USSR Climate Handbook Number 27, Kamchatskaya Oblast. Part 1. Solar Radiation, Radiation Balance and Sunshine

• Other Authors: FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Meteorology; *SOLAR RADIATION; *USSR; FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY; WATER; STATISTICAL DATA; SURFACES; LENGTH; RUSSIAN LANGUAGE; BALANCE; DAY; TABLES(DATA); ALBEDO; EARTH(PLANET); CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL; CLOUD COVER; GEOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERES; OBSCURATION; HORIZON; MONSOONS; LATITUDE; POSITION(LOCATION); INPUT; TRANSLATIONS; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA215647; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA215647

The solar radiation input is determined primarily by an astronomic factor the length of the day and the sun's elevation. The solar radiation that hits the Earth's surface is one of the basic climate-generating factors. It, in turn, greatly depends on the atmospheric circulation (manifested by cloud cover and atmospheric transparency) and the characteristics of the underlying surface (altitude above sea level, obscuration of the horizon, surface albedo). The overall character of the circulation processes in the Kamchatka Oblast' is determined by its geographic position (the territory in question is located in the latitude zone between 65 and 51 deg NL). Its proximity to the cold Asiatic continent and the presence of large water surfaces cause monsoon circulation. Keywords: Tables data, Statistical data, Foreign technology, USSR, Translations, Russian language. (KR) Trans. of Spravochnik po Klimatu SSSR (USSR) v27 pt1 p1-36 1966.