AREA VIII -- INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON CLIMATE

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A E p VIII -- Influences of Environmental Chances on Climate
The first session of the Working Group was held June 10-21, 1974
in Leningrad. It was agreed to initiate exchanges of scientists and
information and to conduct cooperative experiments' beginning in 1975
under three projects whose reorganization the joint Committee subsequently
approved:
Protect VIII-1 Effects of Changes in the Heat Balance of the
Atmosphere on Climate
Subgroup 1 - Modeling of climate
Subgroup 2 - Assessment of past changes of.the
climate on the basis of analysis of
natural objects and data
Subgroup 3 - Interactions of the atmosphere with
polar regions and the oceans as they affect
climate
In May-June, 1974, Dr. S. M. Olenicoff, a U. S. specialist on polar
research bibliography,visited the USSR and familiarized himself with
bibliography, scientific publications and work in Soviet scientific institu-
tions related to research on the influence of polar regions on climate
The project leaders are Dr. J. Smagorinsky, Director, NOAA Geophysical
Fluid Dynamic Laboratory (USA) and M. I. Budyko, Correspondent-Member
of the USSR Academy of Sciences (USSR).
Project VIII---2 Effects of Pollution of the Atmphere on Climate
In February 1974 a delegation of Soviet specialists participated in
the T'ourtil Annual A~nericen Conference on Results of Evaluet?.on of the.
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Influence of Pollution in the High Level Atmosphere on Climate. Scientific
objectives of a joint marine expedition are being developed to determine
the concentration of minor impurities in the atmosphere and near the ocean--
atmosphere boundary in selected regions.
The project leaders are Dr. L Machta, Air Resources Laboratory,
NOAA (USA) and Dr. I. I. Karol, A. I. VoyeykovMain Geophysical Ob-
servatory, Leningrad (USSR).
Project VIII-3 Influence of Solar Activity on Climate
The project leaders are Prof. J. M. Wilcox, Institute for Plasma
Research, Standard University (USA) and Acadamian Mustel, Hydrometeorological
Center, Moscow (USSR).
In connection with these projects, U. S. participants at the June
Working Group meeting visited"institutions in Leningrad including A. A.
Zhdanov State University, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, the
Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, and the A. I. Voyeykov Main Geophysical
Observatory, as well as organizations of the Academy of Sciences of the
USSR including the Department of Oceanology Institute, the Komarov
Botanical Institute, the All-Union Geological Institute, and the Institute
of Zoology. In Moscow, visits were made to the Hydrometeorological
Center, the Geological Institute, and the Ministry of Aviation Industry as well
as the Oceanology Institute, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Computing
Center, and Geography Institute, all of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
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Subgroups of the American delegation also visited Soviet institutions and
observatories- in Novosibirsra, the Crimea,' Kiev, and the Northern Caucasus.
In all, three projects scientists from both sides have exchanged re-
prints of recently published articles relating to the influence of environ-
mental changes on climate.
The Working Group Co-Chairman are Dr. E. S. Epstein, Associate
Administrator for Environmental Monitoring and Prediction, NOAA, who
succeeded Dr. W. N. Hess (USA) and Dr. E. P. Bovisenko, Director,
A. I. Voyeykov Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad (USSR).
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