Volume 2010, Issue No.6, Dated: 29th June 2010-06-30
Far Infra Red Concrete Belt of Visakhapatnam & failure of rain at the Coast
By Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana
(Retd.prof of Physics, SU) 17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipeta.P.O, Visakhapatnam-530002, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Email ID: kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT:
The imposing images of the sudden over-layered cloud masses at the Beach Coast of Visakhapatnam showed, a breath taking view and people were afraid of promise of extraordinary heavy rain. The scenario has just fizzled out within a few hours time from 4:30PM to 8:30PM. The author has given the explanation of presence of “Far Infra Red emitting Concrete belt of the Coast” of Visakhapatnam as directly responsible for the fizzling out of the heavy rain. It obviously rained in the vegetative and low-lying areas of the Visakhapatnam district. What is not noted is that on warm and especially hot days of weather that concrete belt structure, acts as heat reservoir and converts this stored heat of Infra Red absorption into Far Infra Red rays. These rays do not pass through the cloud masses but only get reflected back on to the surface. So the emitted radiations confine between the cloud and the surface. People may term it as green-house effect but is distinct from it.
Keywords: Weather, Cloud mass, Far Infra Red, heavy rain, Concrete Belt of the Coast, A New Effect
Introduction:
Thanks to the fore thought of the learned Professor of Andhra University who has made it obligatory for every student of Physics at B.Sc. and M.Sc. to study the book on Theory of Heat by Meganath Saha of Kolkata. The book has given the first time the possible affect of the Concrete terraced buildings in emitting the far infra red radiation inside the houses with peak discomfiture to sleeping people at around 2:30AM on hot summer days. Virtually, the rays would cook the flesh of the people by warmth of the radiation. This simple finding by him has not been digested by many of our builders and urban authority development to realize the importance of manmade disasters.
Concrete Belt at the Coast of Visakhapatnam:
In about hardly twenty years time the development of the Visakhapatnam coastal region fell in the hands of builders who are unaware and uneducated of the manmade disasters. The late Dr Marthanda Shastri, a once upon a time Medical Doctor of Andhra University Campus has admired the coastal region of Visakhapatnam to surpass in its vegetative scenario and natural beauty to surpass even the most scenario spots of the western countries. In fact, during the war time, the Andhra University area was considered best for a healthy dominion hospital location, to cater the welfare of Scandinavian and other western countries people.
29th June 2010:
This day would be unforgettable for the over-layered heavy cloud masses that gathered within a span of an hour around 4:30PM and gave a breath taking view of the coastal scenario with the Bay of Bengal Sea completely reflecting the dark cloud colour of the overcast sky. The colour of the sea is totally different from what one normally finds at the coast. The colour promised as if the sea and the land were to unite to form a huge bowl of a cloud mass. Only the Hilly regions and the far away mountains looked bright without the cloud cover.
The images below give a vivid description of the weather event of 29th June 2010 at Visakhapatnam beach coast.
ABSTRACT:
The imposing images of the sudden over-layered cloud masses at the Beach Coast of Visakhapatnam showed, a breath taking view and people were afraid of promise of extraordinary heavy rain. The scenario has just fizzled out within a few hours time from 4:30PM to 8:30PM. The author has given the explanation of presence of “Far Infra Red emitting Concrete belt of the Coast” of Visakhapatnam as directly responsible for the fizzling out of the heavy rain. It obviously rained in the vegetative and low-lying areas of the Visakhapatnam district. What is not noted is that on warm and especially hot days of weather that concrete belt structure, acts as heat reservoir and converts this stored heat of Infra Red absorption into Far Infra Red rays. These rays do not pass through the cloud masses but only get reflected back on to the surface. So the emitted radiations confine between the cloud and the surface. People may term it as green-house effect but is distinct from it.
Keywords: Weather, Cloud mass, Far Infra Red, heavy rain, Concrete Belt of the Coast, A New Effect
Introduction:
Thanks to the fore thought of the learned Professor of Andhra University who has made it obligatory for every student of Physics at B.Sc. and M.Sc. to study the book on Theory of Heat by Meganath Saha of Kolkata. The book has given the first time the possible affect of the Concrete terraced buildings in emitting the far infra red radiation inside the houses with peak discomfiture to sleeping people at around 2:30AM on hot summer days. Virtually, the rays would cook the flesh of the people by warmth of the radiation. This simple finding by him has not been digested by many of our builders and urban authority development to realize the importance of manmade disasters.
Concrete Belt at the Coast of Visakhapatnam:
In about hardly twenty years time the development of the Visakhapatnam coastal region fell in the hands of builders who are unaware and uneducated of the manmade disasters. The late Dr Marthanda Shastri, a once upon a time Medical Doctor of Andhra University Campus has admired the coastal region of Visakhapatnam to surpass in its vegetative scenario and natural beauty to surpass even the most scenario spots of the western countries. In fact, during the war time, the Andhra University area was considered best for a healthy dominion hospital location, to cater the welfare of Scandinavian and other western countries people.
29th June 2010:
This day would be unforgettable for the over-layered heavy cloud masses that gathered within a span of an hour around 4:30PM and gave a breath taking view of the coastal scenario with the Bay of Bengal Sea completely reflecting the dark cloud colour of the overcast sky. The colour of the sea is totally different from what one normally finds at the coast. The colour promised as if the sea and the land were to unite to form a huge bowl of a cloud mass. Only the Hilly regions and the far away mountains looked bright without the cloud cover.
The images below give a vivid description of the weather event of 29th June 2010 at Visakhapatnam beach coast.
Why the rain fizzled out?
The author has put forward the explanation that the concrete belt of buildings and complexes extending from the ship yard area to the foot hill of Kailsa Giri as directly responsible to create a manmade disaster. His contention is that the age old Visakhapatnam scenario of vegetative abundance has suddenly disappeared due to the over enthusiasm of the urban developers and the so-called development for the sake of people. The belt has a length-wise expanse of about 3miles and the width-wise is about one and half miles. It peaks to heights of about 50 to 300metres.
It covers the Chenglarao peta, The Mrs AVN College uphill, the KGH medical College mountain, Maharanipeta Collectorate region, the Krishna nagar, Dasapalla hills, the Governors Bungalow hill, the Siripurma hot spot hill, and the Waltair main road complexes area. The belt has some extensions into Dwarkanagar and the Seethamdara regions.
This belt is really a concrete jungle line of massive buildings with heavy concrete structures embedding the enormous amount of iron rods of considerable thickness. These are the best heat stores and as well, heat conductors to the surrounding atmosphere. . What is not noted is that on warm and especially hot days of weather that concrete belt structure, acts as heat reservoir and converts this stored heat of Infra Red absorption into Far Infra Red rays. These rays do not pass through the cloud masses but only get reflected back on to the surface. So the emitted radiations confine between the cloud and the surface. People may term it as green-house effect but is distinct from it. This is a manmade affair by careless urban planning of building and complex constructions.
Effect:
As a result of this phenomenon that existed hardly for a few hours the heavy clouds have not rained in the coastal region. The clouds are the spill over from both the heavy rains in China and the western Monsoon over Karnataka region. The local hot and warm condition during the three days of 26th June to 29th June 2010 in Andhra Pradesh has also contributed to the sudden formation of rain clouds.
ACKNOWELDGEMENT:
I am grateful to my next door complex building people (erstwhile kocherlakota house) for allowing me to use their terrace to capture the images made by my Canon IXUS 130 DIGITAL CAMERA OF 14.2Mega Pixels.
