Invited Lectures 
      
        Recent Results from EO Studies on Indian Carbon Cycle Assessment
        
        V.K. Dadhwal, S.P.S. Kushwaha, Sarnam Singh, N.R. Patel, R.K. Nayak, P. Patil, C.B.S. Dutt, M.S.R. Murthy, C.S. Jha, G. Rajsekhar, G.S. Pujar, Shivam Trivedi, Neerja Sharma, M.M. Ali
        
        
              Page(s) 3-9
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 139 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Geospatial Characterization of Biodiversity: Need and Challenges
        
        P.S. Roy
        
        
              Page(s) 10-16
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 206 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        NASA Earth Exchange: Next Generation Earth Science Collaborative (Abstract Only)
        
        Ramakrishna Nemani
        
        
              Page(s) 17
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 30 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        The 2005 and 2010 Amazonian Droughts as seen by MODIS (Abstract Only)
        
        Ranga B. Myneni
        
        
              Page(s) 18
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 32 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Monitoring Phenological Variability across a Tropical Savanna Aridity Gradient with Remote Sensing across Seasonal to Annual and Extreme Events (Abstract Only)
        
        A. Huete, D. Eamus, X. Ma, N. Restrepo-Coupe, N. Boulain, L. Hutley
        
        
              Page(s) 19
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 42 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
      Agro-ecosystem 
      
        Use of Earth Observation for Geospatial Crop Water Accounting of Rain-Fed Agro-Ecosystem In India
        
        Patel N. R., Sarkar Manish, Suresh Kumar
        
        
              Page(s) 23-28
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 223 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Understanding Spatial Variability of Cropping System Response to Climate Change in Punjab State of India using Remote Sensing Data and Simulation Model
        
        Rojalin Tripathy, Shibendu S. Ray, Harsimran Kaur, S. K. Jalota, S. K. Bal, Sushma Panigrahy
        
        
              Page(s) 29-33
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 201 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Microwave Remote Sensing in Soil Quality Assessment
        
        S.K. Saha
        
        
              Page(s) 34-39
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 560 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Cropping Systems Dynamics in the Lower Gangetic Plains of India using Geospatial Technologies
        
        K.R. Manjunath, Nitai Kundu, S.S. Ray, Sushma Panigrahy, J.S. Parihar
        
        
              Page(s) 40-45
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 449 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Inventory of Irrigated Rice Ecosystem using Polarimetric SAR Data
        
        P. Srikanth, K.V. Ramana, T. Prasad Shankar, K.K. Choudhary, K. Chandrasekhar, M.V.R. Sesha Sai, G. Behera
        
        
              Page(s) 46-49
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 1529 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Assessment of Early Season Agricultural Drought through Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) and Soil Water Balance Model
        
        K. Chandrasekar, M.V.R. Sesha Sai, G. Behera
        
        
              Page(s) 50
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 1480 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Spatial Temporal Sowing Pattern of Rapeseed-Mustard Crop in India using Multi-Date IRS AWiFS Data
        
        D.R. Rajak, H.A. Patel, K.N. Chaudhari, N.K. Patel, S. Panigrahy, J.S. Parihar
        
        
              Page(s) 56
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 544 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Features of TERRA \ MOD11A2DAY in Operational Forecast of Grain Crops Yield in Kazakhstan with an 8 Day Renewal (Abstract Only)
        
        Alexy Terekhov
        
        
              Page(s) 61
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 37 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
      Forest and Environment 
      
        Graph Theory and Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Forest Patch Connectivity Analysis
        
        B.S. Shanthala Devi, M.S.R. Murthy, G.S Pujar, Bijan Debnath
        
        
              Page(s) 65-70
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 271 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Analysis of Multi-Temporal Satellite Data for Forest Fire Characterisation over Central Indian Region - A Climate Change Perspective
        
        Bijan Debnath, T.R. Kiran Chand, G. Rajashekar, M.S.R. Murthy
        
        
              Page(s) 71-75
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 928 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Energy Balance And CO2 Exchange Behaviour In Sub‐Tropical Young Pine Plantation
        
        B.K. Bhattacharya, Nilendu Singh, Prafulla Soni, J.S. Parihar
        
        
              Page(s) 76-81
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 1471 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Man In Biosphere Reserve: A Remote Sensing Study in Similipal, Orissa
        
        Anima Biswal, Sumit Mukherjee, A. Jeyaram, Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy
        
        
              Page(s) 82-86
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 95 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Diurnal and Seasonal Variation of Measured Atmospheric CO2 at Dehradun During 2009
        
        Neerja Sharma, V.K. Dadhwal, M.M. Ali
        
        
              Page(s) 87-90
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 178 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Alarming System for Shifting Wild Animals from Forest During Flood using DTED and Finite Numerical Methods
        
        Rakesh K. Arya
        
        
              Page(s) 91-95
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 215 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Variability of Atmospheric CO2 over India and Surrounding Oceans and Control By Surface Fluxes
        
        R.K. Nayak, V.K. Dadhwal, A. Majumdar, N.R. Patel, C.B.S. Dutt
        
        
              Page(s) 96-101
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 222 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Impact of El Niño and La Niña on Soil Moisture- Precipitation Feedback of Indian Monsoon over Central India
        
