Studies of variations in the vertical ozone profiles over India     

Mani  A.  Sreedharan  C. R. 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1973,106(1):1180-1191

The latitudinal and temporal variations in the vertical profiles of ozone over the Indian subcontinent are discussed. In the equatorial atmosphere represented by Trivandrum (8°N) and Poona (18°N), while tropospheric ozone shows marked seasonal variations, the basic pattern of the vertical distribution of ozone in the stratosphere remains practically unchanged throughout the year, with a maximum at about 28 to 26 km and a minimum just below the tropopause. The maximum total ozone occurs over Trivandrum in the summer monsoon season and the latitudinal anomaly observed over the Indian monsoon area at this time is explained as arising from the horizontal transport of ozone-rich stratospheric air from over the thermal equator to the southern regions.In the higher latitudes represented by New Delhi (28°N), the maximum occurs at 23 km. Delhi, which lies in the temperate regime in winter, shows marked day-to-day variations in association with western disturbances and the strong westerly jet stream that lies over north and central India at this time.Although the basic pattern of the vertical distribution of ozone in the equatorial atmosphere is generally the same in all seasons, significant though small changes occur in the lower stratosphere and in the troposphere. There are small perturbations in the ozone and temperature structures, distinct ozone maxima being always associated with temperature inversions. There are also large perturbances not related to temperature, ozone-depleted regions normally reflecting a stratification of either destructive processes or materials such as dust layers or clouds at these levels. Particularly interesting are the upper tropospheric levels just below the tropopause where the ozone concentration is consistently the smallest, in all seasons and at all places where soundings have been made in India.  相似文献   

Electrical conductivity and potential gradient measurements in the free atmosphere over India     

G. P. Srivastava  B. B. Huddar  Anna Mani 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1972,100(1):81-93

Summary Results of measurements of atmospheric electrical potential gradient and conductivity in the free atmosphere using balloon borne radiosondes made at a few stations in India are presented. The potential gradient generally decreases exponentially with height above the exchange layer and the electrical conductivity profiles show corresponding mirror image symmetry. Large variations of electrical potential gradient and conductivity are, however, observed in the troposphere closely associated with clouds, dust and haze and other local meteorological phenomena and space charge effects. Significant though small variations are also observed in the stratosphere, which appear to be associated with the existence of aerosol layers.From an analysis of integrated potential profiles the total atmospheric potential has been calculated and found to have a mean value of 300 kV; the ionospheric potential varies diurnally and seasonally about the mean.

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Zusammenfassung Messungen der luftlelektrischen Leitfähigkeit und des atmosphärischen Potentialgradienten werden berichtet, welche mit ballongetragenen Radiosonden in der freien Atmosphäre über Indien ausgeführt worden sind. Oberhalb der Austauschschicht vermindert sich das Potentialgefälle exponentiell mit der Höhe, während die Leitfähigkeitsprofile das dazu spiegelbildliche Bild zeigen. In der Troposphäre werden jedoch grosse Änderungen des Potentialgefälles und der Leitfähigkeit im Zusammenhang mit Wolken, Dunst, Staub und mit anderen meteorologischen Erscheinungen und mit Raumladungseffekten beobachtet. Auch in der Stratosphäre werden signifikante, wenn auch kleine Änderungen beobachtet, welche mit der Existenz von Aerosolschichten zusammen zu hängen scheinen.Das gesamte atmosphärische Potential wurde aus den integrierten Potential-gefällekurven berechnet zu 300 kV als Mittel gefunden; dieses Ionosphärenpotential zeigt Veränderungen um diesen Mittel in Form von Tagesgängen und Jahresgängen.

