Judul: Prediksi cuaca jangka pendek berdasarkan data radiosonde dan numerical weather prediction (NWP)
Abstrak: Indonesia sebagai negara maritime-continent mempunyai karakteristik cuaca yang beragam di berbagai daerah. Informasi tentang prakiraan cuaca yang cepat dan tepat menjadi suatu hal yang penting sehingga diperlukan metode yang efektif dalam prakiraan cuaca. Dalam penelitian ini dilakukan prakiraan cuaca berdasarkan data radiosonde dan numerical weather prediction (NWP). Data penelitian yang digunakan merupakan data observasi pada 00 Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) dan 12 UTC. Analisis dilakukan pada bulan Januari-Februari (musim penghujan), April-Mei (musim peralihan) dan Juli-Agustus (musim kemarau). Analisis data radiosonde dilakukan terhadap variabel permukaan dan indeks K yang digunakan untuk kajian stabilitas atmoscer dan potensi thunderstorm.
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Judul: Potensi pemanfaatan keluaran model nwp untuk prediksi cuaca jangka pendek (Studi kasus: Pontianak, Pekanbaru, Semarang, Surabaya, dan Palu)
Abstrak: Numerical weather prediction (NWP) is an operational daily weather forecasting using mathematical equations by super-computer. The skill of NWP has improved significantly since it was first generated fourty years ago. The urgent needs for daily weather forecasting in Indonesia has led to the utilization of NWP model outputs to be incorporated into the forecasting scheme. NWP provides the basic guidance for weather forecasting beyond the first few hours. Unfortunately, spatial resolution of NWP model is still too rough to describe local conditions. Model output statistics (MOS) technique may be used to reduce error and increase accuracy of NWP model ouputs. The objective of this study includes the selection of the best combination of atmospheric predictors for daily precipitation, relative humidity, maximum temperature, and minimum temperature in five locations, namely, Pontianak, Pekanbaru, Semarang, Surabaya, and Palu which characterized three dominant rainfall regions in Indonesia, for the wet and dry seasons. The subsequent objective is to identify locations where NWP model outputs resemble observational data. Model outputs patterns are compared with observational data to analyze consistency, and whenever necessary some forms of correction factor is applied. The results indicate that humidity at the surface (at z=2m) and at mid-tropospheric levels (rh0 and rh8), and pressure vertical velocity at mid-tropospheric levels (vv7 and vv5) are the relevant variables for daily precipitation in all of the locations and all seasons analyzed. The most potential location to utilize NWP model is Palu. In Palu, surface air temperature (T0) and surface dew point temperature (DP0) are the relevant variables for relative humidity; humidity at the surface (rh0) is the relevant variable for maximum temperature; while surface dew point temperature (DP0) is the relevant variable for minimum temperature. Closeness of model outputs with observational data is inferred using error indicators, namely, Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE).
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Judul: Detoxification of Cassava’s Acid Hydrolyzate by Activated Carbon Method for Bioethanol Production
Abstrak: Cassava is one of natural resources for carbohydrate that also available for bioethanol production. Starch and fibers hydrolysis maybe conducted on acid condition. The restriction in acid hydrolysis is 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) and furfural formation, which inhibit yeast fermentation. This study applied two stages of detoxification, which are overliming and activated carbon adsorption methods for lowering HMF and furfural concentrations. In order to obtain tolerable amount in sugar solution, detoxification by activated carbon adsorption was done by concentration of 1%, 2.5%, 5% and 10% and duration of contact are 30 45 and 60 minutes. The results showed that overliming method decreased HMF and furfural concentrations 34.38% and 60.81%, respectively. Overliming followed by 5% activated carbon adsorption for 30 minutes produced the best sugar solution which has a lower HMF and furfural concentrations by 72.03% and 89.11%, respectively. Adsorption constants of HMF and furfural by 5% activated carbon were 0.044 g/min and 3,7 x 10-5 g/min, respectively. The concentration of ethanol produced was 5.00% (b/v) or 63.22% higher than obtained from detoxification by neutralization (NH4OH) which produced ethanol only 3.06%.
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