- Vladimir Alexandrov
Vladimir V. Alexandrov was a
Russia nphysicist who created the mathematical model for thenuclear winter theory. He disappeared in 1985 while at a nuclear winter conference inMadrid and his ultimate fate remains unknown.Research
A pioneer in
global climate model ling, he presented a mathematical solution tobaroclinicity in 1982. [Alexandrov, V. V. 1982. A general atmospheric circulation model with baroclinic arrangement. Rep. Acad. Sci. USSR 265(5):1094-1097.] The following year he used the model to calculate the consequences ofnuclear war [Alexandrov, V. V. and G. I. Stenchikov (1983): "On the modeling of the climatic consequences of the nuclear war" The Proceeding of Appl. Mathematics, 21 p., The Computing Center of the AS USSR, Moscow.] and the prospects of nuclear winter.Disappearance
According to an article in the
newsmagazine "Time" in October 1985, "The mystery of his disappearance has been compounded by the suspicions of some Western scientists that the nuclear winter scenario was promoted by Moscow to give antinuclear groups in the U.S. and Europe some fresh ammunition against America's arms buildup. Conspiracy theorists speculate that Alexandrov was planning to renounce the nuclear winter concept and may have been kidnaped by the KGB. According to another theory, the physicist defected to the West." [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,960025,00.html A 1985 "Time" magazine account of Alexandrov's disappearance] ]References
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