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Extreme summertime heating and wintertime cooling are characteristics of the lack of heat-absorbing and storing water bodies. Upstream water piracy yielded the downstream Aral Basin disaster making its summer warmer and winter colder than before. CO2 did not play a role there. The lower Ganges basin has been turned into another Aral Sea basin due t...
Lightning is a dangerous natural phenomenon which cannot be replicated artificially because of the enormous strength of the event. Its observation reveals information on why a particular object and not others on the ground will be hit. It is observed that lightning hits tall towering trees, animals, metal objects, animals carrying metal objects, el...
It discusses Delhi's procrastination over solving the Teesta problem. India is not going to give Bangladesh her due share of water because India invests water in (i) producing crops for export, (ii) produces electricity for export, (iii) deposits silts inside Bangladesh instead of on the coast and deals with Bangladesh to grant her loan Bangladesh...
The fifth power altitude dependence of magnetospheric particle precipitation near the geomagnetic equator in the altitude range of 160 to 300 km during moderate geomagnetic conditions has been explained. In the atmosphere, the observed altitude dependence of proton flux can be due to a number of factors such as (i) source attenuation, (ii) charge e...
ABSTRACT
Since the 80’s, the northwestern and the southwestern parts of the tropical Bangladesh located in the
downstream Ganges basin have been having summer temperature above 109°F and winter temperature as
low as 37°F. Every year people, particularly, the infants die from heat-and cold-related diseases and
hospitals become packed-up with the vic...
India has been pirating 60% of the Bangladesh Gangetic ecosystem's water since 1975 after construction of a feeder canal by the Farakka Barrage in the name of maintaining the navigability of the Calcutta Port located at the mouth of the Hooghly River. As a consequence, massive ecocide has unfolded in Bangladesh. India's forced piracy and Bangladesh...
Arsenic contamination has affected the groundwater of the Ganges, Indus, and Mekong basins, afflicting millions of people with arsenicosis. In the Ganges basin, 20% of deaths are related to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Site visitations to and surveys of surface water resources at the affected sites have identified land use and land cover ch...
To find any favored zodiac sign for celebrity births, a sample of 100 celebrities were randomly selected from people of different walks of life. The sample contained politicians, natural scientists, social scientists, authors of literary works, social workers, humanitarian workers, business personnel, sports icons, singers, actors, actresses, etc....
Upstream India and downstream Bangladesh share more than 50 international rivers. India has set up water diversion constructions in more than 50% of these rivers, the largest one being on the Bangladesh's northwest upon the Ganges River, puts Bangladesh's Gangetic ecosystem at stake. In some border rivers, India has set up groins on her side of riv...
A geometrical method developed for a particle detector can be extended for application to the determination of the pitch angle sampling capability of the particle telescope of any orientation and for the parent satellite of any orbital orientation. A unit vector tangent to a dipole geomagnetic field line has been calculated from the dipole magnetic...
The flux of magnetospheric particles is usually a function of energy E magnetic field B McIlwain s parameter L pitch angle alpha latitude lambda longitude phi and time t Since the pitch angle dependence is usually in the form of sin q quad alpha which does not indicate equal number of particles from equal intervals of pitch angle the calculation of...
The Bengal basin has the world's densest water diversion constructions on the natural courses of rivers. The most damaging water diversion construction is the Farakka Barrage upon the international River Ganges. The diversion of water through this barrage and other constructions upstream of it has reduced the Ganges flow rate by 2.5 times. The resu...
Purpose
The purpose is to study the possible environmental impact from a supercenter construction on a 313,643‐m ² land by the Bayou Bartholomew.
Design/methodology/approach
The sources of information were field work, flood maps, flood models, 100 years of rainfall data, soil quality, water infiltration rate, and traffic flows in the areas around...
Incineration strengths of hazardous (2.8×108µg/s) and nonhazardous (6.31×108µg/s) materials were found from the quantities to be incinerated, chemical formulas, and the incineration time. The smoke stack geometry, exhaust dynamics, and different atmospheric stability conditions were used in the Gaussian model to predict the maximum concentration di...
Five fluorescent dyes were evaluated as partitioning tracers for detection and quantification of tetrachloroethylene (PCE): fluorescein, rhodamine WT (RWT), sulforhodamine B (SRB), eosine, and pyranine. Results obtained from batch tests were (a) sorption partitioning coefficients (K p) 0.088±0.025 and 0.091 cm 3/g, for RWT and SRB, respectively (eo...
Climate data pertaining to the Ganges basin in Bangladesh were analysed to find any climatic changes in the wake of the upstream water diversion by the Farakka Barrage. Whereas the diversions have been continuing from at least 30 international rivers upstream of Bangladesh, the diversion from the Ganges is the best known and has a wider coverage th...
