DEAR DR. BORISENKOV:

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• Publication Date: February 7, 1974
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAaORAlGi5IES
Boulder, Colorado 80302
February 7, 1974
Professor Ye. P. Borisenkov
Director, The Main Geophysical Observatory
Karbysheva 7, Leningrad k-21
USSR
Dear Dr. Borisenkov:
As you know, during the meeting of Academician Fedorov and Chairman
Train on November 16, 1973, it was decided that we will have our first
formal meeting of Working Group VIII on the Influence of Environmental
Changes on Climate in Leningrad from June 10 to June 21, 1974. 1 ;,eel
that we should take specific steps to make plans for this meeting. I
suggest we decide together the following matters:
A. Subgroup Chairmen
The. new organization of Working Group VIII, as decided by
Academician Fedorov and Chairman Train,-is given below, to-
gether with the U.S. Subgroup Chairmen and those Soviet
Chairmen that I know about.
I.' Joint Studies of the Effects of Changes in the Heat
Balance of the Atmosphere on-the Climate.
a. Sub rg out 1 - The Influence of the Changes of
Solar Activity on the Climate.
U.S. Chairman - Dr. Walter Orr Roberts
USSR Chairman - Academician E. R. Mustel (?)
'b. Subgroup 2 - Modeling of the Climate.
U.S. Chairman - Dr. Joseph Smagorinsky
USSR Chairman - ?
c. Subgroup 3 - Assessment of Past Changes of the
Climate on the Basis of Analysis of Natural Ob-
jects and Data.
U.S. Chairman - Dr. Murray Mitchell
USSR Chairman - ?
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2. Joint Studies of the Effects of Pol l uti ors of the Atmosphere
an Climate.
a. 'Subgroup - Monitoring Atmospheric Constituents
and Assessment of their Effects on C1 i~~ate.
U.S. Co-Chairmen - Dr. Lester Machta;
Mr. D. H. Pack
USSR Chairman - ?
b. Subgroup 5 - The Effect of Pollution of the Upper.
Levels of the Atmosphere on Climate.
U.S. Chairman - Dr. Alan Grobecker
USSR Chairman - Dr. Igor L. Karol
3. Joint Studies of the Meteorology and Air-Sea Interaction of
Polar Regions in both Hemispheres as they affect the Chula
of the Planet. .
a. Subgroup 6- Joint Studies of the Meteorology and
Air-Sea Interaction of Polar Regions in both He;ni -
spheres as they affect the Climate of the Planet.
U.S. Chairman - Dr. Joseph Fletcher
USSR Chairman - Dr. Treshnikov
I would like to hear from you, as soon as possible, the names
of the rest of the USSR Subgroup Chairmen. I:n Hashi;gton, we
mentioned the possibility of Dr. Kondratyev or Dr. Budyko chairing
Subgroup 4. We are especially interested in learning the na;-es of
scientists to be associated with Subgroup 4 since it encompasses
two topics, effect of pollutants and "clean" air mon Loring.
Although these are intimately related, their technical aspects a;:d
physical locations do differ significantly. Also, the possi:;ili,:y
that Academician Marchuk would chair Subgroup 2 was discussed.
These scientists would be fine viith 'us. But we need to know soon
who will chair all the Soviet Subgroups, so that the U.S. Chairmen
can start corresponding with them to arrange the program for ne
Leningrad meeting.
B. Plans for the Leningrad Meetin
Because some of the U.S. delegation will be traveling before the
Leningrad meeting, it will be necessary to get USSR visas early.
We really need them by May 15. By taking care of the proble..
early, we would like to avoid last minute problems, such as have
arisen in the past about visas.
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pare a report setting forth our future program.
We will assume, as-we discussed in Washington, that the financial
arrangements for our meeting will be: receiving side Lays from.
the port of entry. The U.S. delegation will arrange for and pay
for their air travel to Leningrad or maybe Moscow and also will
arrange for and pay for their travel from the USSR back to the U.S.
The U.S. delegation will plan on arriving in Leningrad on Saturday,
June 8, leaving Sunday for rest and relaxation, and then starting.
our meeting on June 10th.
