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



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Ó Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute - State Research Center of the Russian Federation, 1996.

ISBN 5-286-01216-7


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Contents

     Introduction

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

5. Low air temperatures

6. Heavy rain and snowfall

7. Fog

8. Other atmospheric phenomena

9. Regional distribution of meteorological hazards in the Russian Arctic

     Conclusions

     References