Ricardo Krone
Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone, German-born Brazilian naturalist and archeologist (Dresden 18 June 1861 – Iguape, São Paulo State 09 September 1917) Expert on caves paleontology and archeology Discovered 17 new fish species described by Miranda Ribeiro beyond new mollusks and fóssil species SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY As grutas calcareas de Iporanga. Rev. Mus. Paulista 3:477-500, 1898 As grutas calcáreas do vale do rio Ribeira de Iguape. Rev. Cent. Cien. Let. Artes Campinas (1905) Estudo sobre as cavernas do Valle do Rio Ribeira. Arch. Museu Nacional 15:139-66, 1909 Notas de Pré-História Paulista. O cemitério de Pombeva. Rev. Mus. S. Paulo 10, 1918 HONORS Kronichthys Miranda Ribeiro 1908 (Pisces)
Rappal Sangameswara Krishnan
Rappal Sangameswara Krishnan, Indian physicist (Rappal, Kerala 23 September 1911 – 02 October 1999) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered a new optical effect (Krishnan effect) in 1937 Demonstrated the existence of deuteron-tritium reaction First established the deuteron-induced fission in uranium and thorium Developed the ultraviolet technique of excitation for Raman spectroscopy and successfully recorded for the first time the second-order Raman spectra of diamond and alkali halides First made Brillouin scattering experiments in diamond, quartz, alumina and alkali halides LINKS http://insaindia.org/pdf/K-Fin-396-466.pdf
Ranajit Kumar Kar
Ranajit Kumar Kar, Indian micropalaeontologist (1936 – Diporocolpis: a new type of aperture from the early Eocene sediments of Rajasthan, India (1995) DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA ACRITARCHA Cephalia 1974 with Sah Cryptosphaera 1974 with Sah Octaplata 1974 with Sah Palamea 1974 with Sah Psilosphaera 1974 with Sah Temporina 1974 with Sah FUNGI Ceratohirudispora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Cervichlamydospora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Chlamydospora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Circinoconites 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Colligerites 1977 with Jain Dendromyceliates 1977 with Jain Dictyomykus 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Dictyostromata 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Kutchiathyrites 1977 Lithomucorites 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Lithosporocarpina 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Meliostroma 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Mycozygosporangia 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Palaeogigaspora 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Pseudosphaerialites 1969 with Venkatachala Sphaerialites 1969 with Venkatachala Stauromyca 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Teliosporites 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar Tetradigita 2010 with Mandaokar & Kar ALGAE Leioplanktona 1976 with Saxena Matanomadhia 1976 with Saxena Spinasphaera 1976 with Saxena SPORAE At least 147
Rajaram Purushottam Kane
Rajaram Purushottam Kane, Indian-born Brazilian geophysicist (Damoh 12 November 1926 – Authored 317 papers (until 2014) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY North-South asymmetry of some solar indices. J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 67:429-34, 2005 Rainfall extremes in some selected parts of Central and South America: ENSO and other relationships reexamined (1999) Periodicities and ENSO relationships of the seasonal precipitation over six major subdivisions of India (1999) Relationship between BQOs of stratospheric winds, ENSO variability and other atmospheric parameters. Int. J. Climatology 12(5):435-47, 1992 Quasi-biennal and quasi-triennial oscillations in geomagnetic activity indices. Ann. Geophys. Atm. Hydro Space Sciences 15:1581-94, 1997 With N.B. Trivedi. Are the equatorial electrojet and counterelectrojet centered invariably on the dip equator? J. Atm. Terr. Phys. 44:301, 1982 With N.B. Trivedi. Comparison of storm-time changes of geomagnetic field at ground and at MAGSAT altitudes (1981) Central plane of the ring current responsible for geomagnetic disturbance in the South American regions. Ann. Geophysicae 37:271-80, 1981 Irregular variations in the global distribution of total electron content. Radio sc.15:837-42, 1980 Maximum entropy spectral analysis of some artificial samples. J. Geophys. Res. 84:965-6, 1979 With N.B. Trivedi. Equatorial enhacement of DP2 fluctuations. Planet Space Sci. (1979) Power Spectrum analysis of solar and geophysical parameters. J. Geomagn. Geoelectr. 