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Dec. 20th, 2014 10:19 pm"Vladimir Valentinovich Alexandrov (Russian: Владимир Валентинович Александров; born 1938; disappeared 1985) was a Russian physicist who created a mathematical model for the nuclear winter theory. He disappeared while at a nuclear winter conference in Madrid and his ultimate fate remains unknown.
Research
According to a FBI white paper Alexandrov was a mathematician specializing in computer sciences. In 1976 he was directed to shift his research from gas dynamics and plasma mechanics to climatology. He was sent to USA under a research exchange agreement, and studied at the NCAR in 1978, 1980 and 1982. In 1983 he was directed by Evgeny Velikhov to work on nuclear winter scenarios heading an ad hoc group of 20 scientists.[1]
A pioneer in global climate modelling, he presented a mathematical solution to baroclinicity in 1982.[2] The following year, with G.I. Stenchikov, he used the model to calculate the consequences of nuclear war[3] and the prospects of nuclear winter. Richard P. Turco, a major figure in the development of the nuclear winter scenario, described Alexandrov and Stenchikov's model as "a very weak piece of work" and "a primitive rendition of an obsolete US model."[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Alexandrov
Research
According to a FBI white paper Alexandrov was a mathematician specializing in computer sciences. In 1976 he was directed to shift his research from gas dynamics and plasma mechanics to climatology. He was sent to USA under a research exchange agreement, and studied at the NCAR in 1978, 1980 and 1982. In 1983 he was directed by Evgeny Velikhov to work on nuclear winter scenarios heading an ad hoc group of 20 scientists.[1]
A pioneer in global climate modelling, he presented a mathematical solution to baroclinicity in 1982.[2] The following year, with G.I. Stenchikov, he used the model to calculate the consequences of nuclear war[3] and the prospects of nuclear winter. Richard P. Turco, a major figure in the development of the nuclear winter scenario, described Alexandrov and Stenchikov's model as "a very weak piece of work" and "a primitive rendition of an obsolete US model."[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Alexandrov
