[1] He served as the Head of the theoretical department at Sternberg Astronomical Institute, a division of Moscow State University.
[2] Obukhov's 1946 fundamental paper on a universal length scale for exchange processes in the surface layer was the basis for the derivation of the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory in 1954.
[3][4] The Monin–Obukhov similarity theory and the Monin–Obukhov length are named after him and Russian Academician Andrei Monin.
He finished high school in 1934 but could not write the entrance examination of Saratov University because he was too young.
In 1935 Obukhov joined Saratov University where he studied mathematics and science.