A. V. Frolov (to the 65th Birthday)

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A. V. Frolov

Can a Quantum Computer be Applied for Numerical Weather Prediction?

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V. V. Shashkin, M. A. Tolstykh, A. R. Ivanova, and E. N. Skriptunova

SL-AV Atmospheric Model Version with σ–p Hybrid Vertical Coordinates

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D. R. Gaifulin, M. D. Tsyrul’nikov, A. B. Uspenskii, E. K. Kramchaninova,

S. A. Uspenskii, P. I. Svirenko, and M. E. Gorbunov

The Use of MTVZA-GYa Satellite Microwave Radiometer Observations in the Data Assimilation System of Hydrometcenter of Russia

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E. V. Kuz’mina, A. V. Ol’chev, I. A. Rozinkina, G. S. Rivin,

and M. A. Nikitin

Using the COSMO-CLM Mesoscale Model for Assessing the Effects of Forest Cover Changes on Regional Weather Conditions in the European Part of Russia

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I. A. Kulikova, E. N. Kruglova, D. B. Kiktev, and V. G. Sal’nikov

Practical Predictability of Standardized Precipitation Index on Monthly and Seasonal Timescales

59

T. S. Ermakova, I. A. Statnaya, I. N. Fedulina, E. V. Suvorova,

and A. I. Pogorel’tsev

Three-dimensional Semi-empirical Climate Model of Water Vapor Distribution and Its Implementation to the Radiation Module of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere Model

75

D. V. Stepanov

Estimating the Baroclinic Rossby Radius of Deformation in the Sea of Okhotsk

83

S. K. Popov and A. L. Lobov

Diagnosis and Forecast of the Caspian Sea Level with the Operational Hydrodynamic Model

90

A. V. Bukhanovskii, L. I. Lopatukhin, and E. S. Chernysheva

Assessment of Wave Climate of Seas from Wind Data

100

S. V. Klyachkin, R. B. Guzenko, R. I. Mai, E. B. Sapershtein,

I. A. Sergeeva, and S. I. Yaroslavtseva

Numerical Modeling of Ice Cover Dynamics in the Area of the Spitsbergen Archipelago

108

E. S. Dmitrevskaya, T. A. Krasil’nikova, and O. A. Markova

Environmental Pollution and Radiation Situation on the Russian Federation Territory in June 2017

119

E. V. Ryazanova

Weather on the Russian Federation Territory in June 2017

124

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

Anomalous Hydrometeorological Phenomena on the Russian Federation Territory in June 2017

128

A. M. Zvyagintsev, N. S. Ivanova, I. N. Kuznetsova, and V. A. Lapchenko

Ozone Content over the Russian Federation in the Second Quarter of 2017

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 Congratulations on Anniversaries!

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 In Memory of L. S. Minina (1917—2009)

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