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Imaging spectroscopy of carotenoid content of Himalayan broadleaved and needle-leaved canopies from space

Hitendra Padalia | March 17, 2025 | 385 Views

Chlorophyll is the most dominant plant pigment, essential for photosynthesis, and largely determines the spectral reflectance of healthy vegetation. Its higher concentration often overshadows the detection of other pigments like carotenoids. Carotenoids (C40H56O2), being an accessory light absorbing pigment, is the second most abundant plant pigment. They comprise several constituents,…

Text-to-Map: Conversation with Spatial Data using NLP and Generative AI

Dr. Harish Karnatak | March 3, 2025 | 8563 Views

Over the past decade, the availability of satellite data and maps through online repositories and geoportals has increased significantly. Leading data-generating organizations are now making their vast repositories openly accessible to the public. This shift has greatly enhanced the utilization of geospatial data in planning, governance, and decision-making processes. However,…

Spatiotemporal distribution of air pollutants during a heat wave–induced forest fire event in Uttarakhand

Dr. Shuchita Srivastava | February 17, 2025 | 419 Views

Shuchita Srivastava , Abhinav Sharma and Debashish Mitra Forest Fire is one of the major emission sources of gaseous air pollutants like carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC) etc. Satellite remote sensing has been instrumental in providing observation of active fire counts and different atmospheric pollutants.…