Arctic and the Antarctic (Arktika i Antarktida)

• Main Authors: Briazgin,N. N., Korotkevich,E. S.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *WATER; *ICE; USSR; BALANCE; CLIMATE; TABLES(DATA); TRANSLATIONS; BUDGETS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; EVAPORATION; WATER RESOURCES; HEAT BALANCE; RUNOFF; SEA ICE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; GLACIERS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC OCEAN; Water budget; Ice cover; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Arctic Ocean; Antarc*; arktika; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA014888; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA014888

This excerpt from a book on world water balance describes the arctic and antarctic water supply specifically. It describes in great detail the effect of glacier runoff, geographical and topographic characteristics as well as the climatological influence on water balance in these areas. (Author) Trans. of Mirovyy Balans i Vodnyy Resursy Zemli (USSR) p422-475 1974.