Cloud–aerosol coupled index in estimating the break phase of Indian summer monsoon     

Sutapa Chaudhuri  Jayanti Pal 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2014,118(3):447-464

The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is largely influenced by intra-seasonal variability like break and active phases of monsoon. In the present study, different cloud and aerosol parameters are considered and analyzed to formulate a cloud–aerosol coupled index (CACI) that can aid in forecasting the break phase of ISM. The method of principal component analysis is implemented to identify the significant cloud and aerosol parameters during break and active phases of ISM. The threshold ranges of each parameter are evaluated by using the normal probability density function. The result reveals that for break phase, the significant parameters are cloud water path (CWP), cloud optical depth, aerosol index, zonal wind (ZW), and meridional wind (MW) at 850 hPa pressure level whereas for active phase, the parameters found to be important are aerosol optical depth, CWP, ZW, and MW at 850 hPa pressure level. The significantly correlated (p?相似文献   

A comparative assessment of Kalpana-1 and MISR cloud tracked winds over the Indian Ocean region     

S. K. Deb  Inderpreet Kaur  C. M. Kishtawal  P. K. Pal 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2015,121(3-4):425-443

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Faulting in Deccan Traps in the vicinity of Koyna-Warna Seismic Zone     

Neha Bhave  M. Imran Siddique  Jayesh Desai  Shilpa Patil Pillai  Gauri Dole  Himanshu Kulkarni  Vivek S. Kale 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2017,90(6):748-751

Studies of sustained activity in the Koyna — Warna Seismic Zone have yielded several models of faults in the basement of the Deccan Traps inferred from geophysical and seismic signatures. There is however, a dearth of unambiguous surface manifestations of such faults, apart from the surface ruptures from the epicentral zone of the December, 1967 earthquake. We report for the first time, an exposed NW-SE trending reverse fault in the Deccan Trap basalts from this region.  相似文献   

Soil erosion potential hotspot zone identification using machine learning and statistical approaches in eastern India     

Chakrabortty  Rabin  Pal  Subodh Chandra  Sahana  Mehebub  Mondal  Ayan  Dou  Jie  Pham  Binh Thai  Yunus  Ali P. 《Natural Hazards》2020,104(2):1259-1294

Natural Hazards - Land degradation is very severe in the subtropical monsoon-dominated region due to the uncertainty of rainfall in the long term, and most of the rainfall occurs with high...  相似文献   

Fossils Explained 83: Diversity of skull morphology in the Titanosauria     

Saurabh Pal 《Geology Today》2023,39(1):31-35

Titanosaurs were a globally distributed group of sauropod dinosaurs. They had diverse forms and a wide-gauge stance, with a few of their species reaching immense sizes, such as Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Patagotitan mayorum (reaching >35 m in length). There are about 100 valid titanosaur species known so far, but most of the originally described species are no longer valid, due to the incomplete nature of fossil materials. Our understanding of titanosaur skull morphology is based on very few incomplete fragmented cranial materials and findings of the complete skull are even rarer. Understanding the skull morphology of extinct animals helps palaeontologists make deductions of feeding mechanisms and also provide an idea about their appearance when they were alive. Diversity in titanosaur skull morphology is greater than that of any other sauropod clade, indicating diversity in feeding mechanism among these dinosaurs. Titanosaurs were the last surviving clade of sauropod dinosaurs, occupying nearly every ecological niche around the world during the Late Cretaceous, and resulting in a rich diversity in this group. This article highlights diversity in the basic structure of sauropods with special emphasis on titanosaur skull morphology.  相似文献