Remote Sensing

Scrutinising disasters

Flood Studies in India brings to fore several aspects of this natural disaster that are not yet conventional wisdom in policy circles. The book looks at floods from a variety of expertise areas, such

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Author(s): Dipak Gyawali

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020615

pp:

0

Tags:

Glaciers, Watershed Development, Floods, Flood Control, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Research, Information, Bangladesh, India, Meghalaya

Health

Continental melting

Antarctica seems to be melting and contributing to the slow rise of the ocean levels, scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the

Publication Date:

14/01/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Oceans and Seas, Remote Sensing, Research, Scientists, Antarctica

Biodiversity

Biodiversity characterisation at landscape level in North-East India using satellite remote sensing and G

Biodiversity characterisation at landcape level was carried out using Indian remote sensing satellite data in North Eastern region of India. This study presents the results of the project undertaken to build a national database on biodiversity at landscape level. This is important in order to check the alarming biodiversity loss currently taking place in this part of the country.

Publication Date:

Jan 2002

Source: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Tags:

North East, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), India

Biodiversity

Biodiversity characterisation at landscape level in Western himalayas India using satellite remote sensing and GIS

Biodiversity characterisation at landscape level has been carried out using Indian remote sensing satellite data in Western himalayas of India. This study presents the results of the project undertaken to build national database on biodiversity at landscape level.

Publication Date:

Jan 2002

Source: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Tags:

Western Himalaya, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), India

Biodiversity

Biodiversity characterisation at landscape level in Western Ghats India using satellite remote sensing and GIS

Biodiversity characterisation at landscape level has been carried out using Indian remote sensing satellite data in Western Ghats of India. This study presents the results of the project undertaken to build national database on biodiversity at landscape level.

Publication Date:

Jan 2002

Source: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Tags:

Western Ghats, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), India

Biodiversity

Meltdown

Latest NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) satellite maps reveal that most of the

Publication Date:

29/06/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mountains, Alps, Himalaya, Glaciers, Environmental Science, Remote Sensing, Europe, United States Of America (US), NASA

Industry

MONITORING FOREST

Pakistan plans to set up a Geographical Information System (GIS) to monitor changes in the forest cover in the country. A ban on the commercial harvesting of forests will also be lifted for one

Publication Date:

14/02/2001

Author(s): Mario

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forest Resources, Forest Management, Remote Sensing, Pakistan

Animal Care

Threatened mangroves

mangrove vegetation along the 30,000 square kilometre coastline of Gujarat has reduced by 33.5 per cent in past two decades, reveals satellite data from the space application centre of the Indian

Publication Date:

14/02/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mangroves, Cyclones, Endangered Species, Remote Sensing, Gujarat, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

PERU

A stream originating in Nevado Mismi, a mountain in southern Peru, is said to be the exact source of the Amazon river, the National Geographic Society reported. Global Positioning System (gps)

Publication Date:

14/01/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rivers, Amazon, Remote Sensing, Research, Peru

Water Resources