The Arctic Basin Results from the Russian Drifting Stations /

• Main Authors: Frolov, Ivan E. (Author), Gudkovich, Zalman M. (Author), Radionov, Vladimir F. (Author), Shirochkov, Alexander V. (Author), Timokhov, Leonid A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Atmospheric Sciences.

The authors describe in The Russian North Pole Drifting Stations for the first time the history of establishing drifting stations in the Arctic Basin since 1937. They set out the main aims and goals of the observations made and outline the methods of organizing the drifting stations, gear and equipm...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction, North Pole (NP) drifting ice camp brief history
• Main scientific results
• Atmosphere
• Meterological observations at North Pole drifting stations
• Solar radiation regime
• Albedo of the snow cover
• Atmospheric processes over the North polar seas and long-range weather forecasting
• Sea ice cover
• Geophysical observations at the ice drifting stations 'North Pole'
• Oceanography
• Hydrobiology
• Summary.