Research & Reviews : Journal of Space Science & Technology
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2014)
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Table of contents
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Identification of Potential Areas for Horticulture Expansion using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
Abstract: Horticultural crops play a unique role in India’s economy by improving the income of rural people. The cultivation and production of horticultural crops is known as “Golden Revolution” and India has emerged as the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. The country has abundant sunshine throughout the year, surplus labor and widely varied agroclimatic conditions, which offer high potential for successful and profitable commercial horticulture mainly …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Space Science & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Monitoring Aquatic Vegetation Distribution in Chilika Lagoon with G-tech
Abstract: Chilika Lagoon with a water spread area varies from 1,144 km2 of in the monsoon season to 780 km2 in the winter dry season (National Wetland Atlas, Orissa) of a large wetlands eco-system. The lagoon had been facing with different problems, like shifting of the mouth, decrease in salinity level, shrinkage of water spread area due to sedimentation, increasing the fresh water weeds etc. To monitor the aquatic vegetation distribution …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Space Science & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 17–23 Read article
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Vegetation Analysis in Kumaun Himalaya using Remote Sensing
Abstract: Vegetation and land use of Kumaun Himalaya was analyzed using remote sensing data. A total of 15 vegetation and land use classes were mapped, of which, eight vegetation types and seven land use categories were identified. Utilizing the knowledge of altitude bound distribution of vegetation digital elevation model (DEM) was used for the post-classification refinements. Forest spreads over 52% of total geographical area, while 48% of the total geographical area …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Space Science & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 9–16 Read article