS State of the Climate 2008, having five of its eight Northern Hemisphere snow and ice chapters authored by ESC members. Are you tired of big meetings? ESC has only Plenary sessions, allowing time to view and discuss the research of each participant.  This year’s general theme is “Here today gone tomorrow, the Eastern North America Cryosphere”.

A special poster session entitled “IPY and Beyond” is also planned. Students are encouraged to enter the ESC Student Paper Competitions. The winner of the best submitted student paper will receive theWiesnet Medal, a $750 prize. The Campbell Scientific Canada Award of $500 will be awarded to the submitted paper demonstrating the most innovative use of technology in the gathering of data. In addition, the David Hewitt Miller Student Poster Award of $100 will be awarded to the best student poster.

You are invited to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation. An abstract of 200-250 words should be submitted via email by 5 March 2010 to the program chair Dr. Mauri Pelto ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

All papers will be published in the ESC Proceedings. In addition, Hydrological Processes (HP) will publish refereed papers from the meeting. The subject matter of these papers must fit within the scope of the journal. If you would like your paper to be considered for journal publication, please indicate this on your abstract and submit an electronic copy of your paper to (ESC/HP editor) by 19 June 2009. For more information contact the ESC/HP editor, John Pomeroy ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or co-editor, Andrew Klein ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Students: To be considered for the Wiesnet and Campbell awards please send an electronic copy of the paper with the supervisor's endorsement to the Chair of the Research Committee, Baker Perry, no later than 30 April, 2010. Please consult the ESC web site for conditions and details.

Additional information is available on the ESC web site: http://www.easternsnow.org/annual_meeting.html