        Abhishek Lodh, Somnath Jha, Ramesh Raghava
        
        
              Page(s) 102-108
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 548 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Wildfire Induced Degradation of Woody Vegetation in Dry Zone of Kazakhstan (Abstract Only)
        
        Alexy Terekhov
        
        
              Page(s) 109
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 38 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
      Biophysical Parameters 
      
        Spatial Pattern of Temporal Trend of Crop Phenology Matrices over India using Time series GIMMS NDVI Data (1982-2006)
        
        Abhishek Chakraborty, Prabir Kumar Das, M.V.R. Sesha Sai, G. Behera
        
        
              Page(s) 113-118
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 160 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Leaf Area Index In Different Forest Types Of India Using High Temporal Remote Sensing Data
        
        
        
        
        
              Page(s) 119-124
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 257 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Inter-Annual Variability of Net Ecosystem Productivity over India
        
        R.K. Nayak, V.K. Dadhwal, N.R. Patel, C.B.S. Dutt
        
        
              Page(s) 125-128
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 141 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Sensitivity Analysis of Biome-Bgc Model for Dry Tropical Forests of Vindhyan Highlands, India
        
        
        
        
        
              Page(s) 129-133
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 89 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Satellite Driven Estimation of Primary Productivity of Agro-Ecosystems in India
        
        N.R. Patel, V.K. Dadhwal, S. Agrawal, S.K. Saha
        
        
              Page(s) 134-139
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 174 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Vulnerability of Vegetation In Parts of Himalayas And Dynamic Global Vegetation Modelling (DGVM) – Study Using VNIR and Thermal Responses of MODIS Time Series Data
        
        G.S. Pujar, Harika B, M.S.R. Murthy, V.K. Dadhwal
        
        
              Page(s) 140-144
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 3304 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Remote Sensing based Biophysical Characterization of Tropical Deciduous Forest in Central India
        
        R.P. Singh, S.K. Goroshi, N.K. Sharma, G.D. Bairagi, R. Sharma, P. Jalil, Avinash Jain, Ajit Sonakia, J.S. Parihar
        
        
              Page(s) 145-149
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 124 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Assessment of Plant Functional Types in Tropical Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems of India Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS (Abstract Only)
        
        C. Sudhakar Reddy, P. Hari Krishna, M.S.R. Murthy
        
        
              Page(s) 150
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 34 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Research Advances on Radiation Transfer Modeling and Inversion for Multi-Scale Land Surface Remote Sensing (Abstract Only)
        
        Qinhuo Liu
        
        
              Page(s) 151
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 44 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
      Ecosystem Dynamics 
      
        Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Assessment and Predictive Modelling In Eastern Himalaya
        
        S.P.S. Kushwaha, S. Nandy, M. Ahmad, Reshu Agarwal
        
        
              Page(s) 155-161
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 154 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Alpine Vegetation Ecotone Dynamics in Gangotri Catchment using Remote Sensing Techniques 
        
        C.P. Singh,  S. Panigrahy, J.S. Parihar
        
        
              Page(s) 162-169
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 1219 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Desert Ecosystems : Mapping, Monitoring & Assessment using Satellite Remote Sensing 
        
        A.S. Arya,  Ajai, P.S. Dhinwa,  V.S. Arya, R.S. Hooda
        
        
              Page(s) 170-174
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 134 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Analysis of Seasonal And Annual Change of Vegetation in the Indian Thar Desert using Modis Data
        
        
        
        
        
              Page(s) 175-178
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 190 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Multi-Decadal Fluvio-Geomorphological and Bankline Changes of the Ganga River around Ballia and Rudrapur using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
        
        Ami J. Desai, A.S. Arya, R.D. Shah
        
        
              Page(s) 179-183
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 155 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Assessing the impacts of Climate Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems in Bhavanisagar Reservoir and its Surroundings, using Multitemporal Satellite Data and GIS Techniques (Abstract Only)
        
        G. Balamurugan, G. Meiyappa, V. Thirukumaran
        
        
              Page(s) 184
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 34 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
      Wetland Ecosystem 
      
        National Level Assessment of Mangrove Forest Cover in Pakistan
        
        S. Abbas, F.M. Qamer, N. Hussain, R. Saleem, K.T. Nitin
        
        
              Page(s) 187-192
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 375 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Automated Algorithm for Extraction of Wetlands From IRS Resourcesat LISS III  Data
        
        S. Subramaniam, Manoj Saxena
        
        
              Page(s) 193-198
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 172 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Monitoring of Structural Components And Water Balance as an Aid to Wetland Management Using Geospatial Techniques – A Case Study for Nalsarovar Lake, Gujarat
        
        T.V.R. Murthy, Sushma Panigrahy
        
        
              Page(s) 199-203
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 162 KB)
            
        
        
      
      
        Oil Detection in A Coastal Marsh with Polarimetric SAR (Abstract Only)
        
        Elijah Ramsey III, Amina Rangoonwala, Yukihiro Suzuoki, Terri Bannister
        
        
              Page(s) 204
        
        
          Conference Paper (PDF, 30 KB)