INFORMATION ON SOVIET BLOC INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL COOPERATION - 1960

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• Publication Date: November 25, 1960
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INFORMATION ON SOVIET BLOC INTERNATIONAL GEOTSICAL COOPERATION - 1960
November 25, 1960
U. S. Department of Commerce
Business and Defense Services Administration
Office of Technical Services
Washington 25, D. C.
Published Weekly
Subscription Price $12.00 for the 1960 Series
'Roe of funds for printing this publication has been
approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, October 28, 1959
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INLOliMATTON
SOVrPT-BLOC ACTIVITIES
Table of Contento
1.
GENERAL
II.
III.
METEOROLOGY
UPPER ATMOSPHERE
4
N.
GRAVIMETRY
7
V.
OCEANOGRAPHY
12
Vi.
SEISMOLOGY
13
VII.
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC
14
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GENERAL
"Nauka L Zhimn'" Reviews Soviet Accomplishments During the TOY
The Soviet popular ucience journal Nauka i Zhizn' has recently
carried a several thousand word article devoted primarily to the aecom-
pliahments of the USSR during -the IGY. However, considerable effort is
made to accent the collective efforts of the other ICY participants.
Thiu article touches briefly on each of the various fields of
geophysical research which constituted part of the IGY program. An
example of unusual accomplishment is cited for each such field.
In general, an article of this type has appeared in virtually
every Soviet periodical of a popular or semi-popular nature. A screen-
1ng of these articles has revealed nothing not earlier reported else-
where In detail, but they are published in response to a considerable
interest in the ICY on the part of the Soviet reader. ("Under the Flags
of 66 Countries," by V. A. Troitskaya, Nauka ILhizn', No. 5, 1960,
pp. 11-16)
Ukrainian Article Reviews Nature of the Earth's Crust and Internal
Structure
"Soviet scientists conducting research in accordance with the
program of the International Geophysical Year and the International
Geophysical Cooperation Program of 1959 have collected new data con-
cerning the deep interior of the Earth. It appears that the Earth's
crust -- the outermost shell of our planet -- consists of sedimentary
rocks, granite and basalt. On the continents its thickness is as great
as 35 kilometer3,but under the oceans this layer is less than 5 kilo-
meters thick. Some detailed studies have been made of the so-called
transitional regions between the bed of the ocean and the continental
platforms. The collected data have made it possible to develop our
ideas concerning the laws of development of the Earth's crust."
"Under the crust, state these Soviet scientists, to depths of
approximately three thousand kilometers there prevail tremendous pres-
sures, high temperatures and (possibly) the motion of charged particles,
giving rise to a layer in which all matter is transformed into anon-
solid state. This layer extends down to five thousand kilometers.
Electrical currents arise here which give riseto the magnetic field
of our planet. Below this nonsolid layer there is a recurrence of
solid rocks. Thus, according to this theory, the'solid core of the
Earth is surrounded by a layer consisting of matter in a nonsolid
state. Astronomical observations confirm this assumption. Careful
consideration of the character of the Earth's structure, declare the
scientists, shows that it resembles that of an egg -- a hard shell,
then a nonsolidmedium, and then a rather solid yolk."
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"Further inveoti
the Earth will enable u
interior of our an
tion and direct penetration into the doptho of
to detortnino nrecioely the character of the
("What is the Nature of the Interior of the
Earth?", Unsigned article, Znonnya to Pratsya, No. 9, 1960, p. 17)
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II. ML.'EOROLOOY
Pictures of Soviet Research Ship
The Hungarian periodical Nosozeru Technika (Popular Technology)
carried a brief article and several pictured on the Soviet meteorologi-
cal research ship Yu. M. Shokal'skiy in its October issue. The Shokal'-
skiy is shown riding at anchor in one picture. Three other pictures
show research rockets being readied for firing. ("Floating Meteorologi-
cal Institute"; Budapest, Nopszeru Technika, October 1960, p. 303 and
front cover)
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111. UPPER ATMOSPUEflE
Ru nj.tan;n Publ.iiih Signif'ic:nnt Lunar Study
The State Publishing Houuo of Phyuicul-Mathomatical Literature
has recently released an important 384-page book entitled "The Moon"
("Luna''). The volume in reality ropresonts the collective efforts of
eleven authors under the general editorial direction of A. V. Markov,
Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Scien.oa. There were 4,500 Copies
printed. The book contains 110 significant graphs, diagrams and clear
photographs.
The contents of the book are best aurmnurizod by translation of
the table of contents (the names given are those of the particular
author: of the sections):
Foreword
Chapter I, Motion, rotation and shape of the Moon (A. A. Yakovkin).
Sonic duty about the Moon, its motion and shape; Outline of the develop-
ment of the theory of lunar motion; Determination of lunar mass; Opti-
cal lthration of the Moon; Observational determination of the coordi-
natco it' details on the Moon'u surface; Corrections for the relief of
the Moan's edge; Physical libration of the Moon; The shape of the Moon;
DeLer:nination of the heightu of lunar mountains; Processing of observa -
tions of lunar occultatiorw of stars; Use of lunar observations for
geodetic purposes; Possible use of lunar observations for interplane-
tary navigation; Bibliography (42 items).
Chapter. II, Lunar cartography and selenographic coordinates (Sh. T.
Khabibullin) Seleriographic coordinates; Cartographic grid for lunar
maps; Physical coordinates of,the Moon; Methods of determining seleno-
graphic coordinates; On the system of arrangement of details on the
Moon's ;surface; Mapi and photographic atlases of the Moon; Possible
method for determining position on the Moon; Bibliography (7 items).
Chapter III. Description of the lunar surface (A. V. Markov). Bibli-
ography (5 items).
Chapter IV. The problem of a lunar atmosphere (N. N. Sytinskriya).
Introduction; Theoretical constderationa; Observations of star occulta-
tions as a means of discovering an atmosphere by the phenomenon of re-
fraction; Attempts to discover a lunar atmosphere by spectroscopic
methods; Estimation of the density of a lunar atmosphere from the
brightness and polarization of scattered light; The application of
radioastronomical obser-ations to investigation of a lunar atmosphere.
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Chapter V. Phyuical proprrrtiva of the Moon';:i rurfrano,
Albado and color of the Moon' u uurface (N. P. I3arabauhov), Uibllog-
vaphy (33 llama); Polnri