Planning based on agro-ecological zoning aims at scientific management of regional resources to meet the food, fibre, fodder
and fuel wood requirements without adversely affecting the status of natural resources and environment. An attempt has been
made to map the agro-ecological units for Vellore district of Tamil Nadu and derive the crop-zone map for the four major crops
namely, paddy, sugarcane, groundnut and millets. The basic theory of FAO framework for Land Evaluation was adopted to define
the suitability of crops. Land quality details necessary for evaluating the agro-land suitability of crops and for delineating
the agroecological units include the terrain, soil and climatic characteristics. Agro-ecological units map was generated by
overlaying the agro-edaphic and agroclimatic map layers in GIS. The agro-land suitability map was generated by matching the
crop requirement details with the land qualities. The results of the suitability evaluation, when compared with the current
land use statistics of these crops showed that area cultivated is less than the area suitable for these crops. 相似文献
VLA observations at 2 and 6 cm have been obtained for six hydrogen-deficient stars R CrB, HD 160641, BD — 9°4395, V348 Sgr,
MV Sgr and Sgrv Upper limits to the massloss rates have been estimated for some of these using the upper limits to the radio flux density.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array is operated by Associated Universities Inc. under contract with National
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VLA observations at 6 cm have been obtained for three hydrogen-deficient objects υ Sgr, V 348 Sgr, and A bell 58. A bell 58
was also observed at 2 cm. Only upper limits to the flux density could be set for these sources. A new radio source at 6 cm
was found in the field of υ Sgr.
The upper limit for 6 cm flux density of V348 Sgr sets an upper limit to its reddening asE(B–V) ≤ 0.65. The hydrogen deficient planetary nebula A 58 shows much lower radio flux than expected from the infrared-radio flux
density relationship of planetary nebulae.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array is operated by Associated Universities Inc. under contract with National
Science Foundation, USA. 相似文献
In the estimation of momentum fluxes over land surfaces by the bulk aerodynamic method, no unique value of the drag coefficient
(CD) is found in the literature. The drag coefficient is generally estimated from special observations at different parts of
the world. In this study an attempt is made to estimate drag coefficient over the western desert sector of India using data
sets of Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment (MONTBLEX) during the summer monsoon season of 1990. For this purpose, the
fast and slow response data sets obtained simultaneously from a 30 m high micro-meteorological tower at Jodhpur are used.
All the observations used in this study are confined to a wind speed regime of 2.5–9.0 ms−1.
A comparison of momentum fluxes computed by eddy correlation (direct estimation) with profile and bulk aerodynamic (CD = 3.9 × 10−3, Garratt, 1977) methods revealed that though the nature of variation of the fluxes by all these methods is almost similar,
both the indirect methods give an under-estimated value of the fluxes. The drag coefficient is estimated as a function of
wind speed and surface stability by a multiple regression approach. An average value of the estimated drag coefficient is
found to be of the order of 5.43 × 10−3. The estimated value ofCD is validated with a set of independent observations and found to be quite satisfactory. The recomputed momentum fluxes by
bulk aerodynamic method using the estimated drag coefficient are in close agreement with the directly estimated fluxes. 相似文献
We study the spatio-temporal variability of Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) and associated integrated water vapor and atmospheric parameters over the Euro-Atlantic region using long-term reanalysis datasets. Winds, temperature, and specific humidity at different pressure levels during 1979–2018 are used to study the water vapor transport integrated between 1000 and 300 hPa (IVT300) in mapping ARs. The intensity of ARs in the North Atlantic has been increasing in recent times (2009–2018) with large decadal variability and poleward shift (~ 5° towards the North) in landfall during 1999–2018. Though different reanalysis datasets show similar spatial patterns of IVT300 in mapping ARs, bias in specific humidity and wind components led to IVT300 mean bias of 50 kg m−1 s−1 in different reanalysis products compared to ERA5. The magnitude of winds and specific humidity in the lower atmosphere (below 750 hPa) dominates the total column water vapor and intensity of ARs in the North Atlantic. Reanalysis datasets in the central North Atlantic show an IVT300 standard deviation of 200 kg m−1 s−1 which is around 33% of the ARs climatology (~ 600 kg m−1 s−1). Though ARs have a higher frequency of landfalling over Western Europe in winter half-year, the intensity of IVT300 in winter ARs is 3% lower than the annual mean. The lower frequency of ARs in the summer half-year shows 3% higher IVT300 than the annual mean. While ARs in the North Atlantic show a strong decadal change in frequency and path, the impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Scandinavian blocking on the location of landfall of ARs are significant. Furthermore, there is a strong latitudinal dependence of the source of moisture flux in the open ocean, contributing to the formation and strengthening ARs.
