T. W. Krauss, A. A. Sin’kevich, R. Burger, N. E. Veremei, Yu. A. Dovgalyuk, and V. D. Stepanenko

Investigation of the Impact of Dynamic Factors on the Cumulonimbus Cloud Development in Saudi Arabia

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A. Yu. Bundel’, E. D. Astakhova, I. A. Rozinkina, D. Yu. Alferov, and A. E. Semenov

Verification of Short- and Medium-range Precipitation Forecasts from the Ensemble Prediction System of the Hydrometcenter of Russia

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S. Yu. Glebova

Cyclonic Activity over the Pacific Rim in Winter and Its Influence on Thermal Conditions of the Far Eastern Seas and Northwestern Pacific

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E. S. Nesterov, Z. K. Abuzyarov, G. A. Grigor’eva, I. N. Davidan, V. I. Dymov, and T. A. Pasechnik

Estimating the Computation Accuracy of Mixed Waves in the Ocean on the Basis of Present-Day Numerical Models

44

K. P. Tyshko and V. V. Kharitonov 

Some Features of One-Year Ice Hummock Formation at Multiple Ice Field Motions

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N. A. Agal’tseva, M. V. Bolgov, T. Yu. Spektorman, M. D. Trubetskova, and V. E. Chub 

Estimating Hydrological Characteristics in the Amu Darya River Basin under Climate Change Conditions

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G. P. Telitsyn and N. E. Zintsova 

A Relation between the Precipitation and Temperature of Cold and Posterior Warm Periods in the South of Khabarovsk Krai

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INSTRUMENTS, OBSERVATIONS, 

AND PROCESSING

M. A. Novitskii, N. F. Mazurin, L. K. Kulizhnikova, O. Yu. Kalinicheva, L. A. Tereb, D. R. Nechaev, and V. L. Sapronov

Comparison of Wind Measurements Data by Means of Industrially Produced Sodar and High-Altitude Meteorological Mast in Obninsk

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O. V. Shtyrkov

Potential of Occultation Atmospheric Sounding Using an Extended Radiation Source

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CRITIQUE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 

B. V. Babikov and K. I. Kobak

A Group of Authors under the Leadership of S. N. Novikov “Hydrology of Wetlands in the Permafrost Zone of Western Siberia”

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 REVIEWS AND CONSULTATIONS

A. M. Ovanesyants, T. A. Krasil’nikova, and A. B. Ivanov

Environmental Pollution and Radiation Situation on the Russian Federation Territory in July 2011  

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N. V. Satina

Weather on the Russian Federation Territory in July 2011

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T. V. Berezhnaya, A. D. Golubev, and L. N. Parshina 

Anomalous Hydrometeorological Phenomena on the Russian Federation Territory in July 2011   

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 CHRONICLE V. M. Kattsov (to the 50th Anniversary) 119
40 Years to All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information — World Data Center   120
75 Years to Vysokaya Dubrava Magnetic Observatory and Verkhnee Dubrovo Joint Hydrometeorological Station   125
75 Years to Dombarovskii Meteorological Station 127
In Memory of K. S. Shifrin 128
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