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Delineation of surface waterlogged areas in parts of bihar using IRS-1C LISS-III data     

Chandranath Chatterjee  Rakesh Kumar  Pankaj Mani 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》2003,31(1):57-65

Pre-monsoon and post-monsoon surface waterlogged areas were delineated using satellite remote sensing data for Muzaffarpur, Vaishali and Saran districts of North Bihar. Digital data of IRS-1C LISS-III sensor acquired on December 7, 1998 and April 6, 1999 were analyzed using digital image processing software-ERDAS Imagine 8.3.1. The surface waterlogged areas were delineated using modeling technique which is the most advanced and accurate method. Using the modeling technique, a pixel is classified as water if the digital number (DN) value of its Near Infra Red (NIR) band is less than the DN value of the Red band and the Green band, and the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) is greater than or equal to 0.32. The pre-monsoon surface waterlogged areas are found to be 14.02, 23.61 and 9.61 km² while the post-monsoon surface waterlogged areas are found to be 231.83, 118.19 and 176.06 km² for Muzaffarpur, Vaishali and Saran districts, respectively. Also, land use/land cover maps were prepared.  相似文献   

Capture of molybdenum in pyrite-forming sediments: role of ligand-induced reduction by polysulfides     

Trent P. Vorlicek  Mani D. Kahn  George R. Helz 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2004,68(3):547-556

Capture of Mo by FeS₂ is an important sink for marine Mo. X-ray spectroscopy has shown that Mo forms Mo-Fe-S cuboidal clusters on pyrite. Reduction of Mo^VI must occur to stabilize these structures. Sulfide alone is a poor reductant for Mo, producing instead a series of Mo^VI thioanions (MoO_xS_4−x²⁻, x = 0-3). In solutions that contain both H₂S and S⁰-donors (i.e. polysulfides; dissolved S₈), Mo is transformed to Mo^IV or Mo^V₂ polysulfide/sulfide anions. This intramolecular reduction requires no external reducing agent. Remarkably, an oxidizing agent (S⁰ donor), rather than a reducing agent, stabilizes the reducible Mo^VI complex. Thiomolybdates and their reduction products do not precipitate spontaneously; solutions supersaturated by 10⁹ with respect to molybdenite, MoS₂, produce no precipitate in 40 days. In 10-minute exposures, pyrite can scavenge MoOS₃²⁻ and MoS₄²⁻ weakly at mildly alkaline pH but can scavenge an unidentified product of the S⁰-induced reduction of MoOS₃²⁻ very strongly. On the basis of these observations, a reaction pathway for Mo capture by pyrite is proposed. Conditions that favor Mo capture by this pathway also favor pyrite growth. Ascribing Mo capture simply to low redox potential is too simplistic and neglects the likely role of oxidizing S⁰-donors. The aqueous speciation of Mo in anoxic environments will be a function of the activity of zero-valent sulfur as well as the activity of H₂S(aq).  相似文献   

Vertical vibration of an embedded rigid foundation in a poroelastic soil   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

T. Senjuntichai  S. Mani  R.K.N.D. Rajapakse 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2006,26(6-7):626-636

This paper considers time-harmonic vertical vibration of an axisymmetric rigid foundation embedded in a homogeneous poroelastic soil. The soil domain is represented by a homogeneous poroelastic half space that is governed by Biot's theory of poroelastodynamics. The foundation is subjected to a time-harmonic vertical load and is perfectly bonded to the surrounding half space. The contact surface can be either fully permeable or impermeable. The dynamic interaction problem is solved by employing an indirect boundary integral equation method. The kernel functions of the integral equation are the influence functions corresponding to vertical and radial ring loads, and a ring fluid source applied in the interior of a homogeneous poroelastic half space. Analytical techniques are used to derive the solution for influence functions. The indirect boundary integral equation is solved by using numerical quadrature. Selected numerical results for vertical impedance of rigid foundations are presented to demonstrate the influence of poroelastic effect, foundation geometry, hydraulic boundary condition along the contact surface and frequency of excitation.  相似文献   

Initiatives for earthquake disaster risk management in the Kathmandu Valley     

Amod Mani Dixit  Ryuichi Yatabe  Ranjan Kumar Dahal  Netra Prakash Bhandary 《Natural Hazards》2013,69(1):631-654

Situated over the Himalayan tectonic zone, Kathmandu Valley as a lake in geological past has a long history of destructive earthquakes. In recent years, the earthquake risk of the valley has significantly increased due mainly to uncontrolled development, poor construction practices with no earthquake safety consideration, and lack of awareness among the general public and government authorities. Implementation of land use plan and building codes, strengthening of design and construction regulations, relocation of communities in risky areas, and conduction of public awareness programs are suitable means of earthquake disaster risk management practice. Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is still lacking earthquake disaster risk management plans. So, this paper highlights some initiatives adopted by both governmental and nongovernmental organizations of Nepal to manage earthquake disaster risk in the Kathmandu Valley. It provides some comprehensive information on recent initiatives of earthquake disaster risk management in the valley and also highlights the outcomes and challenges.  相似文献   

