"Fram" Arctic Climate Research Laboratory
Dr Igor Ashik


Was born on August, 6, 1959 in Magadan, Russia

EDUCATION

1976-1981 - Leningrad High Engineering Sea School by S.O.Makarov, the Arctic faculty, oceanology.

SPECIALIZATION

The engineer - oceanologist

QUALIFICATION
Scientific degree - the candidate of geographical sciences
Theme of the dissertation - "Storm surges on a shelf of the Arctic seas of Russia and their forecasting " (1997)

ACTIVITY
1981-1984 - the engineer - oceanologist of a department of ice and hydrological forecasts of the Weather Bureau by Tiksi,
1984-1987 - the senior engineer - oceanologist of a department of sea hydrological forecasts and supervision of Hydrometeorological center by Tiksi,
1987-1988 - the senior engineer of a department of sea hydrological calculations and forecasts of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
1988-1990 - the acting as chief of a department of sea hydrological calculations and forecasts of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
1990-1991 - the engineer of second categories of a department of sea hydrological calculations and forecasts of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
1991-1992 - the leading engineer of a department of sea hydrological calculations and forecasts of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
1992-1994 - the senior scientific of a department of oceanology AARI,
1994-1998 - the leading oceanologist, the head of group of a department of ice forecasts of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
1998-1999 - the chief of sector of calculations and forecasts of a department of satellite, ice and hydrological information of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
1999 - the chief of a department of ice and hydrological forecasts of the Center of ice and hydrometeorological information at the Arctic and Antarctic research institute,
2002 - the head laboratory of numerical modelling of dynamic processes at ocean, a department of oceanology AARI.

SUMMARY
25 years of work in the field of sea hydrological forecasts with the reference to the Arctic seas of Russia; participation in scientific - operative maintenance of navigation in Arctic regions during 6 navigations; participation in sea expeditions(dispatches) in the arctic seas and Arctic pool SLO; participation in manufacture of ice aviation investigation; creation of physiostatistical methods of the forecast of the ice phenomena; creation of a design procedure and the forecast of height of wind excitement in a bay of Tiksi; creation of a numerical method of calculation and the forecast of fluctuations of a sea level on a shelf of the Arctic seas of Russia; creation of a numerical method of calculation and the forecast of fluctuations of a level, currents, drift and redistribution of ice in gulf of Finland of Baltic sea; development of computing algorithms, creation and debugging of computing programs.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Perfection existing and creation of new physiostatistical methods of the forecast of the ice phenomena, storm surges and sea waves;
Studying of a hydrometeorological condition of Arctic Ocean and it seas;
Experience of creation and conducting databases of the basic hydrological characteristics;
Practical experience of operative hydrometeorological maintenance of sea operations in conditions of the Arctic seas;
Creation of twodimentional numerical models of joint dynamics of ice and ocean and their adaptation to conditions of water areas of Arctic Ocean and it seas and to conditions of Baltic sea;
Experience of practical maintenance of navigation in Arctic regions numerical calculations and forecasts of fluctuations of a sea level, currents, drift and redistribution of an ice cover;
Practical skills of development of computing algorithms, creations and debuggings of programs (in language FORTRAN), realizing physiostatistical and numerical methods of the analysis and calculation of the basic hydrological characteristics;
About 50 scientific works published in national and foreign editions.

PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Russian - German project HYMNE - 2001-2002;
The Russian-American project on studying longtime level oscillations in the Arctic seas - 2002-2004
The Russian - Norwegian project on studying longtime level oscillations in the Nordic seas - 2004-2006

PERSONAL
married, 1 child.

ADDRESS
Home: Russia, 197022, Saint Petersburg
Kamennoostrovski pr. 53/22 - 64
Ph. (007-812) 234-59-26

Work: Russia, 199397, Saint Petersburg
Street. Bering, 38
Ph. (007-812) 352-31-29
E-mail: <ashik@aari.nw.ru>

SELECTED PAPERS

1.        Ashik I., Proshutinskiy A., Stepanov V. Same results and perspectives of the numerical forecastings of the level oscillations in the Arctic seas. Meteorology and Hydrology, No. 8, 1989, p.74-82.
2.        Ashik I. Numerical Prediction of Sea Surges and Ice Conditions in the Laptev and the East Siberian Seas - Berichte zur Polarforschung. Heft-Nr. 176/1995. "Russian-German Cooperation: Laptev sea System" 1995, p. 47-54.
3.        Ashik I., Vanda Yu. Catastrophic Storm Surges in the Southern Part of the Laptev Sea. - Berichte zur Polarforschung. Heft-Nr. 176/1995. "Russian-German Cooperation: Laptev sea System" 1995, p. 43-46.
4.        Ashik I. On the resonance nature of the catastrophic surges in the Laptev Sea. Meteorology and Hydrology, No. 12, 1997, p. 76-83.
5.        Ashik I. International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP). The NSR Simulation Study Work Package 2: "Natural Conditions along the Selected Routes" No. 121 - 1998. 3.4., p. 22-23.
6.        Ashik I., Dvorkin Ye., Vanda Yu. Extreme Oscillations of the Sea level in the Laptev Sea. Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic. Dynamics and Hystory. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999, p.37-41.
7.        Ashik I., Novakov A. Numerical Modelling of Storm Surges in the Laptev Sea based on the Finite Element Method. - Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic. Dynamics and History. Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999, p. 17-23.
8.        Ashik I. The hydrological regions of the Russian arctic seas shelve. Meteorology and Hydrology, No. 1, 1999, p. 76-83.