29:471-95, 1977 Dilemma of the equatorial counter electrojet and the disappearance of Esq. Indian J. Rad. Space Science 5:6-12, 1976 Day-to-day variability of ionospheric electron content and mid-latitudes. J. Geophys. Res. 50(22):3091-9, 1975 Relation between solar magnetic sector structure and geomagnetic Dst. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci 81A:233, 1975 Equatorial electrojet and interplanetary plasma parameters. Ind. J. Rad. Spa. Phys. 4:132, 1975 A study of days showing non-field aligned diffusion vectors of cosmic ray diurnal anisotropy. J. Geophys. Res. 80:3509, 1975 Global evolution of the ionospheric electron content during some geomagnetic storms. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 37:607-11, 1975 Evolution of disturbances daily variation (DS) and interplanetary plasma parameters. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 80:124-39, 1974 An estimate of the equatorial strength. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 35:1965-7, 1973 Global evolution of F2-region storms. J. Atm. Terr. Phys. 35:1953-66, 1973 Relationship between the various indices of geomagnetic activity and the interplanetary plasma parameters. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 34:1941, 1972 Relationship between H ranges at equatorial and middle latitudes. J. Atm. Terr. Phys. 33:319-27, 1971 Longitudinal spread of equatorial Sq variability. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. Relationship between the Southern oscillation/El Niño and rainfall in some tropical and midlatitude regions A preliminary estimate of the size of the coming solar cycle Short-term periodicities in solar indices
Pierre Kaufmann
Pierre Kaufmann, French-born Brazilian radioastronomer, astrophysicist and geodesist (Aix en Provence 30 November 1938 – São Paulo 17 February 2017) Discovered many new spectral compounds With E. Correia & V. Melnikov presented new temporal relationships between polarization degree and burst intensity profiles for one example of a complex event (1999) Detected a new solar flare terahertz emission component Proposed the existence of solar radiations with frequencies above 100 GHz (1985) With E. Correia, J.E.R. Costa, A.M. Zodi Vaz and B.R. Dennis. Solar burst with millimeter wave emission at high frequency only. Nature 313:380-2, 1985. Discovered T radiation, a new type of solar radiation with Argentine Adolfo Marun and Pablo Pereyra (2003). He obtained evidence about this radiation since 1984. With E. Correia, J.E.R. Costa & A.M. Zodi Vaz discovered a new kind of burst emission component with the first observation of a solar burst with millisecond time resolution at lambda=3,3 mm (1984) With P. Iacomo, E.H. Koppe, J.R. Blakey et al. recognized the fast absorption, a completely new type of solar event. Solar Physics (1975) Showed the existence of a group of faintly impulsive bursts (1968) Discovered a THz flux vs. frequency increasing spectral component (2004) Obtained the first evidence of two spectrally separated radio/far-infrared emission components one at microwaves and another in the THz range of frequencies (2004) First to observe and show that there are solar bursts in terahertz range and that occur increasing intensity in according to frequency (2006-16) With J.E.R. Costa, C.G. Gimenez de Castro, Y.R. Hadarz & J.S. Kingsley. The new submillimeter-wave solar telescope for studying sun IR-spectrum of solar emissions (2001) With P.M. dos Santos, M.A. Braz & R.M. Borges. Some new radio sources associated to Sersic peculiar galaxies. Astrop. Space Science 32:25, 1975 With R.H. Gammon, A.L. Ibañez, J.R.D. Lepine, P.M. dos Santos et al. New H20 celestial sources associated with H II regions in the Southern Hemisphere. Nature 260:306-7, 1976 With G. Trottet, J.P. Raulin, M. Siarkowski, K.L. Klein & D.E. Gary. First detection of the impulsive and extended phases of a solar radio burst above 200 GHz. Astron. Astrop. 