Effects of shallow and deep geology on seismic hazard estimates: a case study of pseudo-acceleration response spectra for the northwestern Balkans     

Borko Ð. Bulajić  Miodrag I. Manić  Đorđe Lađinović 《Natural Hazards》2013,69(1):573-588

Northwestern Balkans represents one of the rare regions where data on both the shallow geology (i.e., local soil conditions) and the deep geology exist for stations that recorded hundreds of strong motion records. The strong motion database used in this study consists of 203 strong motion accelerograms (each with three orthogonal translational components), recorded in former Yugoslavia in the period 1976–1983, from 108 contributing earthquakes. In this paper, the results of a series of regression analyses are presented where empirical equations for scaling pseudo-acceleration response spectra were developed on the basis of 5 subsets of data and using three prediction models. Results of the regression analyses show that for ground motion in the horizontal direction, both the shallow and deep geology site conditions have to be taken into account or else the spectral estimates might be considerably biased. Results show that the shallow geology influences spectral amplitudes the most in the short period range and has much lesser effects for larger periods, while the influence of the deep geology is expressed in a wider range of intermediate to long periods. Results also show that if the prediction model that considers solely the shallow geology effects is used, the spectral peaks that have been related to the deep geology effects will completely vanish for larger source-to-site distances, while in the case when solely the deep geology is considered, the peaks related to the shallow geology will not be visible for any distance. As for the amplitudes in the vertical direction, although both the shallow and the deep geology effects are less expressed than in the horizontal one, they still cannot be neglected—the deep geology effects are visible for a wider range of vibration periods, while the shallow geology has some effects only for periods smaller than ~0.3 s.  相似文献   

Fusion of remote sensing images     

V. R. S. Mani  S. Arivazhagan 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2015,86(6):726-732

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Biotechnological advances in bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystems: an overview with special reference to phytoremediation   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

D. Mani  Chitranjan Kumar 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2014,11(3):843-872

The ability of heavy metals bioaccumulation to cause toxicity in biological systems—human, animals, microorganisms and plants—is an important issue for environmental health and safety. Recent biotechnological approaches for bioremediation include biomineralization (mineral synthesis by living organisms or biomaterials), biosorption (dead microbial and renewable agricultural biomass), phytostabilization (immobilization in plant roots), hyperaccumulation (exceptional metal concentration in plant shoots), dendroremediation (growing trees in polluted soils), biostimulation (stimulating living microbial population), rhizoremediation (plant and microbe), mycoremediation (stimulating living fungi/mycelial ultrafiltration), cyanoremediation (stimulating algal mass for remediation) and genoremediation (stimulating gene for remediation process). The adequate restoration of the environment requires cooperation, integration and assimilation of such biotechnological advances along with traditional and ethical wisdom to unravel the mystery of nature in the emerging field of bioremediation. This review highlights better understanding of the problems associated with the toxicity of heavy metals to the contaminated ecosystems and their viable, sustainable and eco-friendly bioremediation technologies, especially the mechanisms of phytoremediation of heavy metals along with some case studies in India and abroad. However, the challenges (biosafety assessment and genetic pollution) involved in adopting the new initiatives for cleaning-up the heavy metals-contaminated ecosystems from both ecological and greener point of view must not be ignored.  相似文献   

Infrared photometry and spectrophotometry of Comet Halley     

Chen Pei-sheng  Gao Heng  Zhang Yun  Chen Yan-kang  Yang Jing  Mei Mani 《Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics》1987,11(4):309-311

We report on our photometric and spectrophotmetric measurement of Comet Halley in near infrared. The observations confirmed the explosion found in the preceding article and showed the post-explosion behaviour of the comet was different in the visible and the infrared. Water emission lines at 1.4 cm and 1.9 cm were found.  相似文献