title: CORRELATIONS OF INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS IN AVERAGE MONTHLY LEVELS OF THE CASPIAN SEA, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN ITS BASIN, AND THEIR CHANGES UNDER MODERN CLIMATE WARMING
abstract: In the modern period, the level of the Caspian Sea water surface is rapidly decreasing, which creates significant problems for the population and economy of all countries of the Caspian region. Therefore, improvement of the methods for forecasting its further changes is an urgent problem of hydrology, meteorology and ecology. It is generally accepted that the main reasons for the current decline in the Caspian Sea level are the influence of anthropogenic factors and climatic changes on the dynam
journal: Geography and water resources