G.E. Hutchinson, a renowned ecologist, once remarked, "Field ecology labs are essential for budding ecologists. The lessons learned in a field ecology lab stay with students or young researchers forever. It is where they develop their critical thinking skills, observation prowess, and problem-solving abilities essential for any aspiring ecologist." This philosophy underpins the functioning of  Field Ecological Laboratory (FEL) at Continue Reading »

Dipanwita Haldar and Suresh Kumar Medium resolution SCANSAR (MRS) data 18m pixel spacing has served as work horse for field crop monitoring during 2012-2016 during RISAT-1 timeframe and 2022 onwards in RISAT-1A particularly for predominant kharif crops’s monitoring. This dataset is being systematically acquired over the entire Indian subcontinent in descending node. During the overcast sky in the northern India, Continue Reading »

Can you name the dustiest planet in our Solar System? It is none other than our closest neighbour, Mars. This dust is responsible for its other names, ‘the Red Planet’ or ‘the Pigpen Planet’. Though the size of Mars is approximately half of that of our planet, but it has similar size of dry land as we have on Earth. Continue Reading »

Mamta Chauhan, Saswati Panda, Ankita Gaur, R.P. Singh and R. S. Chatterjee Raman spectroscopy is an analytical technique to identify mineral, rocks and detect associated organic compounds. This technique is based on the phenomenon of raman effect which causes frequency difference between the incident and the fraction of scattered light. It is inelastic scattering of light by matter in which Continue Reading »

Multi temporal NDVI composite help in distinction of rice and sugarcane dominated regional patterns in northern India Agriculture is important for the Indian society due to its importance in economy, employment, food security,  national self reliance and general well being. Generation of crop statistics in India dates back to historical Mauryan ( Kautilya’s Arthasastra)  as well as Moghul era (Todarmal Continue Reading »