Using an Index of Atmospheric Circulation for Long Range Forecasting of River Breakup (Ispolzovanie Indeksa Atmosfernoii Tsirkulyatsii dlya Razrabotki Dolgosrochnogo Prognoza Srokov Vskrytiya Rek)

• Main Author: Savchenkova,E. I.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Meteorology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*WEATHER FORECASTING; ICE); (*ICE; RIVERS); PROBABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; MELTING; USSR; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; *ICE FORECASTING; *ICE BREAKUP; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0737805; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0737805

In the report the type of atmospheric circulation in a specific month, expressed by a numerical characteristic, is used for making long range forecasts of breakup of river ice in the north-eastern part of the European territory of USSR. (Author) Draft trans. of Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya (USSR) v5 p34-37 1957.