The Arctic Basin Results from the Russian Drifting Stations

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 equipment for life support and scientific observations at the North Pole drifting stations and during  the airborne high-latitudinal expeditions.

The main scientific results and the analysis of data obtained during metereological, oceanographic, ice and geophysical observations are presented and the book contains illustrations, maps and tables that can be used by a wide range of specialists investigating the nature of the Arctic region.
An analysis of the contribution of the data collected at the drifting stations, the process of envionmental research in the Arctic Basin and the plans for future use of drifting stations is provided, with special emphasis on the forthcoming International Polar Year 2007-2008

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ivan E. Frolov, Zalman M. Gudkovich, Leonid A. Timokhov, Vladimir F. Radionov, Alexander V. Shirochkov
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.08.2005
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Sonstiges
• EAN: 9783540241423
• ISBN: 978-3-540-24142-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 276
• Illustration: XXIV, 276 p.
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 18.6 x 25.7 x 1.9 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 732 g
• Serie: Springer Praxis Books; Geophysical Sciences
• Themen: B, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung), Geologie und die Lithosphäre, geology, Earth and Environmental Science, Meteorology and climatology, Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Ocean Sciences, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Hydrogeology, Earth Sciences, general, Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Science, sea ice