Justin George K and Suresh Kumar Proximal soil sensing involves using sensors placed close to or within the soil to measure its properties accurately and efficiently. Proximal sensing approaches employing various advanced sensors aid us in acquiring spatial as well as temporal soil data/information at reduced costs, in very short time period and with reduced chemical usage and less efforts. 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 »

Manu Mehta and Akhilesh Kumar Estimating atmospheric aerosol levels is crucial for accurate radiative forcing calculations, understanding aerosol effects on cloud formation, assessing human health impacts, and planning pollution control. Continuous monitoring of aerosols in both space and time is essential to understand its effects in human life. Ground-based networks like AERONET and ARFINET use instruments such as sun-photometers and Continue Reading »

Life of earth is linked to availability of water and rivers provides water to sustain the human civilization. Ganga river is one of the longest river in India and  is associated with sediment transport and meandering. Ganga river originate in the Himalayas, and it carries lot of sediments. Sediment deposition prevent  any river from flowing straight and cause meander. Gandak Continue Reading »

Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Yogesh Kant and D. Mitra Cyclone Dana was a strong tropical cyclone formed over the Bay of Bengal in October 2024. It was the first cyclone in the post-monsoon cyclone season 2024. Cyclone Dana originated as a low-pressure area over the East Central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining North Andaman Sea on October 21, 2024. On Continue Reading »