I have attached a tentative agenda that I have prepared for the
first 3-day meeting in Leningrad. I would like to have your comments
and suggested changes on this tentative agenda. I will assume that
you will provide normal services of interpretation and translation
in connection with our meetings.
I assume that we will get back together in Leningrad for the last
two days, June 20 and 21, to summarize our.findings and to pre-
Visits to Other Institutes
We agreed that the Subgroups would spend about a week, from roughly
June 13 to June 19, visiting institutes,. observatories, or field
sites working on related fields. We have now, some reasonably good
ideas of some institutes that the different Subgroups would like to
visit.
A. Main Geophysical Observatory of Hydrometeorological
Services .
- Dr. Sazanov
.1. Subgroup 1
LENINGRAD
MOSCOW
a. World Meteorological Center
- Dr. M. Petrosi ants
b. Astronomical Council of the USSR Academy of.
Sciences
- Academician E. R. Mustel
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NOVOSIBIRSK
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Siberian Branch,
Computing Center
- Academician G. I. Marchuk
CRIMEA
a. Astro-Physical Observatory
- Dr. Severny
2. Subgroup 2
LENINGRAD
a. Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology
- Dr. Zilitinkevich
b. University of Leningrad
- Professor Kondratyev
c. Main Geophysical Observatory
- Professor M. I. Budyko
MOSCOW
a.* USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric
Physics
- Academician Oboukhov
b. Hydrometeorological Service
- Dr. Petrosiants
c., USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology
- Professor Monin
NOVOSIBIRSK
a. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Siberian Branch,
Computing Center
- Academician G. I. Marchuk
3. Subgroup 3 .
LENINGRAD
a. USSR Academy of Sciences, Federal Geological Institute
VSEGEI
- I. I. Krasnow .:
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USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology
- M. G. Petraschevskoya
c. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Astronomy
- N. A. Budnikova and S. G. Sharaf
d. Main Geophysical Observatory
Professor M. I. Budyko
MOSCOW
a. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology
= Professor Monin
b. USSR Academy of sciences, institute of Geography
- Academician Gerasimov
c. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology
- V. V. Menner
Subgroup 4
LENINGRAD
a. The Main Geophysical Observatory
- Dr. Zaitzev
b. The University of Leningrad, Department of
Solar Radiation and Aerosols
- Dr. Kondratyev
OTHER LOCATIONS
a One or more sites of the proposed new Global
Monitoring Stations
5. Subgroup 5
LENINGRAD
a. Department of Atmospheric Physics, Leningrad
University
- Professor K. Ya. Kondratyev
b. Main Geophysical Observatory
- Dr.. Igor L. Karol
- Academician M. I. Bud ko
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c. Komarov Botanical Institute, USSR Academy of
Sciences
Dr. Leonid E. Rodin
MOSCOW
a. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of-Civil Aviation
Designers of TU-144
b. USSR Academy of Sciences TSAGI, Ulitsa Radio 17
- Dr. V. V. Suchev
c. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Sciences
of the USSR
- Professor A. M. Oboukhov
d. Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences of the
USSR
- Professor M. N. Kogan
NOVOSIBIRSK
a. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Siberian Branch,
Computing Center .
- Academician G. I. Marchuk
6. Subgroup 6
LENINGRAD
a. The Main Geophysical Observatory
The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
- S. Krotkevich
MOSCOW
a... Glaciological Program of the Soviet Antarctic
Expedition, Institute of Geography, USSR Academy
of Sciences
- Professor V. M. Kotlyakov
b. Institute of Geography, USSR Academy of Sciences
- Academician I. P. Gerasimov
NOVOSIBIRSK
a. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Siberian. Branch
- Academician G. I. Marchuk
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I would like to ask your help in arranging for visits to these
Institutions and others that you feel would be useful. Could you
please make up a plan for the travel for each Subgroup and send it
to me.
The.most important of these visits outside of the Leningrad area
are
a. Novosibirsk, Academy of Sciences of the USSR,
Siberian Branch, Academician G. I. Marchuk.
b. Sites of one or more of the forthcoming new
Global Monitoring Stations.
