Air photo approach to inventory of urban land use in central area case study — Kanpur     

B. Ramesh  E. A. Bueno  Anjana Vyas  J. A. Mhando 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》1989,17(3):115-125

The case study of Kanpur demonstrates the use of air photo approach to collect physical data, mainly landuse in central area. The study reveals that very less percentage of vacant land exists in central area for future development. Though this area consist CBD, even then commercial landuse accounts to be only 10% of total area. Selective landuse inventory analysis was carried out for the landuse categories, commercial, industrial and vacant. Reliability of aerial photo-interpretation of over all landuse map found to be 91–95% and each sub-class of landuse reliability for omission and commission error found to be within limits for planning and design purpose.  相似文献   

Summer cooling of the Arabian Sea—a review     

J S Sastry  V Ramesh Babu 《Journal of Earth System Science》1985,94(2):117-128

The summer cooling of the Arabian Sea has been reviewed in relation to the dynamic and thermodynamic processes. The differences in the quantum of cooling in the coastal regions have been attributed to the variations in the strength of coastal upwelling along the respective coasts. In the central portions of the Arabian Sea, the thickness of the surface layer and the thermal structure appear to be predominantly governed by the turbulent mixing of cold waters entrained into the surface layer in association with the deepening of current shear zone. The surface heat losses during the passage of a cyclone over the east central Arabian Sea account for only 40% of the total heat change in the surface layer while the rest is lost into the interior. Also presented are climatological mean patterns of the forcing parameters and their variations during certain years.  相似文献   

Solar cycle and seasonal variations in F-region vertical drifts over Kodaikanal,India     

K. B. Ramesh  J. H. Sastri 《Annales Geophysicae》1995,13(6):633-640

Measurements of the changes in phase path of F-region reflections at normal incidence at Kodaikanal (77° 28′E, 10° 14′N, dip 3°N) from February 1991 to February 1993 are used to determine the variation of the equatorial evening F-region vertical drifts (V_z) with season, solar and magnetic activity. It is found that on average, at Kodaikanal, the post-sunset peak in V_z(V_zp) is higher in equinox and local winter months than in local summer. The day-to-day variability in V_zp is highest in summer and lowest in winter. This seasonal trend persists even on magnetically quiet days (A_p\leq14). V_zp is found to increase with 10.7 cm solar flux in all three seasons but tends to saturate for large flux values (>230 units) during local summer and winter months. Magnetic activity [represented by A_p as well as the time-weighted accumulations of a_p and a_p ()] does not seem to have any statistically significant effect on V_zp, except during equinoctial months of moderate solar activity, when V_zp decreases as magnetic activity increases.  相似文献   

Seasonal and diurnal variability of thermal structure in the coastal waters off Visakhapatnam     

B. Prabhakara Rao  V. Ramesh Babu  P. Chandramohan 《Journal of Earth System Science》1987,96(1):69-79

Seasonal and diurnal variability of thermal structure in the coastal waters off Visakhapatnam has been examined in relation to the flow field and surface winds utilizing the hourly data of temperature and currents taken at a fixed location over a tidal cycle at monthly intervals. The coastal currents in the pre-monsoon period and strong near-surface winter cooling processes affect the thermal structure of the coastal sea. Upwelling which is predominant during March to May with an intermittent relaxing event helps in the development of a strong layered thermal structure while convective mixing due to winter inversions during November to February causes weak thermal gradients in the water column.  相似文献   

Migration and contamination of major and trace elements in groundwater of Madras city,India     

R. Ramesh  K. Shiv Kumar  S. Eswaramoorthi  G. R. Purvaja 《Environmental Geology》1995,25(2):126-136

Groundwater samples collected from both open and bore wells in an area of about 270 km² from Madras City, India, have been analyzed for major ions (HCO₃, Cl, Si, Na, Ca, and Mg) and trace elements (As, Se, B, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, Mn, Ni, Mo, and Ba). The study reveals that the quality of potable water has deteriorated to a large extent. Seawater intrusion into the aquifer has been observed in nearly 50 percent of the study area. The toxic elements (As and Se) have already exceeded the maximum permissible limits of drinking water in almost the entire city. A positive correlation of As and Se with other toxic metals such as V, Cr, Fe, B, etc., indicates that all these elements are anthropogenic in origin. Applying multivariate analysis, the source for trace elements in groundwater has been grouped into two major factors: pollution and mobilization factors. The groundwater in the study area is largely contaminated by organic effluents and reflects the intensity of pollution caused by the overlying soil sediment and rapid infiltration of the pollutants.  相似文献   

Palaeomonsoon and palaeoproductivity records of δ18O, δ{13}C and CaCO3 variations in the northern Indian Ocean sedimentsC and CaCO3 variations in the northern Indian Ocean sediments     

A. Sarkar  R. Ramesh  S. K. Bhattacharya  N. B. Price 《Journal of Earth System Science》2000,109(1):157-169

δ¹⁸ O and δ¹³C of G.sacculifer have been measured in five cores from the northern Indian Ocean. In addition, high resolution analysis (1 to 2 cm) was performed on one core (SK-20-185) for both δ¹⁸O and gd¹³C in five species of planktonic foraminifera. CaCO₃ variation was measured in two cores. The results, presented here, show that

