Sosnovsky Alexander

Position: 
Leading Researcher
Degree: 
D.Sc.
Phone: 
+7 915 259-03-56
Email: 
a_sosnovsky [at] mail.ru
Department: 
Glaciology Department

Participation in comissions

Member of the Dissertation Council: 25.00.31 "Glaciology and Cryology of the Earth", coordinator of the Center for Arctic and Antarctic Research

Research interests 

Thermophysics of snow, heat exchange in the atmosphere – snow cover – soils (glaciers) system, snow cover and permafrost soils, engineering glaciology, theoretical and applied aspects of artificial ice formation in natural conditions, purification and desalination of polluted mineralized waters by freezing

Study areas

The Polar Urals and the Svalbard Archipelago

Selected Publications

  1. Sosnovsky A.V., Osokin N.I. Influence of meteorological conditions on the thermal insulation properties of moss cover according to measurements on Svalbard // Earth’s Cryosphere. 2021. XXV(4): 17–25. (In Russ.).
  2. Sosnovsky A.V., Chernov R.A. Effect of snow cover on cooling of the surface layer of the East Grenfjord (Austre Grønfjordbreen) Glacier (Svalbard) // Ice and Snow. 2021. 61(1): 75–88. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673421010072
  3. Sosnovsky A.V., Osokin N.I. Estimation of the freezing intensity of the salt water drops in the course of winter sprinkling // Earth’s Cryosphere. 2021. XXV(1): 35–44. (In Russ.)
  4. Kotlyakov V.M., Sosnovsky A.V. Estimation of the thermal resistance of snow cover based on the ground temperature // Ice and Snow. 2021. 61(2): 195–205. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673421020081
  5. Osokin N.I., Sosnovskii A.V., Mavlyudov R. B. Glaciation and permafrost dynamics on the antarctic peninsula in the 21st century // Russian Meteorology and Hydrology. 2020. 45: 124–131. 
  6. Kotlyakov V.M., Osokin N.I., Sosnovsky A.V. Dynamics of seasonally thawed layer on Svalbard and the Antarctic Peninsula in the ХХI century according to modeling data // Ice and Snow. 2020. 60(2): 201–212. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673420020034
  7. Sosnovsky A.V., Osokin N.I. Desalination of salt water by drip freezing at winter sprinkling // Ice and Snow. 2020. 60(3): 471–480. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673420030053
  8. Sosnovsky A.V., Osokin N.I. Influence of water vapor diffusion on heat transfer in snow cover // Geography and Natural Resources. 2019. 1: 187–193.  (In Russ.) 
  9. Sosnovsky A.V., Osokin N.I. Effect of thaws on snow cover and soil freezing under the contemporary climate change // Ice and Snow. 2019. 59(4): 475–482. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2019-4-433
  10. Kotlyakov V.M., Sosnovsky A.V., Chernov R.A. Influence of the snow–soil contact conditions on the depth of ground freezing (based on observations in the Kursk region) // Ice and Snow. 2019. 59(2): 182–190. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2019-2-407
  11. Sosnovskiy A.V., Osokin N.I., Chernyakov G.A. Impact of climate change on snow depth in forest and field areas in the first decade of the xxi century // Earth’s Cryosphere. 2018. XXII(2): 91–100. (In Russ.)
  12. Kotlyakov V.M., Sosnovsky A.V., Osokin N.I. Estimation of thermal conductivity of snow by its density and hardness in Svalbard // Ice and Snow. 2018. 58(3): 343–352. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2018-3-343-352
  13. Osokin N.I., Sosnovskiy A.V., Chernov R.A. Effective thermal conductivity of snow and its variations // Earth’s Cryosphere. 2017. XXI(3): 60–68. (In Russ.)
  14. Sosnovsky A.V. Ice energy: prospects for the use of artificial firn-ice masses to generate electricity // Ice and Snow. 2017. 57(2): 253–260. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2017-2-253-260
  15. Kotlyakov V.M., Macheret Y.Y., Sosnovsky A.V., Glazovsky A.F. Speed of radio wave propagation in dry and wet snow // Ice and Snow. 2017. 57(1): 45–56. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2017-1-45-56
  16. Osokin N.I., Sosnovskiy A.V. Influence of snow cover thermal resistance on permafrost stability // Earth’s Cryosphere. 2016. XX (3): 105–112. (In Russ.)
  17. Sosnovsky A.V., Macheret Y.Y., Glazovsky A.F., Lavrentiev I.I. Hydrothermal structure of a polythermal glacier in Spitsbergen by measurements and numerical modeling // Ice and Snow. 2016. 56(2): 149–160. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2016-2-149-160
  18. Osokin N.I., Sosnovsky A.V. Dynamics of snow cover characteristics exerting influence on stability of the Svalbard permafrost // Ice and Snow. 2016. 56(2): 189–198. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2016-2-189-198
  19. Sosnovsky A.V., Kontorovich I.I. The calculation of desalination of mineralized porous ice at thawing // Ice and Snow. 2016. 56(4): 545–554. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2016-4-545-554
  20. Osokin N.I., Sosnovskiy A.V. Spatial distribution of the snow thermal resistance on the Russian territory and its impact on the ground freezing and thawing // Ice and Snow. 2016. 56(1): 52–60. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/2076 6734-2016-1-52-60