The Soviet Darms

• Main Author: Olenicoff,Serge M.
• Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Meteorology; (*WEATHER STATIONS; *ARCTIC REGIONS); RADIO BEACONS; WEATHER FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WEATHER COMMUNICATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; USSR; Arctic; Arctic Basin
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0738073; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0738073

The Soviets have for many years been channeling substantial amounts of effort and resources into their Arctic research program. An extensive network of weather stations operate year-round along the entire arctic coastline of the Soviet Union, and seasonal observations of ice conditions are performed by a large fleet of ice-reconnaissance aircraft, by icebreakers, by ship-based helicopters, and by satellites. In addition, since 1954, the Soviets have had at least two manned drifting stations simultaneously operating in the Arctic Basin at all times. A considerable amount of data has also been gathered by the annual High Latitude Air Expeditions that have enabled Soviet scientists to make observation-oriented landings all over the Arctic Basin, especially in the otherwise inaccessible central regions. Finally, Soviet scientists have developed and deployed Drifting Automatic Radio-Meteorological Stations (DARMS) specially designed to operate and gather data in the pack-ice environment of the Arctic Basin. (Author)