Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Modeling of river flow formation processes, hydrological forecasts, development and implementation of methods of mathematical modeling of hydrological processes, projects in the field of water management in Russia, geoinformation systems in hydrology

Studies of the dynamics of currents, vortices and turbulence in geophysical environments (oceans, seas, lakes, estuaries, reservoirs); study of the mechanisms of formation, evolution and interaction of vortices in a rotating stratified liquid and unsteady flows flowing around underwater elevations and depressions.

The laboratory's activities are related to solving a wide range of fundamental and applied problems in the field of hydrology and meteorology, including: - Assessment of hydrological consequences of current and future climate change in the Amur, Volga, Lena, Yenisei, Ob, Don, Ural, Kuban, Northern Dvina, Pechora, Mezen, Onega, Selenga, Kolyma, and Crimean river basins based on runoff formation models and scenario data from an ensemble of Earth System models - Development of process-based models of runoff formation in river basins of different spatial scales and located in different natural zones of the European and Asian parts of the Russian Federation - Creation of the National Hydrological Modeling System based on the ECOMAG platform for information support of decision-making in the field of hydro-ecological security of the Russian Federation - Short-term forecast of water inflow to reservoirs in the Volga, Amur and Angara basins using meteorological forecasts - Long-term ensemble forecast of spring water inflow to the Volga basin reservoirs - Flood hazard assessment and flood control effect of existing and projected reservoirs in the Amur River basin based on runoff formation and hydrodynamic models - Attribution of the contribution of natural and anthropogenic components of climate change to the water regime variability of rivers - Technology of hydroinformational support in the management of the Volga-Kama and Angara-Yenisei reservoir cascades - Investigation of conditions for generation of extreme hydrological events, description of their dynamics in time and space - Estimation of the Volga River flow based on the results of hydrological modeling using paleoclimatic and paleogeographic data - Estimation of changes in the scale and duration of flooding in the Lena, Ob, and Northern Dvina basins under future climate changes - Calculations of spatial distribution of characteristics of hydrological cycle components within river basins based on runoff formation models - Assessment of anthropogenic pollution of river basins by heavy metals for environmental monitoring (Belaya River and rivers of the Kola Peninsula) - Estimation of runoff changes in the Caucasus rivers due to melting glaciers - Application of satellite altimetry data together with hydrodynamic modeling for estimation of river water levels