This research project aims to quantify the non-linear dynamics in indoor and outdoor radon concentration levels in seismically active areas. It will measure radon concentrations and associated meteorological parameters both indoors and outdoors over a period of at least one year. Computational techniques will be used to analyze the non-linear behavior of radon concentrations, and statistical analyses will develop correlations between meteorological factors and radon levels. The goal is to develop empirical relationships between radon concentrations, earthquakes in the region, and meteorological parameters to determine if radon can help predict seismic activity.
New methane sensor installed in the arctic oceanSherry Huang
Researcher Kasia Zamelczyk and PhD Candidate Pär Jansson from CAGE participated on the second leg of the RV Polarstern-expedition to the deep- sea observatory Hausgarten.
New methane sensor installed in the arctic oceanSherry Huang
Researcher Kasia Zamelczyk and PhD Candidate Pär Jansson from CAGE participated on the second leg of the RV Polarstern-expedition to the deep- sea observatory Hausgarten.
Trace gas batch inverse problems are often formulated in a Bayesian framework that require minimization of an objective function that takes as an input atmospheric measurements of trace gas concentrations, prior estimates of fluxes, and a transport operator that describes the influence of the sources of fluxes on measurements. As part of minimization, batch inverse problems require computation of covariance matrices that describes the error in measurements and prior fluxes. Most of the computational/data bottlenecks in these inverse problems occur in estimating the transport operator that require processing of terabytes of output generated from a Weather model. Typically, this output is stored on tape storage system that needs to copied or moved into an intermediary storage system for computing the transport operator and finally the covariance matrices that are used in inverse problems. This operation of bringing data to the algorithm is an inefficient and time-delaying way to solve these problems and therefore necessitates development of methods that can work on partitioned observations and transport operator and compute covariance matrices and inverse estimates of fluxes at locations of data storage.
Presentation by ICOS DG Werner Kutsch at the UNFCCC Earth Information Day in UN COP22 on Tue 8 November 2016.
See the Earth Information Day programme: http://unfccc.int/science/workstreams/items/9949.php
Trace gas batch inverse problems are often formulated in a Bayesian framework that require minimization of an objective function that takes as an input atmospheric measurements of trace gas concentrations, prior estimates of fluxes, and a transport operator that describes the influence of the sources of fluxes on measurements. As part of minimization, batch inverse problems require computation of covariance matrices that describes the error in measurements and prior fluxes. Most of the computational/data bottlenecks in these inverse problems occur in estimating the transport operator that require processing of terabytes of output generated from a Weather model. Typically, this output is stored on tape storage system that needs to copied or moved into an intermediary storage system for computing the transport operator and finally the covariance matrices that are used in inverse problems. This operation of bringing data to the algorithm is an inefficient and time-delaying way to solve these problems and therefore necessitates development of methods that can work on partitioned observations and transport operator and compute covariance matrices and inverse estimates of fluxes at locations of data storage.
Presentation by ICOS DG Werner Kutsch at the UNFCCC Earth Information Day in UN COP22 on Tue 8 November 2016.
See the Earth Information Day programme: http://unfccc.int/science/workstreams/items/9949.php
Factors like global warming is leading to rise in Global Temperature, resulting melting polar ice, rising sea levels, high level of air pollution are affecting the quality of living for both men and animals.
Mathematical model for an area source and the point source in an urban areaeSAT Journals
Abstract
A Mathematical model has been developed to study the dispersion of pollutants emitted from an area source and the point source on
the boundary in an urban area. The mathematical model has been solved numerically by using the implicit Crank-Nicolson finite
difference method. The results of this model have been analysed for the dispersion of air pollutants in the urban area downwind and
vertical direction for stable and neutral conditions of the atmosphere in the presence of mesoscale wind. The concentration of
pollutants is less in the upwind side of the centre of heat island and more in the downwind side of the centre of heat island in the case
of mesoscale wind when compared to without mesoscale wind. In the case of stable atmospheric condition, the maximum
concentration of pollutants is observed at the ground surface and near the point source on the boundary. Same phenomenon is
observed in neutral atmospheric condition but the magnitude of concentration of pollutants in the neutral atmospheric condition is
comparatively less than that of the stable atmospheric condition.
