30. September 2022

International Symposium on Snow 2022

WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF, International Glaciological Society

The International Glaciological Society and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF jointly organize an International Symposium on "Snow" in 2022. The symposium will be held at the Davos Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland on 25-30 September 2022.

Online registrationfor the Davos symposium is now open.

The conference programme is now available.

Theme

Snow is a complex material, transient and of singular beauty. While our understanding has improved over the recent decades, it still offers numerous scientific challenges. The snow cover plays a crucial role in the climate of cold regions – from high latitudes to high elevations – and impacts societies and their activities. Because of its high climate sensitivity, snow is declining, with far-reaching consequences for the environment and humanity.

Given these prospects and improvements in advanced technologies for monitoring and modelling, we announce a symposium focused on understanding snow and its impacts on the environment, people and infrastructure.

Snow will be examined at all scales – from the microscale of snow structure to the global scale.

This meeting seeks to address various challenges by bringing together scientists from diverse communities engaged in research on snow. We welcome snow-related contributions, including ground-based observations, remote sensing, laboratory experiments, numerical modelling, data compilations and analyses, risk management, water resources, climate and social impact assessment. 

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Downloads

• Second Circular (PDF)