Bangladesh faces at least 30 upstream water diversion constructions of which Farakka Barrage is the major one. The effects of Farakka Barrage on water resources, socioeconomy, and culture have been investigated downstream in the basins of the Ganges and its distributaries. A diversion of up to 60% of the Ganges water over 25 yr has caused (i) reduc...
A major challengein ground water remediation is locating nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs).Partitioning tracers can be used to identifyNAPL sources between injection and extraction wells.NAPLs are only slightly soluble in water, pose a long- term source ofgroundwater contamination, and can be difficult to remove. The complexityof recovery processes...
Variation of the quasitrapped component of proton population in the energy range of 0.64 to 35 MeV that peaks over the minimum magnetic field equator has been studied in the thermospheric altitude range of 280 – 850 km using the results of investigations by German satellite AZUR (1969–1970), US S81-1 mission (1982), and Japanese EXOS-C mission (198...
This paper reports the solar condition dependences of the quasi-trapped component (low energy) of the proton population of energy 0.65–35 MeV which peaks in the equatorial zone centered on the minimum magnetic field equator in the altitude range 170–850 km. The proton populations compared pertain to AZUR observation in 1969–1970, S81-1 mission obse...
A study of the temporal variation of quasi-trapped proton population near the geomagnetic equator reveals that the peak value of the equatorially mirroring component may increase by a factor of 50 or more between a solar maximum and a minimum conditions. During a solar maximum condition more hydrogen escape to outer space than during a minimum cond...
A study of the temporal variation of quasi-trapped proton population near the geomagnetic equator reveals that the peak value of the equatorially mirroring component may increase by a factor of 50 or more between a solar maximum and a minimum conditions. During a solar maximum condition more hydrogen escape to outer space than during a minimum cond...
The spatial and temporal features of the peak proton flux detected near the equator in the integral energy channel of 0.64-35MeV by S-1 telescope on board the EXOS-C mission were studied for a period of three years (1984-86). The equatorial zone (±30°geomagnetic latitude) proton data obtained for the angle between the telescope axis and the magneti...
The global precipitation of radiation belt particles at low altitude was investigated, using the ONR-602 experiment on board U.S. Air Force mission S81-1. A combination of a main telescope, beginning analysis at a few MeV/nucleon, and a monitor system, giving results below 1 MeV/nucleon, was designed for measuring particle phenomena characterized b...
Particle precipitation near the equator within + or - 30 deg geomagnetic latitude was investigated by the Phoenix-1 instrumentation on board the S81-1 mission. The monitor telescope on board the mission was sensitive to protons in the energy range 0.6-9.1 MeV, to alpha particles in the energy range 0.4-80 MeV/nucleon and Z equal to or greater than...
Precipitation of low energy protons (-1MeV) at low equatorial altitude has been investigated by the Phoenix-1 experiment on board the S81-1 mission. Results of the analysis of data received by the monitor telescope and their geophysical interpretation are presented. Seven months long observation during geomagnetic average conditions in May through...
A semianalytic program has been developed to map the pitch angles of magnetospheric particles onto a detector telescope acceptance cone. The telescope fractional efficiency is defined as the fraction of the pitch angle cone in common with the telescope cone multiplied by the fractional perpendicular component of the exposed detector area, and norma...
Precipitation of protons in the equatorial zone was investigated by the Phoenix-1 experiment on the S81-1 mission from May to November, 1982. The protons show a precipitation peak along the line of minimum magnetic field strength with a FWHM of 13 deg. The index of equatorial pitch angle distribution is about 19. The peak proton flux shows a fifth-...
Geomagnetically trapped protons in the 0.6- to 9-MeV energy range were measured at latitudes near the geomagnetic equator by the Phoenix 1 experiment on board the S81-1 mission from May to November 1982. The protons show a distribution in latitude along the line of minimum magnetic field strength with a full width at half maximum of about 10 deg bu...
Magnetospheric particles are precipitated at low altitude all over the globe. The study of the physics of the equatorial global zone is important for geospace environment modeling, for knowing the loss processes of radiation belt particles and for the Space Station Project. The equatorial global zone was investigated by the Phoenix-1 experiment on...
The precipitation of magnetospheric particles at low altitude (160 - 300
km) near the geomagnetic equator during moderate geomagnetic conditions
was studied by the ONR-602 experiment on board the S81-1 pallet mission
in 1982. Significant fluxes of low energy (≡1 MeV) protons were
observed, with maximum intensity along the line of minimum magnetic
f...
The article studies over 100 meetings between India and Bangladesh, the resulting temporary water- sharing agreements on the Ganges water, and the Indian grand river networking plan and its potential downstream impact. The Indian Ganges branch, the Hugli, lost its navigability because of dam constructions on its tributaries. India then constructed...
The ONR-602 experiment on board the S81-1 US Air Force mission was used, as one of its objectives, to investigate the global precipitation of radiation belt particles at low altitude. The experiment consisted of two particle telescopes - the main telescope and the monitor telescope. The main telescope performed Pulse-Height Analysis (PHA) on a prio...
