PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS

  Monday, 23rd September, 2013
  Great Hall of the Government of the Sakhalin Region, 4nd floor
9:30 – 10:30 Registration of participants
10:30 – 11:30 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SYMPOSIUM
  WELCOME TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE SYMPOSIUM
  Dr. A.V. Khoroshavin Governor of the Sakhalin Region
  Academician A.I. Khanchuk Member of Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, first Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the FEB RAS, director Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS
  Dr. A. Sato Member of the board of the International Glaciological Society, vice-president of Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, director of the Centre for the study of snow and ice of the National research Institute for Earth science and disaster prevention
  Dr. S.A. Sokratov, Representative of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences, on behalf of President Dr. C Fierz, senior researcher, Natural risks Assessment Laboratory & Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University
11:30 – 11:50 Coffee break
11:50 – 13:00 KEYNOTE LECTIONS
  Chairman: academician A.I. Khanchuk, Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
11:50 – 12:25 Global problem of snow science.
Dr. A. Sato, Centre for the study of snow and ice of the National research Institute for Earth science and disaster prevention, Nagaoka, Japan
12:25 – 13:00 Dielectric Properties of Snow.
Prof. N. Maeno, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
13:00– 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:20 Session 1. Physical and mechanical properties of snow: research methods, experimental data and modeling results.
  Chairman: Prof. N. Maeno, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
14:00 – 14:20 Acoustic methods in mechanics of deformation and destruction of snow.
V.P. Epifanov1, N.I. Osokin2,
1Institute for problems in mechanics of RAS, Moscow, Russia;
2Institute of geography of RAS, Moscow, Russia
14:20 – 14:40 Experiment on response of snowpack on slope to seismic ground motion.
H. Matsushita1, Y. Harada1, S. Kasamura1,2, M. Matsuzawa1, H. Nakamura1
1Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Public Works Research Institute, Japan;
2Present affiliation; Tohoku Regional Bureau, Japan
14:40 – 15:00 Snow variability and monitoring system’s designing for snow stability assessment.
P.A. Chernous, Center for Avalanche Safety, “Apatit” JSC, Kirovsk, Russia
15:00 – 15:20 Experimental study of the effective heat conductivity of snow cover (West Spitsbergen, Norway).
N.I. Osokin, A.V. Sosnovsky, Institute of geography of RAS, Moscow, Russia
15:20 – 15:40 Discussion
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Session 2. Physical and chemical properties of snow.
  Chairman: Dr. N.I. Osokin, Institute of geography RAS, Moscow, Russia
16:00 – 16:20 Peculiarities of the chemical composition of the snow cover in the Baikal region.
O.G. Netsvetaeva, L.M. Sorokovikova, N.A. Onishhuk, N.P. Sezko, I.N. Lopatina, Limnological Institute SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia
16:20 – 16:40 Snow as permafrost enemy.
V.G. Kondratiev, Zabaikalsky state University, Moscow state University, scientific and production enterprise «TransIGEM», Moscow, Russia
16:40 – 17:00 Discussion
19:00 Stand-up meal Hotel «Pacific Plaza Sakhalin», 2nd floor
  Tuesday, 24th September, 2013
  Conference hall hotel «Pacific Plaza Sakhalin», 2nd floor
10:00 – 11:40 Session 3. Snow metamorphism: structure, texture, stratification of snow.
  Chairman: Dr. N.A., Kazakov, Sakhalin branch of the Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
10:00 – 10:20 Stratigraphy and properties of snow in Krasnaya Polyana (the region of Big Sochi).
Yu.V. Efremov, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia
10:20 – 10:40 Performance characteristics of snow in the Baikal Region in the second half of the XX and early XXI century.
Sh.K. Lokhov, N.N. Voropay, Institute of Geography SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia
10:40 – 11:00 The rate of change of the snow layer structure and texture.
N.A. Kazakov, I.A. Kononov, D.A. Bobrova, Yu.V. Gensiorovsky, E.N. Kazakova, V.A. Lobkina, S.V. Rybalchenko, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
11:00 – 11:20 Discussion
11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 – 13:00 Session 4. Snow metamorphism: physical and mathematical modeling of the processes taking place in snow; instruments, equipment and methods of their study.
