Syllabus

Role of remote sensing in agriculture and soil– SpectralSignatures of vegetation and vegetation/soil indices - application in agriculture: Crop production forecasting, assessment and monitoring of crop growth, damage - Cropping Systems Analysis. Spectral signatures of soil – estimation of nutrient, soil moisture content - passive and active remote sensing methods National missions on agriculture and soil; production forecast (FASAL) Crop Identification Technology Assessment for Remote Sensing (CITARS) NBSS mapping.

Forest inventory and monitoring – species composition - forest fire forecasting - Environmental and Climate Change on of forest/ ecological system. Retrieval and modeling of biophysical, biochemical parameters. Techniques for forewarning Pests and Diseases - Ecosensitive zonation – Biomass/ carbon accounting– biodiversity mapping, habitat mapping and zonation - Environment Information System (ENVIS)- environment impact assessment, environment degradation and pollution .