Chemical Composition of Dew Resulting from Radiative Cooling at a Semi-arid Site in Agra, India     

Anita Lakhani  Ravindra Singh Parmar  Satya Prakash 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2012,169(5-6):859-871

Dew samples were collected between October 2007 and February 2008 from a suburban site in Agra. pH, conductivity, major inorganic ions (F^?, Cl^?, NO ₃ ^? , SO ₄ ^2? , Na⁺, K⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, and NH ₄ ⁺ ), and some trace metals (Cr, Sn, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Mn, Fe, Si, Al, V, and Cu) were determined to study the chemistry of dew water. The mean pH was 7.3, and the samples exhibited high ionic concentrations. Dew chemistry suggested both natural and anthropogenic influences, with acidity being neutralized by atmospheric ammonia and soil constituents. Ion deposition flux varied from 0.25 to 3.0?neq?m^?2?s^?1, with maximum values for Ca²⁺ followed by NH ₄ ⁺ , Mg²⁺, SO ₄ ^2? , Cl^?, NO ₃ ^? , Na⁺, K⁺, and F^?. Concentrations of trace metals varied from 0.13 to 48?μg?l^?1 with maximum concentrations of Si and minimum concentration of Cd. Correlation analysis suggested their contributions from both crustal and anthropogenic sources.  相似文献   

Natural radioactivity distribution studies in Trivandrum district,Kerala, India     

G. K. Raju  John Mathai  G. R. Ravindra Kumar  N. G. K. Nair 《Journal of Earth System Science》1986,95(3):397-407

The distribution pattern of radioactive minerals in Trivandrum district of Kerala has been investigated. The surface radioactivity was measured employing a jeep-mounted four-channel gamma-ray spectrometer coupled to a high volume Na I (T1) crystal detector. The distribution of radioactivity has been correlated with the corresponding litho-units and major structures of the study area. The total countrate from sedimentaries including beach sands and pegmatite rich zones (～ 3,500 CPS) are significantly higher than that of the laterites and gneisses which are substantiated by laboratory studies.  相似文献   

Long Term Variations in Chromospheric Features from Ca-K Images at Kodaikanal     

Muthu Priyal  Jagdev Singh  B. Ravindra  T. G. Priya  K. Amareswari 《Solar physics》2014,289(1):137-152

There is a collection of about 100 years of Ca-K line spectroheliograms at the Kodaikanal Observatory (KKL) obtained on daily basis with a single instrument that can be used to study long term variations of various chromospheric features. All the Ca-K images have been digitized using specially developed digitizers with uniform and highly stable light source, high quality lens and 4k×4k format CCD camera. The digitization has been carried out in a room with controlled temperature and humidity. The digitized data are in 16-bit format with pixel resolution of 0.86 arcsec. The digitized images have been calibrated by a process that includes flat-fielding, density to intensity conversion, centering the image, and rotation of the image to make the solar north pole in the fixed direction. Then we applied correction for the limb darkening effect and also made the background in the image uniform. The image background was normalized to unity that enabled us to use the intensity contrast to identify different features, such as plages, enhanced (EN), active (AN), and quite network on images and classified them by using different image contrast and area threshold values. After several experiments with different threshold values for different features and careful analysis of a large number of images, we could fix the threshold values of intensity contrast larger than 1.35 and area larger than 1 arcmin² for plages, larger than 1.35 but area less than 1 arcmin² for EN, and between 1.25?–?1.35 for AN. We compared the quarterly averaged and half yearly averaged plage areas obtained from KKL with the Mount Wilson (MWO) data and sunspot number. We find that the plage area extracted from the KKL is highly correlated with the MWO plage area, though there is a slight difference between the two data set in cycle 19. The plage area of KKL is also highly correlated with the sunspot number. The areas of EN and AN are also found to have smaller quasi-periodic variations apart from the solar cycle variations.  相似文献   

Monsoon-Driven Geomorphological Changes Along the West Coast of Sri Lanka: A Combined Approach Utilizing ‘CoastSat’ and Google Earth Engine     

Gunasinghe  Gunasinghage Prasadh  Ratnayake  Nalin Prasanna  Ratnayake  Amila Sandaruwan  Samaradivakara  G. V. I.  Dushyantha  Nimila Praneeth  Jayaratne  Ravindra  Dinusha  Kodithuwakka Arachchige  Silva  Akalanka 《Ocean Science Journal》2022,57(3):475-492

Ocean Science Journal - Long-term field monitoring of shoreline changes is time-consuming, expensive, and labor-intensive. Instead, satellite images can be used as an alternative method to collect...  相似文献   

Near InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (NIRIS) for ground-based mesospheric OH(6-2) and $$\hbox {O}_{2}$$(0-1) intensity and temperature measurements     

Ravindra P Singh  Duggirala Pallamraju 《Journal of Earth System Science》2017,126(6):88

