THE ENIGMA OF THE SIBERIAN DARKENING

On the 18th of September 1938, over a considerable part of the Yamal-Nenec Minority Area and in the central part of Krasnoyarsk Krai there was observed a singular darkness which afterwards was given the name of the 'Siberian darkening'. It lasted for some hours and at many places it amount...

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Main Author: Emilianov,Yu. M.
Other Authors: DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SERVICE OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
Meteorology
(*METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA
SIBERIA)
HAZE
DIURNAL VARIATIONS
LIGHT
VISIBILITY
TWILIGHT
ILLUMINATION
MAPS
USSR
DARKNESS
TRANSLATIONS
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Siberia
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0692048
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Summary:On the 18th of September 1938, over a considerable part of the Yamal-Nenec Minority Area and in the central part of Krasnoyarsk Krai there was observed a singular darkness which afterwards was given the name of the 'Siberian darkening'. It lasted for some hours and at many places it amounted to practically complete obscuration of the sun. The report contains collected information on this meteorological phenomena. (Author) Trans. of Priroda (USSR) n6 p87-91 1968, by E. R. Hope.

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