Meteorological Hazards in the Russian Arctic
N. N. Bryazgin and A. A. Dementyev
St. Petersburg
Hydrometeorological Publishing House
1996
Russian Federal Service
for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
St. Petersburg
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
State Research Center of the Russian Federation
Hydrometeorological Publishing House
1996
Reviewers
D. Geog. Sci., Prof. O A. Drozdov
D. Geog. Sci., Prof. N. V. Kobisheva
(St. Petersburg State University,
A. I. Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory)
L. M. Strovich, Editor
Hydrometeorological Publishing House,
Postal Index 199397
St. Petersburg
Bering St., No 38
Russia
Ó Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute - State Research Center of the Russian Federation, 1996.
ISBN 5-286-01216-7
Contents
1. Initial data and defining criteria for meteorological hazards
2. Description of the climatic conditions of the Russian Arctic
3. Wind
4. Heavy snow storms and snow drifting
7. Fog
8. Other atmospheric phenomena
9. Regional distribution of meteorological hazards in the Russian Arctic