The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
Welcome to the center of research activities on glaciology (snow and ice) in Japan.
The society was established in 1939 as "Japanese Association of Snow and Ice" and reformed to "the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice" in 1955. It has obtained non-profit corporation status from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (now the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) in 1993.
Publications:
- Seppyo (Snow and Ice) (Bi-monthly, Japanese)
- Bulletin of Glaciological Research (Annual, English)
Special Interest Groups:
- Data Center for Glacier Research
- Polar Glaciology
- Ground Freezing
- Avalanche
- Snow and Ice Physics
- Satellite Glaciology
- Snow and Ice Engineering
- Snow and Ice Chemistry
- Glaciological Meteorology and Hydrology
- Blowing Snow
What's new in the English section
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Vol. 79-1
- January 2017 / Collected Papers on Satellite Remote Sensing; Original Article [Temporal variations in the flow velocity for Shirase Glacier in Antarctica over a 20-year period]
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Vol. 78-6
- December 2016 / Collected Papers on Satellite Remote Sensing; Original Article [Winter-spring transition of ground conditions over Alaska derived by airborne 6 GHz microwave and infrared observations]
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Vol. 78-5
- September 2016 / Original Article [A Method for Estimating Snow Transport Rates during Blowing Snow with Snowfall]
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Vol. 78-4
- July 2016 / Original Article [Airborne 6 GHz passive microwave observation of winter ground conditions in Alaska]
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Vol. 78-3
- May 2016 / Report [Annual maximum snow depth along the altitudinal gradient and snow cover period on the subalpine zone of Mt. Fuji, in Japan]
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Vol. 78-2
- March 2016 / Report [On the Portfolio of Oil and Sumi-e Ink Paintings by Dr. Ukichiro Nakaya]
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Vol. 78-1
- January 2016 / Original Article [Heat exchange characteristics between stored snow and water flowing through bottom layer of the snow]
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Vol. 77-6
- November 2015 / Original Article [Shear strength of new deposited snow in cold regions of mountainous heavy snowfall area and of inland light snowfall area]
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Vol. 77-5
- September 2015 / Original Article [Occurrence tendency of heavy rainfall or snowfall in the inland district of Japan in winter]
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Vol. 77-4
- July 2015 / Original Articles [Characteristics of snowfalls and snow crystals caused by two extratropical cyclones passing along the Pacific Ocean side of Japan on February 8 and 14-15 observed in Niigata district, 2014 ─ in relation to frequent occurrence of avalaches in Kanto-Koshin areas─],[Observation and snow load evaluation of heavy snowfall in Tokyo urban area on February 2014]