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   

A comparative study of different dielectric models—computation of representative dielectric profiles of black soils     

K. S. Rao  Girish Chandra  C. Suresh Raju 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》1987,15(2):53-63

The dielectric property of the soil is an important parameter for microwave remote sensing. Therefore an attempt is made to study and compare the models for the dielectric constant of moist soils by considering three soil types namely Haldi series (sandy loam), Hathiapathar series (silt loam) and Jambria series (clay) and at frequencies 1.4, 4.0 and 18.0 GHz. The semiempirical models of Wang et al. (1980) and Dobson et al (1985) predict more or les same results in the domain of their applicability. However, at lower frequencies below 1.0 GHz, the imaginary part of dielectric constant shows a decreasing trend with decreasing frequency for Wang et al (1980) model whereas it shows reverse trend for Dobson et al (1985) model. The soil texture and frequency dependence of dielectric constant have been investigated for Indian soils. Some of the representative dielectric profiles of black soils of Pune have been computed using semiempirical model of Dobson et al (1985) which are useful for the development of multifrequency models for the study of soil moisture.  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   

Instability due to time delay and its compensation in active control of structures     

Anil K. Agrawal  Yozo Fujino  Binod K. Bhartia 《地震工程与结构动力学》1993,22(3):211-224

Time delay problem and its compensation in active control of civil engineering structures were studied. It has been shown by stability analysis of a SDOF system with time delayed feedback that the maximum allowable time delay depends not only on the natural period of the structure but also on feedback gains. We have demonstrated by numerical simulation that the performance of the control system degrades significantly when the time delay is close to this value and it even becomes unstable when time delay is greater than or equal to this value. The maximum allowable time delay decreases with decrease in natural period of the structure as well as with increase in active damping. The paper presents a technique for compensation by modelling time delay as transportation lag. This method ensures the stability of the controlled system as well as the desired response reduction.  相似文献   

On coda waves of earthquakes     

Sushil Chandra Das Gupta 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1959,43(1):45-74

Summary Coda waves viz. the tail portion of an earthquake record have been observed and analysed byCarder, Macelwane and others. They showed that the periods of such waves increase with the increase of epicentral distances.Carder observed that these waves have very little transverse component so that these may be considered as of the type of Rayleigh waves. RecentlyOmote showed that the Coda waves contain three periodsT ₁,T ₂,T ₃ of whichT ₁ increases with epi-central distances as observed by previous observers. ButT ₂,T ₃ remain constant for all earthquakes from different epicentral distances.Omote tried to explain this phenomenon by considering that the surface of the earth consists of several layers andT ₂,T ₃ are free oscillation periods of the surface layers.T ₁ period has been explained bySezawa and also byJeffreys which has been shown byGutenberg. The author has attempted to explain the periodsT ₂,T ₃ by considering passage of cracks at the focal region. The Rayleigh wave character of Coda waves and low velocity of such waves have been explained.  相似文献   

Electromagnetic scattering due to deformed inhomogeneous bodies (Part I: Sphere)     

Upendra Raval  Chandra P. Gupta 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1971,87(1):134-145

Summary The potential technique of the perturbation has been employed to find the analytical expressions for the response of conducting bodies of irregular shapes. In Part I spherical bodies and in Part II cylindrical ones are considered. The conductivities are assumed to be finite and radially varying. The deformation of the boundaries in both the cases are considered to be of the typek _p =r ₀[1++f ₁(, )] where is the perturbation parameter. Calculations have been made for uniform as well as non-uniform excitation fields. Since the models represent the geological ore-formation more closely, the results will find application in preparing type curves for induction prospecting.N.G.R.I. Contribution No. 70-194.  相似文献   

The solar and lunar daily geomagnetic variation of declination at Trevandrum, 1853–1869     

Sydney Chapman  Jagdish Chandra Gupta 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1971,87(1):93-101

Summary The eye readings of easterly declination at Trevandrum observatory have been analysed to determine solar and lunar daily vatiations. Hourly readings during February 1853 to February 1865 are analysed by Chapman-Miller method. The 8 values read at unequidistant day-time hours during March 1865 to December 1869 are analysed to compute the amplitude and phase of the semimonthly wave at each of the hours separately. The semi-monthly lunar wave obtained from the hourly readings shows a considerable night-time variation. A brief discussion of the results is also given.Contributions from the Earth Physics Branch, No. 323  相似文献   

Waves and stresses produced in an elastic medium due to impulsive radial forces and twist on the surface of a spherical cavity     

Sushil Chandra Das Gupta 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1954,27(1):1-6

Summary Displacements and stresses produced by impulsive radial pressure and by impulsive twists have been determined. In the former case total flow of energy across a spherical boundary has been obtained.  相似文献