  Chairman: Dr. A. Sato, Centre for the study of snow and ice, Nagaoka, Japan
11:40 – 12:00 Application of loggers for definition of various properties of snow.
K.V. Verkhovov, S.A. Guliy, SVNIMS IMZ SB RAS, Magadan, Russia
12:00– 12:20 The laboratory investigation of external influences on the process of snow melting.
I.I. Gritsuk, E.I. Debolskaya, V.K. Debolsky, O.Ja. Maslikova, Water Problems Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia
12:20– 12:40 Some results of the applying georadiolocation in the snow-shooting on lakes (for example, Dachnoe Lake, Yakutsk).
K.I. Kaygorodov, Mining Institute of the North SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
12:40– 13:00 Discussion
13:00– 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 Session 5. Different aspects of snow studies
  Chairman: Prof. G.E. Glazyrin, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
14:00 – 14:20 Weather features of the winter period 2012-2013 in the basin of river Mzymta (Western Caucasus).
Yu.V. Efremov, Kuban state University, Krasnodar, Russia
14:20 – 14:40 Evaluation of climatical snow cover characteristics by a technique based on queuing theory.
G.E. Glazirin, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
14:40 – 15:00 The role of snow cover in the formation of debris flows and landslides in the North-Western Caucasus.
Yu.V. Efremov, Kuban state University, Krasnodar, Russia
15:00 – 15:20 Snow cover as a factor in the revitalization of slope of geodynamic processes (debris flows, landslides), southern Sakhalin.
Rybalchenko S.V., Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
15:20 – 15:40 Discussion
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:40 Poster presentations
16:40 – 17:40 Poster session
  Poster presentations.
  Parameterization of heterogeneous distribution of viscosity among the methods of radial basis functions.
A.N. Chetyrbotsky, Far East Geological institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
  On estimating impulsive pressure due to falling snow.
H. Matsushita1, M. Ueda1, S. Kasamura1,2, M. Matsuzawa1, H. Nakamura1
1Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Public Works Research Institute;
2Present affiliation; Tohoku Regional Bureau, Japan
  Mode II weak layer snow slab fracture energy from field measurements.
D.M. McClung, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
  Technique of remotely controlled experiment in studying acoustic properties of snow cover in natural occurrence: season of 2012 - measurement results.
L.E. Karachyun, A.A. Potapov, Special Research Bureau for Automation of Marine Researches FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Technique of remotely controlled experiment in studying acoustic properties of snow cover in natural occurrence.
L.E. Karachyun, A.A. Potapov, N.I. Pryazhentsev, Special Research Bureau for Automation of Marine Researches FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Structural-evolutionary polymorphism of snow cover.
E.G. Kolomyts, Institute of ecology of the Volga basin RAS, laboratory of landscape ecology, Pushchino, Russia
  Features of stratigraphy of the snow cover of the Central Russian upland.
R.A. Chernov, Institute of geography of RAS, Moscow, Russia
  Features of formation and stratigraphy of snow cover in Moscow in 2012/13
V.V. Litvinenko1, M.N. Petrushina2, D.M. Frolov2
1Moscow state humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia;
2Moscow state University, faculty of geography, Moscow, Russia
  Spatial variability of characteristics of snow, which determine its stability on a slope, in different physical and geographical conditions.
P.A. Chernous1, N.V. Barashev2, Ju.G. Seliverstov3, V.E.Suchkov4
1Centre of avalanche safety of JSC «Apatit», Kirovsk, Russia;
22Anti-avalanche service of the North-Western phosphorous company, Kirovsk, Russia;
3Laboratory of avalanches of Moscow state University, Moscow, Russia;
4Anti-avalanche service of ski resort «Rosa Khutor»
  Automated detection of the texture type of snow cover layer from photographs of the wall portions of the snow pit.
I.A. Kononov, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Restructuring of coeval snow layer in stratigraphic complex.
V.A. Lobkina, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Numerical modelling of seasonal evolution of the snow cover in various climatic conditions, using ensemble approach.
