Contents

Russian Meteorology and Hydrology

Vol. 51, No. 6, 2026

Minor Sudden Stratospheric Warmings: A Relationship between the Spatial Organization of Rossby Wave Breaking and Evolution of Thermal Anomalies in the Lower Troposphere

O. Yu. Antokhina, O. S. Zorkaltseva, A. V. Gochakov, and P. N. Antokhin p. 469  abstract

Relationship of Atmospheric Circulation Factors in the Preceding Winter with the Coupling Intensity of the Western Pacific Subtropical High and Northern East Asian Low

Sang-Il Jong, Un-Sim Paek, Kum-Chol Om, Hyon-U Kim, Kyong-Bok Sonu, and Ryu Gyong Pak p. 482  abstract

Water Body Area Extraction Based on a Support Vector Machine Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization

Zhixuan He and Jinye Zhang p. 494  abstract

Satellite Monitoring of the Pollution in the Kerch Strait Following the Sinking of the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 Tankers on December 15, 2024

V. V. Asmus, N. P. Ivanova, V. A. Krovotyntsev, A. A. Maksimov, I. S. Trenina, and I. S. Yakushin p. 504  abstract

Selecting a Distribution Function of Extreme Precipitation

M. V. Bolgov, I. A. Filippova, and N. V. Osipova p. 517  abstract

Comparative Analysis of the Total Precipitation over Russia Using Different Datasets

P. A. Shvets, M. G. Akperov, Iu. V. Radchenko, N. V. Gnatiuk, M. A. Aleshina, and V. A. Semenov p. 524  abstract

Predicting Wheat Yields in Pakistan Using the LSTM Model Based on SPEI and Water Availability Data

Wilayat Shah and Junfei Chen p. 536  abstract

COMMUNICATIONS

Hydrological Regime of Veresovaya Bay, Kola Gulf (the Estuary of the Tuloma River)

A. S. Bulavina and A. A. Frolov p. 547  abstract

INSTRUMENTS, OBSERVATIONS, AND PROCESSING

Lavinex Gas Gun for Avalanche Protection

A. Kh. Adzhiev, I. A. Sokolov, N. V. Kondrat’eva, and O. A. Kumukova p. 556  abstract