This paper describes the development of a new Near InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (NIRIS) which is capable of simultaneous measurements of OH(6-2) Meinel and \(\hbox {O}_{2}\)(0-1) atmospheric band nightglow emission intensities. In this spectrographic technique, rotational line ratios are obtained to derive temperatures corresponding to the emission altitudes of 87 and 94 km. NIRIS has been commissioned for continuous operation from optical aeronomy observatory, Gurushikhar, Mount Abu (\(24.6^{\circ }\hbox {N}\), \(72.8^{\circ }\hbox {E}\)) since January 2013. NIRIS uses a diffraction grating of 1200 lines \(\hbox {mm}^{-1}\) and 1024\(\times \)1024 pixels thermoelectrically cooled CCD camera and has a large field-of-view (FOV) of \(80^{\circ }\) along the slit orientation. The data analysis methodology adopted for the derivation of mesospheric temperatures is also described in detail. The observed NIRIS temperatures show good correspondence with satellite (SABER) derived temperatures and exhibit both tidal and gravity waves (GW) like features. From the time taken for phase propagation in the emission intensities between these two altitudes, vertical phase speed of gravity waves, \(c_{z}\), is calculated and along with the coherent GW time period ‘\(\tau \)’, the vertical wavelength, \(\lambda _{z}\), is obtained. Using large FOV observations from NIRIS, the meridional wavelengths, \(\lambda _{y}\), are also calculated. We have used one year of data to study the possible cause(s) for the occurrences of mesospheric temperature inversions (MTIs). From the statistics obtained for 234 nights, it appears that in situ chemical heating is mainly responsible for the observed MTIs than the vertical propagation of the waves. Thus, this paper describes a novel near infrared imaging spectrograph, its working principle, data analysis method for deriving OH and \(\hbox {O}_{2}\) emission intensities and the corresponding rotational temperatures at these altitudes, derivation of gravity wave parameters (\(\tau \), \(c_{z}\), \(\lambda _{z}\), and \(\lambda _{y})\), and results on the statistical study of MTIs that exist in the earth’s mesospheric altitudes.  相似文献   

Metallic Pb nanospheres in ultra-high temperature metamorphosed zircon from southern India     

Whitehouse  M. J.  Kusiak  M. A.  Wirth  R.  Ravindra Kumar  G. R. 《Mineralogy and Petrology》2017,111(4):467-474

Mineralogy and Petrology - A transmission electron microscope (TEM) study of Paleoproterozoic zircon that has experienced ultra-high temperature (UHT) metamorphism at ca. 570 Ma in the...  相似文献   

Geochemical characteristics and controlling factors of chemical composition of groundwater in a part of Guntur district,Andhra Pradesh,India     

N. Subba Rao  Deepali Marghade  A. Dinakar  I. Chandana  B. Sunitha  B. Ravindra  T. Balaji 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2017,76(21):747

A survey on quality of groundwater was carried out for assessing the geochemical characteristics and controlling factors of chemical composition of groundwater in a part of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, where the area is underlain by Peninsular Gneissic Complex. The results of the groundwater chemistry show a variation in pH, EC, TDS, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, HCO₃ ^?, Cl^?, SO₄ ^2?, NO₃ ^? and F^?. The chemical composition of groundwater is mainly characterized by Na⁺?HCO₃ ^? facies. Hydrogeochemical type transits from Na⁺–Cl^?–HCO₃ ^? to Na⁺–HCO₃ ^?–Cl^? along the flow path. Graphical and binary diagrams, correlation coefficients and saturation indices clearly explain that the chemical composition of groundwater is mainly controlled by geogenic processes (rock weathering, mineral dissolution, ion exchange and evaporation) and anthropogenic sources (irrigation return flow, wastewater, agrochemicals and constructional activities). The principal component (PC) analysis transforms the chemical variables into four PCs, which account for 87% of the total variance of the groundwater chemistry. The PC I has high positive loadings of pH, HCO₃ ^?, NO₃ ^?, K⁺, Mg²⁺ and F^?, attributing to mineral weathering and dissolution, and agrochemicals (nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizers). The PC II loadings are highly positive for Na⁺, TDS, Cl^? and F^?, representing the rock weathering, mineral dissolution, ion exchange, evaporation, irrigation return flow and phosphate fertilizers. The PC III shows high loading of Ca²⁺, which is caused by mineral weathering and dissolution, and constructional activities. The PC IV has high positive loading of Mg²⁺ and SO₄ ^2?, measuring the mineral weathering and dissolution, and soil amendments. The spatial distribution of PC scores explains that the geogenic processes are the primary contributors and man-made activities are the secondary factors responsible for modifications of groundwater chemistry. Further, geochemical modeling of groundwater also clearly confirms the water–rock interactions with respect to the phases of calcite, dolomite, fluorite, halite, gypsum, K-feldspar, albite and CO₂, which are the prime factors controlling the chemistry of groundwater, while the rate of reaction and intensity are influenced by climate and anthropogenic activities. The study helps as baseline information to assess the sources of factors controlling the chemical composition of groundwater and also in enhancing the groundwater quality management.  相似文献