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Agriculture crop residue burning in the Indo-Gangetic Plains A study using IRS-P6 AWiFS satellite data [1]

This study provides an account of the agriculture crop residue burning in Punjab during wheat and rice crop growing periods. Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P6) Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) data during May and October 2005 have been analysed for estimating the extent of burnt areas and thereby greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from crop residue burning.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
25/10/2006
K. V. S. Badarinath [3], T. R. Kiran Chand [4], V. Krishna Prasad [5]
Current Science [6]
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Tags:
Air Pollution [7], Indo-Gangetic Plains [8], Rice [9], Wheat [10], Crop Residues [11], Climate Change [12], Green House Gases [13], Remote Sensing [14], Punjab [15]
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[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_091_08_1085_1089_0.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-v-s-badarinath
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/t-r-kiran-chand
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/v-krishna-prasad
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indo-gangetic-plains
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-residues
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab