Atlas

We want to make this website applicable and useful both for specialists and all those who are interested in information about the Caspian Sea environment. Meteorological, hydrological and other maps of the Caspian region, which are hard to access for the public in other sources, will be placed on this page.

Contents

Meteorological maps

• Air temperature. Heat and radiation balance
  
  
• Solar heat
• Effective radiation
• Radiation balance
• Contact heat exchange
• Heat receipt and consumption
• Air temperature 1
• Air temperature 2
• Annual air temperature variations
• Continental index calculated by S.P. Khromov
• Mean monthly air temperature
• Mean yearly air temperature
• Mean difference between temperatures of air and water
• Summary solar radiation
• Absorbed solar radiation
• Effective radiation
• Radiation balance
• Convective and turbulent heat transfer for a year
• Heat loss for evaporation for a year
• Heat balance
• Summary solar radiation for a year
• Absorbed solar radiation for a year
• Effective radiation
• Radiation balance
• Convective and turbulent heat transfer
• Heat loss for evaporation
• Heat balance
• Difference between heat accumulation and heat loss in the Caspian Sea for a year
  


• Atmospheric pressure and wind
  
  
• Atmosphere pressure and wind field
• Atmosphere pressure, wind field and waves field
• Atmosphere pressure and prevailing winds
• Mean wind speed 1
• Mean wind speed 2
• Mean wind speed 3
• Number of days in a year with strong winds
  


• Air humidity. Atmospheric precipitations. Evaporation
  
  
• Amount and intensity of precipitations
• Amount of precipitations, (cold season)
• Amount of precipitations, (warm season)
• Amount of precipitations
• Evaporation
• Precipitations
• Mean monthly humidity
• Mean monthly partial vapor pressure
  


• Cloudiness. Fogs. Visibility
  
  
• Cloudiness
• Fogs
• Visibility
• Overall cloudiness
• Mean monthly cloudiness
• Repeatability of mists over the Caspian Sea
  

Hydrological maps

• Water temperature, water salinity and water transparency
  
  
• Water temperature 1
• Water temperature 2
• Water salinity
• Water temperature (year)
• Mean annual water temperature amplitude
• Mean yearly surface seawater temperature
• Heat advection by currents
• Mean yearly salinity of surface seawater
• Water transparency in the Middle and Southern Caspian in February, April, August and November
  


• Waves, water convection and ice conditions.
  
  
• Wind and mixed waves
• Occurrence of swells measuring 5 and more
• Wave height
• Wave`s field
• Mean yearly density of surface seawater
• Mean depth of winter vertical convection in the Caspian Sea
• Probability of ice occurrence and a chart of ice drifting
• Maps of the currents in the Caspian sea
• Mean height and period of sea waves observed once in 5 years in January, April, June and October
• Mean height and period of sea waves observed once in 10 years in January, April, June and October
• Mean height and period of sea waves observed once in 20 years in January, April, June and October
• Mean height and period of sea waves observed once in 50 years in January, April, June and October
• Mean height and period of sea waves observed once in 5, 10, 20 and 50 years
• Height of individual waves observed once in 5 years in January, April, June and October
• Height of individual waves observed once in 10 years in January, April, June and October
• Height of individual waves observed once in 20 years in January, April, June and October
• Height of individual waves observed once in 50 years in January, April, June and October
• Height of individual waves observed once in 5, 10, 20 and 50 years