PROGRAMME

Eastern Snow Conference

AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

IN

EASTERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

CONCERNED WITH THE

ORIGIN, PRECIPITATION, ACCUMULATION, CHARACTER, MELT, AND RUNOFF OF SNOW

&

CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
HYDROLOGY SECTION

Welcome you to the Joint Meeting of the 58^th Annual ESC and CGU:

‘Snow and Ice:
Principles, Processes, Management and Use’.

Cosponsored by the Canadian Snow Committee, the International Glaciological Society and the International Commission on Snow and Ice Working Group on Snow Vegetation Interactions.

Corporate Sponsors:
Geonor and New Brunswick Environment

Executive for the 58th Eastern Snow Conference (Ottawa, ONT):

Past President: Dorothy Hall (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

President: Mary Albert (CRREL)

Vice-President (Program Chair): John Pomeroy (Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth)

Secretary-Treasurer (Canada): Miles Ecclestone (Trent University)

Secretary-Treasurer (U.S.A.): Austin Hogan

Editor: Janet Hardy (CRREL)

Co-Editor: John Pomeroy (Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth)

Steering Committee:

Austin Hogan (Chair)

Ken Rancourt

John Pomeroy

Research Committee:

Andrew Klein (Chair) (Texas A & M University)

Dave Milburn (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Jim Cragin

Webmaster: Ross Brown (Meteorological Service of Canada)

Local Arrangements Committee – Eastern Snow Conference

Ross Brown, Montreal

Mike Demuth, Ottawa

Miles Ecclestone, Peterborough

Susanne Hanson, Aberystwyth

John Pomeroy, Aberystwyth

Executive for Canadian Geophysical Union Hydrology Section:

Past President: Phil Marsh (NWRI, Saskatoon)

President: Hok Woo (McMaster University, Hamilton)

Vice-President: Dan Moore (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)

Secretary-Treasurer: Al Pietroniro (NWRI, Saskatoon)

Member at Large: Denis Gratton (Université du Québec a Trois Rivières)

Member at Large: John Pomeroy (Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth)

Special Thanks to: the CGU Executive and Organising Committee

TUESDAY MORNING , 15 MAY

ESC/HS/CRIPE Room: Montpetit Bldg 202

TIME

AUTHORS

TITLE

Chair: R Bourdages

ESC/HS/CRIPE - Cold Season Hydrology: from Freezeup to Breakup

8:30

Ferrick, M.G.

Simple wave and monoclinal wave models of unsteady river flow surges

8:50

Kuchment, L.S. and Gelfan, A.N.

Dynamic-stochastic model of snowmelt runoff generation and application for estimating extreme floods

9:10

Hamilton, S., Hutchinson, D.G. and Moore, R.D.

Application of a conceptual hydrological model for estimating discharge under ice

9:30

Andres, D.

Calibration of ice growth models for bare and snow covered conditions: A summary of experimental data from a small prairie pond

9:50

Duguay, C.R., Flato, G.M., Jefferies, M. O., Menard, P. and Morris, K.

Simulation of ice phenology on shallow lakes using a 1-D thermodynamic model

10:10

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING **

Chair: M Ferrick

ESC/HS/CRIPE - Cold Season Hydrology: from Freezeup to Breakup

10:30

Bonsal, B.R. and Prowse, T.D.

Trends and variability in the 0 deg C isotherm and relationships to lake and river ice cover characteristics over northern Canada

10:50

Yang, D., Kane, D.L. and Hinzman, L.D.

Major Siberian river streamflow regime and recent change

11:10

Zufelt, J.E.

Modelling snowmelt runoff and the effects of climate change in Central New York State

11:30

Weber, F. and Nixon, D.

Identification of river ice types on the peace river using RADARSAT-1 SAR imagery

11:50

Liu, L., Tuthill, A. and Shen, H.T.

Dynamics simulation of ice condition in the vicinity of Lock and Dams

12:10

LUNCH

* Student Paper Poster Room:

** A list of poster titles appears at the end of this section of the program booklet

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 15 MAY

ESC/HS Room: Monpetit 202

TIME

AUTHORS

TITLE

Chair: P Marsh

Snow & Ice Hydrology

13:30

Collins, D. A.

Climatic variation and runoff from partially-glacierised Alpine basin

13:50

Lafreniere, M.J. and Sharp, M.J.*

Seasonal change in snowpack, soil water and stream water DOC concentrations in glacial and snowmelt fed catchments in the Alberta Rocky Mountains

14:10

Hopkinson, C., Lowe, A. and English, M.