A.B. Shmakin, V.S. Sokratov, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  The formation of the winter balance on the glacier Central Tuyuksu.
N.E. Kasatkin, Y.A. Rebrov, A.V. Golenko, LLP "Institute of geography” of the national Scientific-Technical holding "PARASAT", Almaty, Kazakhstan
  Role of seasonal snow melting in the destruction of coastal water bodies in cryolithozone.
O.Ja. Maslikova, Water Problems Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia
  Wednesday, 25th September, 2013
  Conference hall hotel «Pacific Plaza Sakhalin», 2nd floor
9:30 – 13:00 Session 6. Snow avalanches and avalanche processes: research and modeling.
  Chairman: Prof. K. Nishimura, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
9:30 – 9:50 The method for calculation of the avalanche run-out distance by the form of longitudinal profile of an avalanche catchment.
I.A. Kononov, D.A. Bobrova, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
9:50 – 10:10 Application of a simple snow cover model to avalanche warning systems.
K. Nishimura1, Y. Ito1, A. Komatsu2, K. Tanji2, N. Matsuoka2
1Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan,
2Japan Weather Association, Sapporo, Japan
10:10 – 10:30 Sensitivity of modeled snow avalanches run-off distance to the characteristics of an underlying surface.
Сократов С.А., Ju.G. Seliverstov, A.L. Shnyparkov, Moscow state University, faculty of geography, Natural Risk Assessment Laboratory & Research Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Moscow, Russia
10:30 – 10:50 Mathematical models of slope flows.
M.E. Eglit1, Ju.A. Drozdova2
1Moscow state university, Moscow, Russia,
2Gubkin Russian university of oil and gas, Moscow, Russia
10:50 – 11:10 Dynamics of avalanches of different genetic classes and problems of its simulation.
N.A. Kazakov, D.A. Bobrova, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Session 7. Snow avalanches and avalanche processes: assessment of avalanche danger, protection against avalanches.
  Chairman: Dr. A.L. Shnyparkov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Moscow, Russia
11:30 – 11:50 Analysis of the results of work on preventive descent of avalanches for the winter season 2012-2013.
S.P. Zhiruev, N.A. Kazakov, Yu.V. Gensiorovsky, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
11:50 – 12:10 Estimation of the snow avalanches risk at ski resorts.
A.L. Shnyparkov, S.A. Sokratov, Yu.G. Seliverstov, A.Yu. Komarov, Moscow state University, faculty of geography, Natural Risk Assessment Laboratory & Research Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Moscow, Russia
12:10 – 12:30 Avalanche hazard of plain for example of Sakhalin Island.
D.A. Bobrova, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
12:30 – 13:00 Discussion
13:00– 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Session 8. Snow avalanches and avalanche processes: avalanche geosystems.
  Chairman: Dr. P.A. Chernouss, Center for Avalanche Safety of ‘Apatit’ JSC, Kirovsk, Russia
14:00 – 14:20 Avalanche geosystems of the Gonachkhir river basin (Western Caucasus).
M.N. Petrushina, Moscow state University, faculty of geography, Moscow, Russia
14:20 – 14:40 The classification of natural avalanche complexes of marine terraces of South Sakhalin.
E.N. Kazakova, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
14:40 – 15:00 Discussion
15:00 – 15:20 Poster presentations
15:20 – 16:00 Poster session
  Poster presentations.
  The simulation of local short-term space-temporary forecast for drift-snow avalanches on Khibiny site example.
Y.B. Аndreev, А.N. Bozhinskiy1, P.A. Chernous2
1Moscow Lomonosov State University, Geography Department, Snow Avalanches and Mudflows Laboratory, Moscow, Russia,
2Centre of avalanche safety of JSC «Apatit», Kirovsk, Russia, Kirovsk, Russia
  Influence of stability of snow-cover on tails of avalanches on materials of supervisions on the avalanche station "Shymbulak".
V.V. Zhdanov, The Institute of Geography, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  Characteristics of snow cornices on the west coast of South Sakhalin in winter 2012-2013.
E.N. Kazakova, N.A. Kazakov, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Anthropogenic influence on the sea coastal nature avalanche complexes of South Sakhalin.