381:694-02, 2002 With J.P. Raulin, C.G. Gimenez de Castro, H. Levato, D.E. Gary et al. A new solar burst spectral component emitting only in the Terahertz range. Astrop. J. 603:121-4, 2004 With R. Marcon developed High Altitude Terahertz Solar Telescope with important innovations DEVICES Um interferômetro para cintilações de rádio-estrelas. Cien. Cult. 16(2):99-100, 1964 With R. Herrmann, A. Magun, J.E.R. Costa et al. A multi beam antenna for solar MM-wave burst observations with high spatial and temporal resolution. Solar Physics (1992) With R.R. Neli, I. Doi, A.M. Melo & J.W. Swart presented the first fabrication of surface-micromachined microbolometers made of polycrystalline silicon (2004) With A.M. Melo, A.S. Kudaka, J.P. Raulin, R. Marcon, A. Marún, P. Pereyra & H. Levato. A new setup for ground-based measurements of solar activity at 10 mμm. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 118:1558-63, 2006 With R. Marcon, A.M. Melo, E. Tandberg-Hanssen et al. described a new optical setup with reflecting mirrors to produce solar images on the focal plane array of uncooled bolometers of a commercial camera preceded by germanium optics (2007) Developed Solar-T system consisting of double THz photometers being the first detection device conceived to observe solar flare THz emissions on board of stratospheric balloons (2012) With A.B.M. Valio, C.G. Gimenez de Castro, A. Magun et al. Polarization emission of millimeter activity at the Sun (POEMAS): new circular polarization solar telescopes at two millimeter wavelength ranges (2013) With P.L. Kaufmann, S. Pamboukian & R. Vilhena de Moraes. A new independent GPS-free system for geo-referencing from space. Positioning 5:37-45, 2014 METHODS With Z. Abraham & J.E.R. Costa. Imaging techniques and remote sensing of astrophysical objects using millimeter microwaves (1982) With J.ER.R. Costa, E. Correia, A. Magun et al. New technique for dynamics burst position determination with high spatial definition/time resolution at a mm wavelength (1994) With J.E.R. Costa, E. Correia, A. Magun & R. Herrmann. A method for arc-second determination of solar burst emission centers with high time resolution and sensitivity at 48 GHz. Solar Physics 159:157-71, 1995 With C. Gimenez de Castro, J.P. Raulin, V.S. Makhmutov, J.E.R. Costa et al. Instantaneous positions of microwave solar bursts: properties and validity of the multiple beam observations. Astron. Astrop. Suppl. Series (1999) With P.L. Kaufmann, R. Vilhena de Moraes, H.K. Kugas, L.A. Beraldo & C.N. Motta Marins. Non recursive algorithm for remote geolocation using ranging measurements. Mathem. Problems Engin. p.1-10, 2006 With P.L. Kaufman, S.V.D. Pamboukian & R. Vilhena de Moraes. Signal transceiver transit times and propagation delay corrections for ranging and georeferencing applications With J.P. Raulin, R. Olivieri, A. Magun et al. Time and space distribution of space energetic releases in millimeter-wave solar bursts. Astrop. J. (2009) With C.N. M. Marins, A.A. Ferreira Jr, J.W. Swart et al. New jitter measurement technique using TDC principle in a FPGA component (2009) With L.O.T. Fernandes, E. Correia, A.B.M. Valio et al. Spectral trends of solar bursts at sub-THz frequencies (2017) PATENTS Geographic and space positioning system and process US7528777 (2006) With R. Marcon. Metodo para maximizar ganho na detecção simultânea de radiação de fontes pequenas em campo extenso de visão. BR352613934 (2011) With P.L. Kaufman. Process and system to determine temporal changes in retransmission and propagation of signals used to measure distances, synchronize actuators and georeference applications. PI11020172 (2012) MEMBERSHIP Elected Associate Member, Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain (1987)
Peter Sidney Knox-Davies
Peter Sidney Knox-Davies, South African plant pathologist (Lichtenburg District, Transvaal 07 December 1929 – Stellenbosch 25 March 1999) Authored over 70 research papers Developed new culture media Pycnidium production by M. phaseoli. S. Afr. J. Agric. Science 8:205-18, 1965 With M.J. Swart & M.J. Wingfield. Selective medium for isolating Sphaeropsis sapinea. Phytopathology 77:1387-9, 1987 DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Genera Batcheloromyces 1975 with Marasas & Van Wyk Helicosingula 1985 with Marasas, Van Wyk & Baard Species Batcheloromyces leucandri 1975 with Marasas & Van Wyk Batcheloromyces proteae 1975 with Marasas & Van Wyk Helicosingula leucadendri 1985 with Marasas, Baard & Van Wyk Teratosphaeria jonkershoekensis 1975 with Marasas & Van Wyk Teratosphaeria proteae-arboreae 1975 with Marasas & Van Wyk HONORS Knoxdaviesia Wingfield, Van Wyk & Marasas 1988 (Fungi)