Earlier updates - Applications |
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REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS |
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DEVELOPMENT OF SATELLITE BASED GRID COMPUTING |
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SATCOM APPLICATIONS |
| GAP-4 Project (Aeromobile & Ground Terminals) | |
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| Two-Channel Monolpulse Tracking Receivers | |
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| IRNSS Ground Terminal | |
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| Diasaster Management Services Project (DMSP) | |
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| Ka-Band Propagation Experiment - Beacon Receiver | |
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| DISTRESS ALERT TRANSMITTER (DAT) | |
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NABL accreditation granted for TIMCF-Calibration Laboratory as per ISO/IEC17025: 2005 and issued a unique ID (No.: C-0556) on 24-06-2009. SAC Cal. Lab. is first amongst all ISRO Centres to get NABL accreditation. |
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DATA PRODUCTS |
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| Lunar & Planetary DP: Geometric Modelling and Simulation: - Completed implementation of Image to Ground as well as Ground to image RPC in AutoRPCGen module for Chandrayaan-1. | |
| DP Software Development, QLD, Browse & Visualization: - Set-up established at SAC-POC for L-1 DP chain for TMC, HySI DP chain with USB media as o/p for backup. | |
Oceansat- 2 (Scatterometer): -Generated First Day sigma-0 Products in active mode by processing raw echo data. - Operationalized Scatterometer DP s/w for generating sigma-0 & wind products at NRSC and processed global data for 20º, 25º & 30º yaw acquisition. Carried out various simulations related to acquisitions at various yaw angles. -First Day Count Products generated with non-active mode data showing land sea boundary & some land features. |
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INSAT-3D/INSAT-3A/KALPANA-1 Met Data Processing, Parameter Retrieval S/w: |
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IMDPS (IMD) DATA RECEPTION CENTRE |
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LLRI topography data plotted on a map along with various lunar basins. Humboldtianum basin, Schrödinger basin & South Pole regions were selected for further detailed analysis. Data distribution, image and 3D perspective view maps were prepared for the above three regions and also compared with SELENE data. |
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Total suspended matter (TSM) algorithm developed for Oceansat-II OCM data making use of 620 nm spectral band, tested with in-situ data collected using Hyperspectral radiometer for coastal waters. The TSM retrieval for 620 nm band was found to be better when compared to algorithms making use of 670 nm band. Overall coefficient of determination (r2) increased to 0.91 using 620 nm band, compared to 0.86 when 670 nm band was used for TSM concentration range 10-150mg/L. |
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Impact of rise in temperature on crop duration, yield, biomass and water use of wheat studied using CropSyst model using experimental field data for Delhi. |
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Nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) from animal waste management systems estimated for livestock categories viz. cattle (dairy and non-dairy), pigs & poultry using recent census and IPCC default emission coefficients. |
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Real time daily forecasts for 48 hours from the WRF model on experimental basis are being provided for the western region of India. |
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The NNRMS portal with improved map visualization facilities using MapGuide software with PostGres SQL RDBMS backend developed and demonstrated. |
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A presentation on Snow & Glacier project, carried out by SAC, was made to Minister of State (I/C), MoEF at New Delhi on July 10, 2009. |
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Real-time track forecasting of tropical cyclone AILA (23-25 May, 2009) done using Chaos Theory, Genetic Algorithm, and Lagrangian Trajectory models. |
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A simulation study for major Cropping systems of Punjab (Rice-Wheat, Cotton-Wheat & Maize-Wheat), on effect of CO2 and Temperature rise on crop yield carried out. |
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Long-term data on Albedo-rainfall feedback study showed that the trend in India’s mean annual rainfall closely matches with the variation of albedo of Himalayan snow cover. |
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Preparation of snow cover maps, charts & statistics for Indus volume I & II and Satluj, Chenab and Ganga basins completed for year 2007-08. |
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Detailed presentation on “Perambalur Master Plan” prepared using Geomatics Technology made to Minister for Information and Urban Development, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai. |
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L-band SAR data from ALOS and C-band SAR data from Radarsat-II evaluated for Biomass estimation. The biomass saturation limits for C- and L-band SAR found to be at 80 & 120 t/ha, respectively. |
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OPERATION OF MSS TYPE-C HUB
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Identification & mapping of glacier lakes using Landsat TM data of 1988 and IRS AWiFS data of 2005 in Himalayan region for Nepal and Bhutan carried out. An atlas-cum-report of images & maps showing supra-glacial lakes and moraine damned lakes produced. |
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Glacier mass balance for hydrological year ending 2006 for Chandra, Bhaga, Miyar, Dhauli ganga, Gauriganga, Alaknanda & Bhagirathi sub-basins for year 2006 completed. |
