I. M. Shkolnik, E. K. Molkentin, E. D. Nadezhina, E. I. Khlebnikova, and I. A. Sall

Temperature Extremes and Wildfires in Siberia in the 21st Century: MGO Regional Climate Model Simulation

5

E. G. Klimova

Data Assimilation Method Based on the -Algorithm

16

A. A. Isaev and B. G. Sherstyukov

Mean and Extreme Characteristics of the Moscow Climate at the End of the 20th Century

27

 A. M. Zvyagintsev, G. Kakadzhanova, G. M. Kruchenitskii, and O. A. Tarasova

Periodic Variability of Surface Ozone Concentration in Western and Central Europe Based on the Observations

38

I. N. Kuznetsova, M. I. Nakhaev, I. Yu. Shalygina, and E. A. Lezina

Meteorological Factors of High Air Pollution in Moscow in Winter

48

A. A. Sarafanov, A. N. Demidov, and A. V. Sokov

On the Warming of Intermediate and Deep Waters in the Equatorial North Atlantic

60

D. V. Alekseev, V. A. Ivanov, E. V. Ivancha, V. V. Fomin, and L. V. Cherkesov

Investigation of Cyclonic Activity Influence on Suspension Distribution in Seawater in the Northwestern Black Sea

68

G. P. Skrebkov, A. S. Lozhkin, and S. N. Lozhkin

On the Closure of the Model of Turbulent Flow in the Channels Using an Alternative to the Calibration Method

79

A. F. Voevodin, V. S. Nikiforovskaya, and V. V. Ostapenko

Mathematical Modeling of the Transformation of Flood Waves in Channels with Flood Plains

88

V. I. Babkin

Water Resources of Local Formation: Recent and Expected until 2015 in the Belgorod, Moscow, Voronezh, and Tambov Regions

96
 REVIEWS AND CONSULTATIONS

A. M. Ovanesyants, T. A. Krasilnikova, and A. B. Ivanov

Environmental Pollution and Radiation Situation on the Russian Federation Territory in December 2007

104

L. N. Parshina 

Weather on the Russian Federation Territory in December 2007

108

E. V. Vasil’ev, V. I. Luk’yanov, and M. G. Naishuller

Anomalous Hydrometeorological Phenomena on the Russian Federation Territory in December 2007

111
 CHRONICLE World Meteorological Day 2008 119
 The Nobel Peace Prize 2007   123
L. B. Prokhovnik (the 60th Birthday)   125
In Memory of I. M. Imyanitov (1918—1987)   126
In Memory of B. Bolin 127
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