In this study, the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission based Microwave Imager estimates (2A12) have been used to compare and contrast the characteristics of cloud liquid water and ice over the Indian land region and the ocean surrounding it, during the premonsoon (May) and monsoon (June–September) seasons. Based on the spatial homogeneity of rainfall, we have selected five regions for our study (three over ocean, two over land). Comparison across three ocean regions suggests that the cloud liquid water (CLW) over the orographically influenced Arabian Sea (close to the Indian west coast) behaves differently from the CLW over a trapped ocean (Bay of Bengal) or an open ocean (equatorial Indian Ocean). Specifically, the Arabian Sea region shows higher liquid water for a lower range of rainfall, whereas the Bay of Bengal and the equatorial Indian Ocean show higher liquid water for a higher range of rainfall. Apart from geographic differences, we also documented seasonal differences by comparing CLW profiles between monsoon and premonsoon periods, as well as between early and peak phases of the monsoon. We find that the CLW during the lean periods of rainfall (May or June) is higher than during the peak and late monsoon season (July–September) for raining clouds. As active and break phases are important signatures of the monsoon progression, we also analysed the differences in CLW during various phases of the monsoon, namely, active, break, active-to-break and break-to-active transition phases. We find that the cloud liquid water content during the break-to-active transition phase is significantly higher than during the active-to-break transition phase over central India. We speculate that this could be attributed to higher amount of aerosol loading over this region during the break phase. We lend credence to this aerosol-CLW/rain association by comparing the central Indian CLW with that over southeast Asia (where the aerosol loading is significantly smaller) and find that in the latter region, there are no significant differences in CLW during the different phases of the monsoon. While our hypothesis needs to be further investigated with numerical models, the results presented in this study can potentially serve as a good benchmark in evaluating the performance of cloud resolving models over the Indian region. 相似文献
During the magnetic storm of 21st March 1990, the DE-1 spacecraft encountered the auroral region at high invariant latitude
at altitudes ranging from a few thousand kilometers in the ionosphere to many earth radii in the magnetosphere. The magnetic
field perturbations interpretable as field aligned current (FAC) layers and the electrostatic turbulence possibly due to electrostatic
ion acoustic instability driven by these currents are shown. The critical drift velocity of Hot Plasma Torus (HPT) electrons
and the growth rate of ion acoustic wave as a function of electron to ion temperature ratio (Te/Ti) for low and high current densities and energy of HPT electrons are found out. The intense FAC destabilizes the ion acoustic
wave and the resultant electrostatic turbulence creates an anomalous resistivity. The current driven resistivity produces
parallel electric field and high power dissipation. The anomalous resistivityη, potential difference along the auroral field lines Vt|, intensity of electric field turbulenceEt| and power produced per unit volumeP are computed. It is found that the change in westward magnetic perturbation increasesJt|, η, Vt|, Et| andP. Hence HPT electrons are heated and accelerated due to power dissipation during magnetically active periods in the auroral
region. Concerning, applications, such HPT electrons can be used in particle accelerators like electron ring accelerator,
smokatron etc. 相似文献
The absolute magnitudeMv of the hydrogen deficient binary υ Sgr has been estimated as -4.8 ± 1.0 from the distribution of the interstellar reddening,
polarization and interstellar lines of the surrounding stars. From the ANS observations obtained at the time of the secondary
eclipse, it appears that the hotter secondary is surrounded by a disc with colours of a B8-B9 star. The λ 1550 CIv absorption
line arising in the stellar wind does not show any change in strength during the secondary minimum. The upper limit to the
mass-loss rate from the high temperature wind is estimated as ≤ 5 × 10-7 M⊙ yr-1 from the 2 cm and 6 cm radio observations.
Based on observations obtained with the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite and VLA. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s
Very Large Array at Socorro, New Mexico is operated by Associated Universities Inc. under contract with the National Science
Foundation. 相似文献
The Nilgiri Mountains of south India is considered unique by anthropologists, geologists, climatologists, botanists as well as tourists. It has remained a subject of constant study and research over the last two centuries. Man-nature balance had continued undisturbed in the Nilgiris for thousands of years until the early 19th century when it became a British colony attracting, in due course, various developmental activities. Subsequently, the Nilgiris and its popular hill stations emerged as favourite places for the British population in India for rest and recuperation, game and for raising commercial plantations. In the process, the traditional indigenous crops were replaced by “English“ vegetables and the natural forests gave way to commercial plantations of coffee, tea and other exotic species of trees. 相似文献