E.N. Kazakova, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Characteristics of snow cover in the zone of a separation of an avalanche in the southwestern part of Sakhalin island.
S.I. Chebotarev1, A.M. Bobrov1, A.V. Romanjuk1, D.A. Bobrova2, V.V. Lozhkomoev1, O.V. Parshukova1
1Branch of public corporation "Russian railway" far Eastern railway Center of diagnostics and monitoring of infrastructure devices, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia;
2Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Results of research of characteristics of snow cover in catchment with different types of vegetation.
D.A. Bobrova1, A.M. Bobrov2
1Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia;
2Branch of public corporation "Russian railway" far Eastern railway Center of diagnostics and monitoring of infrastructure devices, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Protection of the Olympic infrastructure in Krasnaya Polyana from avalanches, mudflows and landslides.
M.N. Ivanov, M.M. Kaminskaya, A.A. Arkhipova, A.V. Novikova, E.P. Semenkova, Moscow state University, faculty of geography, Moscow, Russia
16:00 – 17:00 Visiting of scientific organizations of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Sakhalin Department of Far East geological institute of the Far East branch of the Russian Academy Sciences Special Design Office of the Automation Devices for Marine Research of the Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Science Sakhalin branch of Botanical garden-institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
17:00 – 18:00 Excursion. Sakhalin branch of Botanical garden-institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science.
  Thursday, 26th September, 2013
  Conference hall hotel «Pacific Plaza Sakhalin», 2nd floor
9:30 – 13:00 Session 9.Design and construction of buildings and structures in the snowy regions.
  Chairman: Dr. V.I. Berezovsky, Institute of further education of the Far Eastern State Transport University, Khabarovsk, Russia
9:30 – 9:50 Skid resisrance of porous asphalt pavement under winter conditions.
T. Hoshi, K. Maruyama, M. Kumagai, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Public Works Research Institute, Japan
9:50 – 10:10 Use Geotechnical Materials in design at construction of the motor road in snow region of Russia.
S.A. Kudriavtcev1, T.Y. Valtseva1, E.D. Goncharova1 , Y.B. Berestianyi2
1Far Eastern State Transport University (FESTU), Khabarovsk, Russia;
2Research Construction and Engineering Company "DV-GEOSYNTHETICS", Khabarovsk, Russia
10:10 – 10:30 Snowiness for the Sakhalin island and its impact on the economy of the territory.
V.A. Lobkina, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
10:30 – 10:50 Properties and impacts of artificial snow in mountain ski resorts.
Carmen de Jong, Mountain Centre, University of Savoy, Le Bourget du Lac, France
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 11:30 Artificial change of relief for avalanche protection of roads from s on South Sakhalin.
N.A. Kazakov, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
11:30 – 11:50 Locaing snow fields on the urbanized territory: geotechnical and ecological aspects.
Yu.V. Gensiorovsky1, N.N. Ukhova2, V.A. Lobkina1, T.G. Riashchenko2, S.I. Stellmach2
1Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia;
2Institute of the Earth’s Crust, SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia
11:50 – 12:10 Discussion
12:10 – 12:20 Poster presentations
12:20 – 13:00 Poster session
  Poster presentations
  Research of snow-drifting on the road Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Okha (Sakhalin Island) in winter 2012-2013.
E.N. Kazakova, V.A. Lobkina, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  Algorithms zoning of the territory by the calculated on the snow load.
V.A. Lobkina, Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute FEB RAS, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
13:00– 14:00 Lunch
14:00– 16:00 Round table. Design and Construction of Buildings and Structures in the Snowy Regions.
  Ведущий: Dr. V.I. Berezovsky, Institute of further education of the Far Eastern State Transport University, Khabarovsk, Russia
19:00 Banquet. Hotel «Pacific Plaza Sakhalin», 2nd floor
  Friday, 27th September, 2013
8:00-20:00 Field excursion Natural avalanche complexes on the sea coast and in river valleys south-eastern coast Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Makarov). Avalanche hazard on roads and railways. Avalanche protection of roads and railways.

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