Geophysicist and the founder of Russian school of physical oceanography. Born in Moscow 1895 and died in 1979. Graduated in 1917 from the Moscow Higher School of Technology. Worked at the Institute of Physics and Biophysics (1920-1931), Black Sea Hydrological Station (1929-1948), Institute of Theoretical Geophysics (Morskoi gidrofizicheskii institut an SSSR) (1938-1941), Moscow State University (1943-1964, professor since 1947), Institute of Physical Oceanography (1948-1979, director in 1948-1957). Corresponding (1929) and full (1946) member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Stalin prize 1942. Researches in geophysics, in particular physics of the water of seas and oceans.
From the description of Papers, 1910-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79025451
