Meteorological Hazards in the Russian Arctic

by N. N. Bryazgin and A. A. Dementyev


"Meteorological Hazards in the Russian Arctic" is a 156 page book, originally published in Russian in 1996. The version for this Atlas has been translated into English by T. C. Grenfell, University of Washington, Seattle, and edited by V. Radionov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. A chapter on avalanches (Chapter Five) from the original Russian version was omitted from this English translation, and the subsequent chapters were renumbered sequentially.

In this book, N.N. Bryazgin and A.A. Dementyev describe the climatology of hazardous weather conditions as observed in the Russian Arctic in the years 1966-1985. This book is intended for hydrometeorologists studying environmental conditions of the Arctic regions, navigators, polar tourists, organizations exploiting natural resources and any others who might need to deal with the consequences of the weather phenomena in the Arctic. While this book was written to describe weather hazards in the Russian Arctic, the information also applies to the Arctic as a whole so we include it here. It also includes general information on Arctic meteorology appropriate to this Primer on Arctic Meteorology.

We have maintained the original numbering sequence for the figures, meaning that Figures 26-29 from Chapter Five in the original document are intentionally missing.

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