Volume 12, 1997

Issue No. 1, January

Calibration of Sources for Spectral Irradiance at NPL
H.C. Kandpal, J.S. Vaishya, D.P. Bahuguna, Sudama and K.C. Joshi
3
Preliminary Investigations of the HK 1000 Mass Comparator at NPL (India) w.r.t. Thermal and Mechanical Effects
Tripurari Lal
13
Thermal Expansion Measurements of Measures of Length and Test Pieces for Use in Dimensional Metrology
J. Suska and J. Tschirnich
17
Excerpts from NIST Special Publication 811-Guide for the Use of the SI
Barry N. Taylor
26
Metrology Society of India : Report of the General Secretary
28
Special Regulations for a Branch of MSI
33
Twentyseventh List of members
35

Issue No. 2-4, April, July and October

The Need for Metrology in Environment
A.R. Verma
1
Area-wide Enviromental Quality Management (AEQM) Concept
P.V. Sridharan
11
Trend Analysis of Greenhouse Gases in the Earth's Environment
A.B. Ghosh. S. Bose and R.C. Sharma
17
Organic Acids in Rainwater of Agra
P. Khare, G.S. Satsangi, N. Kumar, K.M. Kumari and S.S. Srivastava
25
Establishment of Reliability of pH in Precipitation Studies
Monika Jain, U.C. Kulshrestha and D.C. Parashar
29
Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry in Environmental Research
V. Balaram
32
Aspects of Vehicular Pollution Monitoring in Delhi with Special Reference to NOx Measurements
Malti Goel
36
Indirect Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Determination of Nitrite
Ajit K. Sarkar, Mewa Singh, Niranjan Singh and D.C. Parashar
40
Air Pollution in Delhi due to Vehicles
Mahavir Singh
43
Detection of Pollution due to Lead in the Environment
J.C. Trehan and D.C. Parashar
49
Measurements of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Paddy Fields
D.C. Parashar, Prabhat K. Gupta, R.C. Sharma, N. Singh and C. Sharma
52
Intercomparison of Calibration Standards for Methane Emission Studies from Indian Paddy Fields
D.C. Parashar, Prabhat K. Gupta, R.C. Sharma and C. Sharma
56
Reliable Measurement of Mixing Height and Stability Class for EIA
H.N. Dutta and Jaya Naithani
59
Preliminary Measurements of Wind Parameters Using Indigenously Developed Doppler Sodar by SAMEER
J.V. Chande, K. Tuckley, Anil Kulkarni and V.J. Daoo
66
Calibration Requirements of Instruments for EIA
Rakesh Aggarwal, S.K. Gupta, H.N. Dutta, Jaya Naithani and B.S. Gera
70
Temperature Measurement in Relation to Environment, Pollution & Health
N.K. Srivastava
74
Doppler Sodar Measurement of Wind Parameters and Application in Air-Quality Modelling
L.K. Bandyopadhyay, Sujit K. Sinha and B.B Dhar
77
Conceptual Design of a Two-Pressure Humidity Generator
Hari Kishan and R.G. Sharma
81
Measures for Emission Control of Aerosols and other Ozone Depleting Substances and their Destruction Tehnologies
S.S. Verma, Hari Kishan and R.G. Sharma
85
Study of Greenhouse Gases, Autospheric Aerosols and Precipitation over Indian Ocean during INDOEX - 96 Precampaign
Prabhat K. Gupta, U.C. Kulshrestha, S.K. Grover and D.C. Parashar
89
Technique for Approximating the International Temperature Scale 1990 with an Infra-red Radiation Thermometer in the Range-50°C to 1200°C
Mansha Ram, Y.P. Singh and R.G. Sharma
93
Measurement of Aerosols under Differnt Stabilities and Mixing Heights of ABL at Delhi
D.R. Pahwa, B.S. Gera, V.K. Ojha and Gurbir Singh
97
Computer Software for Calibration of Industrial and Master Simple/ Reentrant Type Piston Gauges
Sanjay Yadav, D. Arun Vijay Kumar and A.C. Gupta
101
Monitoring Atmospheric Dispersion Capabilities Using Sodar
B.S. Gera, Neeraj Saxena and Gurbir Singh
109
