MAKING OF THE ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE OF THE MAPS OF ICE AIRCRAFT EXPLORING OF THE NORTHERN CASPIAN SEA
The purpose of the proposed big and important work is a making of the electronic archive of the maps of ice aircraft exploring, held in the Northern Caspian Sea during the whole history period of their production on the Caspian Sea (1927-2002). Such work for the Caspian Sea is going to be executed for the first time. Big amount of materials of perennial observations on variability of characteristics of the icy cover in regions of lower reaches Volga and North Caspian, obtained with the help of remote (aircraft and satellite) methods, stationary observations, that have been made at coast and insular hydro-meteorological stations, as well as data on field studies, received during winter ice expedition will be included in the archive.