Index Terms: Point Source, Area Source, Mesoscale wind
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Geological Investigation of the Mono Basing using ArcGISSachin Mehta
The various geological activity taking place around the Mono Basin Region is extraordinary—and it being the oldest lake in North America, our analysis in this paper makes it even more astounding. Determining the relationships among the geologic points in the region and whether they had effects on one another answered a major question that could help in later studies, research, and work in the area. The particular toolsets used from ArcGIS, such as the ‘Generate Near Table’ analysis was just one of the many incredible and useful ways to gather such important data. Finding that the lake levels of Mono Lake fluctuate a great deal was another important output that occurred from our analyses with ArcGIS. With the Mono-Inyo and volcanic craters occurring in and around the region, our analysis on these particular geological features could possibly help future studies take place.
Sachin Mehta Reno Nevada
New "research" by anti-drilling researchers at Johns Hopkins University that purports to show a connection between fracked shale wells in PA and an increase in radon in PA homes. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers rather simplistically say that levels of radon in PA homes have been going up since 2004--when the first Marcellus Shale well was drilled in the state. They also say prior to 2004 levels of radon in PA homes was pretty much steady-state--that it did not increase. Since the "big thing" that's happened over the past decade is a lot of Marcellus drilling, voila, must be those nasty frackers are the source.
Similar to My PhD Research Proposal-Jamal Ahmed (20)
Predictors of Indoor Radon Concentrations in Pennsylvania, 1989–2013
My PhD Research Proposal-Jamal Ahmed
1. Proposed PhD Research Project
1. Project Title:
Quantification of Non-Linear Dynamics in Indoor and Outdoor Radon Concentration Levels
in Seismically Activated Areas.
2. State of the art:
Whenever an area on our planet is seismically activated either by a volcanic eruption or by
an earthquake, as an immediate result, pores and cracks are formed on the surface of the
earth surrounding the affected area. Since vast Uranium deposits lie deep beneath the earth
surface, so the radiations (decay products of Uranium chain) starts to exhale out of the
pores and cracks. Among those are the two of the noble gases; Radon (Rn-222) and Thoron
(Th-220), they are a good source of information about the impact of seismic activity on the
beneath uranium deposit strengths. Interesting thing is that, there is a notable change in the
values of radon/thoron after the earthquake has occurred. By taking out help from this
unique property, a research study can be planned.
3. Project rationale:
This research project has practical implications in many ways;
i. If the empirical relationship between the radon concentrations and corresponding
reported earthquakes is developed, then, to a limited extent, an earthquake could be
predicted.
ii. If the empirical relationship is developed between the associated meteorological
parameters and the radon values, the radon values pattern can be predicted for a
whole day (12-hours) and a whole night (12-hours).
4. Project description:
In this project, we will measure the radon (Rn-222) concentrations both in indoor as well
as in outdoor environments in the area that is seismically active and will quantify the Non-
Linear Dynamics (i.e. Chaos) of the concentrations. The non-linear behavior in the
measured values of the indoor and outdoor radon will be analyzed by using several
computational techniques such as Sample Entropy, Lyapunov Exponent, Shannon Entropy,
Hurst Exponent etc. Along with the measurements of radon concentrations, the associated
meteorological parameters (air temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity etc.)
will also be monitored. The correlation between different metrological parameters and
radon concentrations will be developed by using statistical techniques like Pearson’s
Correlation, One-way/Two-way ANalysis Of VAriance (ANOVA).
2. An empirical relation will be developed between the measured indoor/outdoor Rn-222
concentrations and associated meteorological parameters. Proceeding further on the same
lines, by collecting the seismic data of earthquakes reported in the project area three months
before and after the project running time, we could developed a relationship linking the
variations in radon values with the prediction of earthquakes in the area.
5. Working program:
In order to develop a core relation between the radon anomalies and the probability of
happening of an earthquake in the region, we will need a large number of radon
concentration measurement values (i.e. data points). It will be in accordance with the
compliance of our project that radon concentrations would have to be measured for a
maximum of one-year period. It will approximately take 3-4 months in developing the
computational techniques in the form of either Fortran or C++ codes and analyzing the
radon values by both computational techniques and statistical methods.
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