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Analysis of field measurements of carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes
Analysis of the field measurements of carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes is discussed. These data were examined in conjunction with reflectance obtained from helicopter mounted Modular Multiband Radiometer. These measurements are representative of the canopy scale (10 to 100 m)(exp 2) and provide a good basis for investigating the hypotheses/relationship potentially useful in remote sensing applications. All the micrometeorological data collected during FIFE-89 were processed and fluxes of CO2, water vapor, and sensible heat were calculated. Soil CO2 fluxes were also estimated. Employing these soil CO2 flux values, in conjunction with micrometeorological measurements, canopy photosynthesis is being estimated. A biochemical model of leaf photosynthesis was adapted to the prairie vegetation. The modeled leaf photosynthesis rates were scaled up to the canopy level. This model and a multiplicative stomatal conductance model are also used to calculate canopy conductance
Analysis of soil and species composition
Measurements were made during May to October, 1987 and June to August, 1989 over a tallgrass prairie near Manhattan, Kansas. Soil at the experimental site is predominantly Dwight silty clay loam. The prairie was burned on 16 April 1987 and on 28 April 1989 to improve the mix of grasses and forbs. The experimental area was not grazed during 1986 - 1989. A summary of results are given for soil moisture and plant growth; momentum flux and canopy aerodynamic characteristics; evapotranspiration, components of energy balance and canopy conductance; modeling canopy stomatal conductance; canopy photosynthesis, photosynthetic efficiency and water use efficiency; modeling canopy photosynthesis; the carbon dioxide budget in a temperate grassland ecosystem; and photosynthesis and stomatal conductance related to reflectance on the canopy scale
Opto-mechanical effects in self-organization of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical cavity
The influence of mirror motion on the spatial self organization of a
Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical cavity is studied. We show that
the mirror dynamics tends to destroy the process of self organization. An
additional external phonon pump is shown to modify the critical photon pump
needed to observe the onset of self organization.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
Field theoretic calculation of scalar turbulence
The cascade rate of passive scalar and Bachelor's constant in scalar
turbulence are calculated using the flux formula. This calculation is done to
first order in perturbation series. Batchelor's constant in three dimension is
found to be approximately 1.25. In higher dimension, the constant increases as
.Comment: RevTex4, publ. in Int. J. Mod. Phy. B, v.15, p.3419, 200
Quark-lepton complementarity model based predictions for with neutrino mass hierarchy
After the successful investigation and confirmation of non zero
by various experiments, we are standing at a square where
we still encounter a number of issues, which are to be settled. In this paper,
we have extended our recent work towards a precise prediction of the
mixing angle, taking into account the neutrino mass
hierarchy. We parameterize the non-trivial correlation between quark (CKM) and
lepton (PMNS) mixing matrices in quark-lepton complementarity (QLC) model as
, where is a diagonal phase matrix.
Monte Carlo simulations are used to estimate the texture of and compare
the results with the standard Tri-Bi-Maximal (TBM) and Bi-Maximal(BM)
structures of neutrino mixing matrix. We have predicted the value of
for normal and inverted neutrino mass hierarchies. The
value of obtained for two cases are about away
from each other, implying the better precision can give us a strong hint for
the type of neutrino mass hierarchy.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Inherent properties of binary tetrahedral semiconductors
A new approach utilising the concept of ionic charge theory has been used to
explain the inherent properties such as lattice thermal conductivity and bulk
modulus of 3,5 and 2,6 semiconductors. The lattice thermal conductivity of
these semiconductors exhibit a linear relationship when plotted on a log scale
against the nearest neighbour distance but fall on two straight lines according
to the product of the ionic charge of the compounds. On the basis of this
result a simple relationship of lattice thermal conductivity with bulk modulus
is proposed and used to estimate the bulk modulus of these semiconductors. A
fairly good agreement has been found between the experimantal and calculated
values of these parameters for zinc blende structured solids.Comment: 6 pages, 19 reference
Efficient absolute aspect determination of a balloon borne far infrared telescope using a solid state optical photometer
The observational and operational efficiency of the TIFR 1 meter balloon
borne far infrared telescope has been improved by incorporating a multielement
solid state optical photometer (SSOP) at the Cassegrain focus of the telescope.
The SSOP is based on a 1-D linear photo diode array (PDA). The online and
offline processing schemes of the PDA signals which have been developed, lead
to improvement in the determination of absolute telescope aspect (
0\farcm8), which is very crucial for carrying out the observations as well as
offline analysis. The SSOP and its performance during a recent balloon flight
are presented here.Comment: To appear in the February 2000 issue of the PAS
Study of Distribution and Asymmetry of Solar Active Prominences During Solar Cycle 23
In this paper we present the results of a study of the spatial distribution
and asymmetry of solar active prominences (SAP) for the period 1996-2007 (solar
cycle 23). For more meaningful statistical analysis we have analysed the
distribution and asymmetry of SAP in two subdivisions viz. Group1 (ADF, APR,
DSF, CRN, CAP) and Group2 (AFS, ASR, BSD, BSL, DSD, SPY, LPS). The north-south
(N-S) latitudinal distribution shows that the SAP events are most prolific in
the 21-30degree slice in the northern and southern hemispheres and east-west
(E-W) longitudinal distribution study shows that the SAP events are most
prolific (best visible) in the 81-90degree slice in the eastern and western
hemispheres. It has been found that the SAP activity during this cycle is low
compared to previous solar cycles. The present study indicates that during the
rising phase of the cycle the number of SAP events were roughly equal on the
north and south hemispheres. However, activity on the southern hemisphere has
been dominant since 1999. Our statistical study shows that the N-S asymmetry is
more significant then the E-W asymmetry.Comment: 21 pages 5 figures; Published online; 02 October, 2009; Solar Physics
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