VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
The decision to establish a modern, high-technology hydrometeorological observatory was made in 2006. Since September 2009, all work at the observatory has been conducted under the joint programmes of the Russian Meteorological Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) at the US Department of Commerce. A clean air pavilion and a 20-metre high tower to study turbulence in the bottom layer of the atmosphere will be put into operation shortly.
The observatory has state-of-the-art observation instruments and a laboratory where data is gathered about atmospheric composition and the processes occurring in the atmosphere and properties of the ocean and land. This data is used to study the weather and climate and identify the causes and implications of climate changes.
In addition, data obtained by researchers is shared with international observation networks. The observatory is an important component of the Arctic atmospheric studies system, which includes research facilities in Barrow in Alaska, United States of America, Eureka and Alert in Canada, Summit in Greenland, Ny-Ålesund in Norway, Pallas and Sodankylä in Finland and Abisko in Sweden. The joint effort of researchers makes it possible to monitor hydrometeorological processes in high latitudes.
Finland's Meteorological Institute already joined the Russian-American Tiksi Project. And international cooperation in this area is expected to expand even further.
