Earth Observing Data and Methods for Advancing Water Harvesting Technologies in the Semi-arid Rain-Fed Environments of India

Author

Sharma, Chilka ; Thenkabail, Prasad ; Sharma, JR

Author_Institution

MDS Univ., Ajmer, India

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

193

Abstract

The paper develops approaches and methods of modeling and mapping land and water productivity of rain-fed crops in semi-arid environments of India using hyperspectral, hyperspatial, and advanced multispectral remote sensing data and linking the same to field-plot data and climate station data. The overarching goal is to provide information to advance water harvesting technologies in the agricultural croplands of the semi-arid environments of India by conducting research in a representative pilot site in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Keywords

vegetation; vegetation mapping; Earth observing data; Earth observing methods; India; Jodhpur; Rajasthan; climate station data; field-plot data; mapping land methods; rain-fed crops; remote sensing data; semiarid rain-fed environments; water harvesting technologies; Agriculture; Earth; Productivity; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Satellites; Water pollution; Rain water harvesting; Semi arid region; crop identification; crop phenolog; hyperspectral image; satellite images; spectro-radiomete;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-634-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4595-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC.2011.68

Filename

6103633