Humidity Generation in the Laboratory Using Salt Solutions
Hari Kishan, Bhikham Singh, Jokhan Ram, V.P. Wasan, R.S. Khandekar and R.G. Sharma
115
Development of an Aspirated Psychrometer using two Quartz Thermometers
Hari Kishan, Bhikham Singh, V.P. Wasan, R.K. Khandekar, S.S. Verma and R.G. Sharma
119
Humidity Control in a Gas using Divided Flow Technique
Hari Kishan, R.B. Saxena and Shin Maekawa
123
Need for Field Calibration of Distrometers
H.N. Dutta, Jaya Naithani and G.S. Dhillon
127
Remote Measurement Techniques for the Profiling of the Atmospheric Environment :
A Review of Atmospheric Wind Measurement
R.M. Khanna
131
Mass Measurement - A View on Bouyancy Correction
D.C. Sharma, T. Lal and S. Sinha
143
Smart Sensors Pollution Monitoring and Control
V.R. Singh
145
Standardisation of Solar UV-B and Atmospheric Aerosol Charactristics Studied
through Solar Radiation Measurements
Risal Singh
149
Calibration and Measurement of Air UV Radiation Sources and Related Eqiupments at NPL
R.S. Ram
157
Solar Radiation Measurement during the Partial Solar Eclipse on 24th October 1995 at Bombay
N.S. Panchal, Faby Sunny, R.B. Oza and V.J. Daoo
166
Infrared Standards for Evaluation of Environmental Parameters
D. Gupta and S.P. Varma
170
Calibration of Solar UV Meters
R.S. Ram and R.K. Garg
174
Metrology of Ecological and Environmental Friendly Power Generation Technology by Photovoltaics
B.C. Chakravarty
178
Indusrial Application of Tungsten Strip Lamps for Determination of Radiance Temperature and Calibration of Optical Pyrometers
Y.P. Singh, Mansha Ram, R.G. Sharma and Z.H. Zaidi
182
Characterisation of the Response of Atmospheric Environment of the Solar UV-B Induced Erythema Action
Risal Singh, M.C. Sharma and R.S. Tanwar
186
Optical Constants of Some Rare Earth Glasses in 800 nm to 2600 nm Spectral Region
Joginder Singh
190
Preparation of Certified Reference Materials of Trace Elements in Water for Water Quality Assessment and Management at NPL
A.K. Agrawal and Krishan Lal
193
Assessment of Water and Soil Related Factors Affecting Crop Production
B.R. Yadav, Deo Pal, Navindu Gupta and H. Chandrasekharan
203
Quantitative Determination of Anions in Water by Ion-Chromatographic Technique
A.K. Agrawal, Sunita Ganju and Krishan Lal
212
Assessment of Critical Load of Acidity for Agricultural Soil with Respect to Pennisetum Typhoides (Bajra)
G.S. Satsangi, K. Rai, P. Khare, N. Kumar, K.M. Kumari and S.S Srivastava
216
Environmental Impact Assessment in Respect of Noise Pollution under Indian Conditions
V. Mohanan
220
Status of Ambient Noise Enviroment in Neyvely Region - A Case Study
Subrata Sinha and V.K. Jain
232
A Study of Aircraft Induced Noise in Some Residential Areas of Delhi
J.K. Upadhyay and V.K. Jain
237
Surface Analysis, Corrosion Science and Environmental Degradation - A Case Study
B.R. Chakraborty
242
Indoor Air Quality in an Air-conditioned Building in New Delhi and its Relationship to Ambient Air Quality
R.K. Prasad, R. Uma, A. Kansal, S. Gupta, P. Kumar and S. Saksena
249
Laboratory Environment for Evaluation of Trace Constituents in Water
V.G.K. Nair and Jagdish Kumar
253
Environmental Sensing by Polymeric Sensors
S.C.K. Misra, Subhas Chandra, Manju Parihar, S.K. Agarwal, S.R. Vadhera and N. Kumar
257
Environmental System Optimization by Dynamic Programming
N.V. Suryanarayana, N. Padma and N. Durga
261
The Effect of Dust-Laden Air on Human Health : X-ray Studies
D.P. Singh, R.P. Pant, Pradeep Kumar and K.B. Ravat
268
Traceability in Chemical Metrology
Mahesh Chander
272