Sprache: Russisch
Verlag: Izdatelestvo Znanie, Moskva (Moscow), 1981
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Tables (illustrator). First Edition. Illustfrated Wrappers.First Edition. Near Fine. Nicely Inscribed By Kondratyev To Cal Tech Professor Bruce Murray, Who Followed William Pickering As Director Of The Jet Propulsion Laboratory And Later, With Carl Sagan, Was Co-Founder Of The Planetary Society. Kirill Y. Kondratyev (1920 - 2006) Was A Russian Atmospheric Physicist, Lecturer, Research Scientist, Professor Of Atmospheric Physics, Chief Of The Department Of Atmospheric Physics, University Vice-Rector And Rector. From 1958-61 He Was Head Of The Department Of Radiation Studies At The Main Geophysical Observatory. He Was A Staff Member Of The Institute For Lake Research And The Research Centre For Ecological Safety. He Helped To Create The Nansen International Environmental And Remote Sensing Centre. He Was A Member Of The Russian Academy Of Sciences, The International Academy Of Astronautics, The German Academy Of Sciences Leopoldina (1970), The American Meteorological Society And The Royal Meteorological Society. He Received Honorary Doctorates From The Universities Of Lille (France), Athens (Greece) And Budapest (Hungary). His Prizes Include The Ussr State Prize And The Twelfth International Meteorological Organization Prize. He Was Editorial Advisor To Proceedings Of The Russian Geographic Society (Russia), Idojaras (Hungary), Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (Austria), Atmosfera (Mexico), Il Nuovo Cimento C (Italy) And Sustainable Development (Usa). He Was A Leading Researcher In The Complex Atmospheric Energetic Experiment (Caenex) Project, 1970-75, The Object Of Which Was To Study The Transport Of All Categories Of Energy And All Types Of Flux Heat Divergence In The Atmosphere, Along With Determining The Shortwave(Ir) Absorption Of Atmospheric Aerosols. Kondratyev Served As A Member Of The International Programme Committee For The World Conference On Climate Change, Held In Moscow In 2003, Where He Presented A Paper Entitled "Uncertainties Of Global Climate Change Observations And Simulation Modeling." His Skepticism About Global Warming[4] Is Said To Have Influenced The Views Of Vladimir Putin, The President Of Russia, On Climate Change. Inscribed By Author and By Rob.