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Aerial survey campaign including installation, flights & dismantling from May 11-17, 2009 for simultaneous flights of AIMS, HySI-A and TMC-A completed. Synchronous with aerial flight campaign (collecting AIMS, HYSI and TMC data) conducted over the manganese & base metals mineralized zone in Khandiya – Shivrajpur region of Panchmahals and Vadodara districts of Gujarat, hyperspectral data collected in field during May 13-15, 2009. |
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A detailed presentation on Procedure used for CAPE / FASAL project for Crop Production Forecasting made to Prof. Vaidyanathan Committee at NASC Complex, New Delhi on May 5-6, 2009. |
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Methodology for tree-line, vegetation line using RS data has been finalised and the manual of procedure prepared for atlas preparation. |
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Temporal SAR polarimetric parameters namely co-polarisation ratio, cross polarization ratio and entropy for cotton & maize crops were derived using Radarsat-2 SAR data. |
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Real time daily forecasts from April 13, 2009 for 48 hours from two meso-scale models (WRF & MM5) provided to SDSC-SHAR Meteorology Facility for PSLV-C12 launch |
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Second National Wheat Production forecast for 2008-09 released using multi-date AWiFS data & weather data (Acreage: 26.96 Mha and Production: 73.59 Mt). |
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Studies related to glacier retreat based on the interpretation of satellite data of ablation period of 1988, 2001/2002, 2007 for Warwan and Bhut basins has been completed. |
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An approach has been developed to map risk levels of different segments of Tamilnadu coast based on Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI). A coastal vulnerability map for the Tamilnadu coast was prepared. |
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First forecast of National Wheat Production for 2008-09 season released under the FASAL project using multi-date AWiFS data & weather. Wheat acreage and production were 26.5 Mha and 72.6 Mt respectively |
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Reconnaissance survey carried out in Lunavada & surroundings of Panch Mahals District of Gujarat (~ 4 km * 20 km strip) as part of TMC-Aerial Campaign. |
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Two ship cruises Sagar Kanya SK-256 (February 9-23, 2009) and Sagar Sampada SS-263 (February 27–March 14, 2009) organized to study winter bloom in Northern Arabian Sea. |
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Geoid and free-air gravity data of Bay of Bengal & Ender by Basin integrated with ship-borne geophysical data to investigate the early evolution of the eastern Indian Ocean. |
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Estimation of glacier retreat using Landsat TM data of 1990 covering Dhauliganga and Gauriganga basins are completed. Report of estimation of glacier retreat of Tista basin from the year 1997 and 2005 is prepared. |
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Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Demonstrated real time monitoring of vessels through satellite, AES antenna & VMS system to officials of FSI & Antrix Corporation. |
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All 127 Marine Protected Areas (total 405 maps) of the country that include all Marine National Parks, Marine Sanctuaries, Wild Life Sanctuaries in the coastal zone, Ramsar Coastal wetlands, Marine Biosphere Reserves, Mangrove Notified forests and all the coral reefs of Lakshadweep have been mapped using 2005-07 data. |
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Chandrayaan-1 (Fore, Aft & Nadir) TMC data covering parts of Far-side as well Near-side of the Moon (Orbit No. 798, 280 and 876 ) was interpreted for terrain features and their morphological/structural settings. Significant features like Cobra-Hood, sinuous rile, dissected semi-circular craters etc. have been identified. |
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A bio-optical data collection campaign was organized in the coastal waters of Veraval to collect in-situ parameters on underwater light measurements and other biological, chemical and geological parameters along with CIFT, Veraval during Jan 27-30, 2009. |
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National winter potato production forecast made on February 10, 2009. Potato acreage and production were 1.32 Mha. & 23.71 Mt, respectively. |
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The final National Mustard Forecast made, based on acreages derived using multi-date AWiFS and single date LISS-III data & yield based on weather data up to Jan 31, 2009. Mustard acreage and production estimates were 6.23 Mha and 6.59 Mt respectively. |
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The angular effect on different categories of vegetation indices studied using CHRIS data for wheat crop at 3 growth stages. The indices found to be least affected by angular effect were SIPI, ZTM, NPCI and mSR705. |
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Global circulation and wave models installed at INCOIS systems for operational forecast. |
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Insitu observations made during severe sea state conditions enroute Antarctica. |
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TMC 3D DEM has been used to study the depth/ diameter ratio of craters on Moon. The mineralogy of the part of Moon derived from the HySI data has been draped on the TMC derived DEM for the area covering Coulomb crater. |
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HySI data analysis of Chandryaan-1 data has been done for Mare Orientale region. Spectral reflectance has been generated for various rocks types and HYSI derived composition maps have been used along with TMC derived DEM to generate 3D view of Mare Oriental region of the Moon. |
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Snow cover atlas of Chenab basin for year 2005-06 is prepared. Algorithm execution, maps preparation and statistics generation of Tista and Rangit basin for Year 2007-08 is completed. |
