Name
Popovnin Victor Vladimirovich
Scholastic degree
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Academic rank
associated professor
Honorary rank
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Organization, job position
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Articles count: 2
Considered in the study, there are specific features and
stratigraphy of the snow cover in the region of the
mountain claster of Sochi (Krasnaya Polyana) during
winter of 2016-2017. We have analyzed patterns of
snow thickness distribution, its dependence on the absolute elevation, slope exposition and landscape
type. Conclusions were made about the necessity of
the regular study of the structure and quality of the
snow cover for the purpose of mountain skiing
development
In the article, we consider climatic conditions during the cold period of the year in the mountain claster of
Sochi. We have analyzed variability of time series of
air temperature and precipitation sums at meteostation
Krasnaya Polyana. We have established, that average
daily temperature in the cold period was growing
during the last thirty years. This process was
accompanied by decreasing of daily temperature
amplitides. Winter of the year 2016/17 is characterized
by early beginning of snow accumulation because of
comparatively low temperatures in December 2016.
This was the reason in general for comparatively more
dense snow cover and to more frequent avalanches