Technological Handbook of the Climate of Russia
(Arctic Region) Solar Radiation

V.F. Radionov, Editor

Technological Handbook of the Climate of Russia (Arctic Region) Solar Radiation is a 230 page book, originally published in Russian in 1997. This document was translated into English by Elena Berezina, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. It was edited for the Arctic Climatology Project Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas by Thomas C. Grenfell, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, January, 2000.

In the present handbook, data are presented on solar radiation and radiation balance, obtained at the network of Russian polar stations. Results from Arctic observations up to 1992 are included. The data are evaluated and generalized to be as informative as possible.

This handbook is intended to provide information for various branches of the national economy. It is also a data source for scientific objectives.

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