–	• the summer monsoon was weaker during 18 ka and was stronger during 9 ka, relative to modern conditions;
–	• δ13C variations are consistent with independent evidence that shows that during the last glacial maximum (LGM; 18 ka) the upwelling was reduced while during 9 ka it was vigorous;
–	• calculation of CaCO3 flux shows that the LGM was characterized by low biogenic productivity in the Arabian Sea while during the Holocene productivity increased by ∼65%, as a direct consequence of the changes in upwelling. Similar changes (of lesser magnitude) are also seen in the equatorial Indian Ocean. The amount of terrigenous input into the Arabian Sea doubled during LGM possibly due to the higher erosion rate along the west coast.
–	• δ18O values indicate that the Arabian Sea was saltier by 1 to 2%o during LGM. The northern part was dominated by evaporation while in the equatorial part there was an increased precipitation.

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A Correlative Study of Green Coronal Intensity with Other Solar Indices     

K. B. Ramesh 《Solar physics》1998,177(1-2):311-319

Lomnický tít data of 5303 Ú coronal green-line index (CI) are analysed for the years 1965–1994. The yearly quiet-Sun component (Q_ci) of CI estimated through the linear regression analysis of CI with sunspot numbers (SS) and CI with Ca plage index (CA) are found to vary with the 11-year solar activity cycle. Comparison of Q_ci with the quiet-Sun component of 10.7 cm flux (Q_10.7) revealed that the Q_ci contributes principally to the entire CI, while Q_10.7 assumes much smaller values compared to its yearly averages. The slowly varying component of 5303 Ú emission associated with sunspots and plages seems to be nearly absent in CI. This aspect is also confirmed through the multiple-linear regression analysis of CI with sunspots and plages. The delayed response of green corona to both sunspots and plages also revealed similar results.  相似文献   

A study of atmospheric structures using sodar in relation to land and sea breezes     

S. K. Aggarwal  S. P. Singal  Ramesh K. Kapoor  B. B. Adiga 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1980,18(4):361-371

Simultaneous observations were made by an acoustic sounder and on a meteorological tower during the month of May 1978 at the Atomic Power Station Tarapur. The probing range of the acoustic sounder was 700 m. The meteorological tower could sense wind and temperature at various levels up to a height of 120 m.The site being close to the sea shore, the thermal environment of the lower atmosphere is controlled mostly by land and sea breeze circulations. Thermal convective structures were seen during the daytime and also at night. The frequency of plume formation and the height of the plumes were, however, low during the night. The convective boundary layer in the daytime ranged from 400–500 m while at night it was mostly under 200 m. The observation of thermals at night is explained by the presence of a naturally stable marine layer above 30 m at this site. In the morning hours, winds suddenly change their direction allowing advection of a land breeze which is responsible for the formation of surface-based shear echoes to a height of 200 m during the transition period and for the subsequent development of an elevated layer due to mixing of two different air masses. A marine layer was also seen over Tarapur for a few days during the early evening and night hours. Its height was mostly around 400 m. It may indicate the presence of a subsidence inversion at Tarapur. The need for collection of supporting meteorological data to a height of 500 m by tethered balloon or some other suitable in-situ technique is stressed.  相似文献   

The partial molal volume of silicic acid in 0.725 m NaCl     

Iver W Duedall  Ramesh Dayal  Joan D Willey 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1976,40(10):1185-1189

The partial molal volume ($\text{V}\text{?}$) of silicic acid in 0.725 m NaCl at 20°C has been calculated from (1) direct volume changes due to the dissolution of anhydrous sodium silicate and (2) some literature values for the partial molal volumes of NaOH and water. , unconnected for electrostriction effects, was found to be 53 ± 2 ml mole^?1. , corrected for volume changes due to solvent electrostriction by charged Si species, was estimated to be in the range 58–62 ml mole^?1; this range is 7–11 ml mole^?1 greater than the calculated from Willey's (Mar. Chem. 2, 239–250, 1974) solubility data obtained from the dissolution, in seawater, of amorphous silica subjected to hydrostatic pressure. Our does, however, agree within experimental error with the calculated from Jones and Pytkowicz's (Bull. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege 42, 118–120, 1973) data for the solubility of amorphous silica in seawater at high pressure and is nearly in agreement with Willey's (Ph.D. thesis, Dalhousie University, 1975) solubility data for amorphous silica in 0.6 m NaCl.  相似文献   

On cumulus-scale transport of horizontal momentum in monsoon depression over India     

Ramesh V. Godbole 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1977,115(5-6):1373-1381

A diagnostie method of cumulus parameterization is suggested in which vertical transport of horizontal momentum by cumulus-scale is derived by making use of large-scale vorticity as well as divergence budget equations. Data for composite monsoon depression over India available from our earlier studies used to test the method. As a first approximation, the results are obtained using only the vorticity budget equation.The results show that in the southwest sector of the monsoon depression, which is characterized by maximum cloudiness and precipitation, there is an excess of cyclonic vorticity in the lower troposphere and anticyclonic vorticity in the upper troposphere associated with the large-scale motion. The distribution of eddy vertical transport of horizontal momentum is such that anticyclonic vorticity is generated in the lower troposphere and cyclonic vorticity aloft. Cumulus-scale eddies thus work against the large-scale system and tend to off-set the large-scale imbalance in vorticity.  相似文献