The 2003 summer was found cool and rainy

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Only 12 oC for this June with 160% of monthly rainfall. The early summer was found here third of the coolest season for all the observation period since 1921. One might think the new "ice age" begins, after so cold winter and chilly spring.

Only July enchanted us with warmer sunny days. And, we employed the weather to encamp ashore, to swim and fish, to walk and rest by fire. We, my Moscow friend's family and I have got a short holiday at lake Borovno some 60 km north of Valday. Then, it rained by August everyday that gives about 1,5 of normal rainfall. The Moscow city was yet flooded twice, and there is a galore of mushrooms in local forests.

Unforgettable still is my summer trip, so pleasant despite of a foul weather by last June. I have traveled to Cheboksary at the Volga river, some 800 km east of Moscow. There I have developed two reports and consulted on local problems. The visit has stock to my memory, due mainly to the nature and remarkable native arts of the Chuvash peoples. Estimably is the local agriculture with corn, soybean, barley and hop. Dancing under bagpipe country music and Volga river cruise were wonderful!

Well, one after another, I would inform about the current, replacing the old "news" into the archive.

The half-of-the-year "milestones" are:

Continuing research studies

• Study of the statistical properties of rainfall fields
• Field investigations of the spring flow and technogeneous wetlands

New tasks and applications

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a pipeline construction
• Making a review of the water balance studies (preparing to be displayed)

Recent publications and submittals

Announcements and contributions to the meetings

• ECWATECH-2004. World Exhibition and Congress on Water Technology. Moscow.
• The XIV-th All-Russian Conference of the Hydro Project explorers. Solnechnogorsk. Moscow region.
• Valday-2003. The Special Session of the ROSGIDROMET Service dedicated to experimental studies.
• Cheboksary-2003. The All-Russian Seminar "Methods and Technology of the Specialized
• Hydro-meteorological Service for Russian Agriculture". Cheboksary. Chuvash Republic.

Current and future aims

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