Using tracers to evaluate and optimise flow components generated by the UBC watershed in a glacierised mountain basin

14:30

Mitchell, A, Brown, G.H. and Fuge, R.*

Minor and trace element export from a glacierised alpine headwater catchment - implications for downstream water quality

14:50

Taylor, S., Feng, X. and Williams, M.

Estimating snowmelt's isotopic composition for hydrograph separation from field, laboratory and modelling work

15:10

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING **

Chair: M Albert

Snow & Ice Hydrometeorology

15:30

Brown, R., Brasnett, B. and Robinson, D.

Development of a gridded north American daily snow depth and snow water equivalent dataset for GCM validation

15:50

Brubaker, K.L.

A technique to estimate snow depletion curves from time-series data using the beta distribution

16:10

Daly, S.F., Davis, R.E., Ochs, E., Hardy, J., Bryant, E. and Pangburn, T.

A preliminary study on the feasibility for monitoring prairie snow cover for operational runoff assessment

16:30

Dye, D. G.

Variation in the Northern Hemisphere annual snow-free period and its significance for ecosystem processes

16:50

Pomeroy, J.W. , Hanson, S. and D. Faria

Small-scale Variation in Snowmelt Energy: An Additional Factor Controlling Snowcover Depletion

* Student Paper Poster Room:

** A list of poster titles appears at the end of this section of the program booklet

CGU/ESC BARBEQUE, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA 18:30

WEDNESDAY MORNING , 16 MAY

ESC/HS Room: Monpetit 203

TIME		AUTHORS		TITLE

		Chair: C. Burn	Frozen Ground
	8:30	Riseborough, D.W.*	An analytical model of the ground surface temperature under snowcover with soil freezing
	8:50	Janowicz, J.R., Gray, D.M. & Pomeroy, J.W.*	Characterisation of snowmelt infiltration scaling parameters within a mountainous sub-arctic watershed
	9:10	Lacelle, D., Bjornson, J., Clark, I.D. and Lauriol, B.*	Isotopic variations in retrogressive thaw slumps, Richardson Mountains, N.W.T., Canada
	9:30	Lewkowicz, A.G. and Kokelj, S.V.	Slope erosion by overland flow, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
	9:50	Marsh, P. and Neumann, N.N.	Rapid drainage of a permafrost-dammed lake in north-western Canada

10:10		COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING **

		Chair: A. Lewkowicz	Frozen Ground/Snow & Ice Hydrology
	10:30	Burn, C.R.	Tundra lakes and permafrost, Richards Island, western Arctic coast, Canada
	10:50	Turcotte, D.S., English, M.C., Holmes, A. and B. Reid	Active layer development and radiation balance in a low arctic tundra basin, Coppermine River, NWT
	11:10	Jones, H.G. and Pomeroy, J.W.	Snowmelt in a small boreal forest basin in eastern Canada: influence of concrete frost on the hydrology and chemical composition of the surface waters
	11:30	Daanen, R.P. and Nieber, J.L.	Coupled moisture, heat and solute transport in a snowpack
	11:50	Fassnacht, S.R., Dressler, K. A. and Bales, R.C.*	Physiographic parameters as indicators of snowpack state for the Colorado River basin
12:10		LUNCH

* Student Paper Poster Room:

** A list of poster titles appears at the end of this section of the program booklet

WEDNESDAY MORNING , 16 MAY

ESC Author’s Breakfast

0630-0800h ‘Le Rendez-vous’, 1^st Floor University Centre, Univ of Ottawa

Eastern Snow Conference Room: Monpetit 202

TIME		AUTHORS		TITLE

		Chair: D Hall	Cryosphere
	8:30	Barber, D. G, Yackel, J. and Iacozza, J.	On the estimate of SWE over first-year sea ice using Radarsat-1
	8:50	Papapkyriakou, T., Barber, D., Hanesiak, J. and Yackel, J.	Application of an analytical model of periodic heat flow through layred snow to examine relationships between the surface heat budget and microwave scattering from RADARSAT-1 over snow-covered sea ice.
	9:10	Riggs, G. Hall, D. K. and Key, J.R.	Initial evaluation of MODIS sea ice observations
	9:30	Harouche, I. and Barber, D.G.	Seasonal characterization of microwave emissions over snow-covered first-year sea ice