We strongly hope that these visits can be carried out.
Several of our scientists have expressed interest in visiting the
new Institute on the Environment of the Far East Division of the
Academy. of Sciences, directed by Academician Andre Kapitza in
Vladivostok. This is so far from Leningrad that it would not seem
possible to visit it during the middle of our meeting. But it
might be possible for a few of our people to stop there on the way
home and visit this Institute. These people could then go home via
air from Khabarovsk to Japan or via ship from Vladivostok or P;ahodka
to Japan.- Would it be possible to arrange a visit like this to
Academician Kapitza's Institute?
D. Family Travel
I have a request from one member of the U. S. Delegation to IN'orking
Group VIII, Dr. John Wilcox, to bring his wife and two children
(Sharon, age 16, and David, age 14) with him to Leningrad at the
time of the meeting of our Working Group. He has discussed this
matter with Academician Mustel and has been encouraged to do this.
Dr. Wilcox has visited the USSR before as a guest of the Soviet
Academy and, at that time, it was suggested he could'bring his
family with him next time. I may have other requests along this
line, so I wanted to discuss the matter with you. Would it be
appropriate to consider the Wilcox family to be guests of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences during this trip? What arrangements
would be made for then? If other requests of this type materal.-
ize, how should I treat them?
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I an, sure there are other subjects we should talk over before our June
meeting. I would like to hear from you about the subjects I have raised
here and other subjects you would like to bring up.
Sincerely,
Dr. Wilmot N. Hess, Director
Environmental Research Laboratories
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U. S. DELEGATION TOLENINGRAD
Dr. W. N. Hess, U.S. Chairman
Director, Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA
2. Dr. Edward S. Epstein, U.S. Vice-Chairman
Associate Administrator for Environmental Monitoring and
Prediction, NOAA=
3. Professor John M. Wilcox, Acting Chairman - Subgroup 1
Institute for Plasr-na Research, Stanford University
4. Dr. Joseph Smagorinsky, Chairman - Subgroup 2
Director, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
5. Dr. Cecil Leith, Member - Subgroup 2
National Center for Atmospheric Research
6. Dr. J. Murray Mitchell, Chairman - Subgroup 3
Environmental Data Services
7. Professor John Imbrie, Member- Subgroup 3
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University
8. Dr. Lester Machta, Co-Chairman Subgroup 4
Director, Air Resources Laboratory
9. Mr. Donald H. Pack, Co-Chairman - Subgroup 4
.Deputy Director, Air Resources Laboratory
10. Professor R. Charison,Member - Subgroup 4
University of Washington
11. Dr. Alan J. Grobecker, Chairman - Subgroup 5
Manager, CIAP Program, Department of Transportation
12. Dr. Samuel C. Coroniti, Member - Subgroup 5
CIAP Program, Department of Transportation
13. Mr. Joseph 0. Fletcher, Chairman - Subgroup 6
Head, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
14. -Mrs. Fridel-Settle, Secretary
Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA
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AGENDA FOR WORKING GROUP VIII
MEETING IN LENINGRAD
June 10
1.
Structure, Organization and Purpose of Meeting
Dr. Borisenkov
2.
Dr. Hess
Current understanding of changes of solar activity and
their effect on Climate
USSR Speaker
Dr. Wilcox
Discussion
1 hour
1 hour
2 hour
3.
Current state of knowledge of climate modeling
Dr. Smagorinsky 1 hour
USSR Speaker 1 hour
Discussion z hour
June 11
4.
Present understanding of past changes in the climate
USSR Speaker
Dr. Mitchell
Discussion
l hour
I hour
2 hour
5.
Present status of global atmospheric monitoring and
its implications
Dr. Machta a hour; D. H. Pack z hour
USSR Speaker 1 hour.
Discussion 2 hour
June 12
6.
Current knowledge of upper atmosphere pollution and
its effects
Dr. Grobecker
USSR Speaker
Discussion
1 hour
1 hour
2 hour
7.
Current status of polar studies of meteorology and
air-sea interactions
USSR Speaker 1 hour
Dr. Fletcher 1 hour
Discussion / hour
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