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Coastal landuse mapping on 1:25000 scale for the Gujarat State using LISS-IV data of 2005-06 is completed after external Quality Checks. |
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Mangrove community maps for all mangrove areas of India prepared. Quality checks for most of the states completed. Mapping completed for all coral reefs of India. |
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Query Shells around CZIS (Coastal Zone Information System) are developed for the Orissa and Goa states. |
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Study & analysis of TMC and HYSI data of Chandrayaan-1 are in progress for geological and mineralogical investigations of moon. Data for near as well far side analyzed. Early results of HYSI and TMC data of Chandrayaan-1 for geological investigations of the Lunar surface presented in the "Exposure Meet on Chandrayaan-1 TMC/HYSI data", organized at SAC on December 15, 2008. |
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Query Shells around CZIS (Coastal Zone Information System) Arc/Info developed for the Karnataka & West Bengal states. The shells are developed for retrieval of general information, thematic information and automatic map generation for these states. |
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The ‘Optical Buoys’ were redeployed on CAL-VAL site at Kavaratti after monsoon season. The integrated pair of OPTICAL+MET buoy system is working satisfactorily since December 15, 2008. In-situ measurements of all parameters are now received on hourly basis from the CAL-VAL site using INSAT-3C. |
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State-wise potential yield estimated using calibrated crop coefficient and generated grid weather. Actual yield estimated using potential simulated yield for each of the 10 rice-growing states. The highest yield was obtained in the state of Punjab (3.93 t/ha) followed by AP (3.06 t/ha). Lowest yield was in MP (0.95 t/ha). |
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Mapping of wetlands in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Wet Bengal and Meghalaya completed. |
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Development of Satellite based Grid Computing
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Initial analysis of TMC and HYSI data of Chandrayaan-1 carried out for geological and mineralogical investigations of moon.
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Revised production forecast of kharif rice for 2008-09 for the state of Orissa released. This included revised yield estimation using Water satisfaction model at district level and incorporation of flood damage using two date SAR data acquired after flood (September 24 and September 30). The revised state level acreage & production is 3.8 M ha area and 5.86 M t production. Around 0.52 M ha area was estimated to have completely damaged out of 1.26 M ha inundated. Six districts (out of 30) were affected by flood. |
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Hyperspectral observations of important forest species including bamboo were carried out using handheld ASD FieldSpec instrument for spectral library data base |
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Carried out 21 executions of DMSAR on CDAC super computer through Satellite Grid using Edusat network |
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Analysis of RADARSAT fine beam data of April 22, 25 and May 19, 2008 led to indentification of a buried channel close to Old Talakadu in the Mysore district of Karnataka. Field checks were carried out and the signature was confirmed to be that of a buried channel. [Image] |
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Second forecast (F2) of National Kharif rice for 2008-09 was made on October 15, 2008. All Indian acreage and production are near normal compared to last year RS based F2 forecast (less than 1.0%). All India acreage and production of rice forecast are 35.64 M ha and 78.38 Mt respectively. |
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Hyperspectral observations of twenty-one crops (which were recorded at Anand Agricultural University using handheld spectroradiometer of rang 2500 nm) were processed and spectral plots were generated. The spectral variability between five paddy varieties (GR4 to GR9) was observed at many parts of the spectrum, especially in the NIR region. |
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NRDB - Metadata (State wise) for National GIS project (All states of India), NRIS (Goa and Andaman & Nicobar Islands) was generated for 167 thematic layers on the Master Application server. |
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Real time daily forecast for 48 hours were provided to SDSC, SHAR Meterology Facility for Chandrayaan launch on October 22, 2008. PRWONAM observed data and Kalpana derived winds were assimilated to generate improved initial condition. The experiment started from October 10, 2008 and continued till the launch. |
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MET buoy data on CAL-VAL site at Kavaratti is being collected regularly since the site was operationlized before monsoon season in 2008. Efforts are being made to receive the data every 3 hour through auto file generation system at NDBP. |
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Analysis of QuikSCAT level 2A backscatter data with the new GMF available from JPL completed. A report on assessment of ISRO's wind vector retrieval algorithms prepared based on analysis of QuikSCAT data and NWP model winds. Overall, the ISRO algorithm derived winds were found to be closer to Model winds compared to QuikSCAT finished products winds. |
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A bloom specific chlorophyll algorithm developed using in-situ measurements collected in Arabian Sea. |
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The agromet models for rice crop were updated for 12 major rice growing states (17 met subdivisions) using WWR data (Tx, Tn, RF & Tx - Tn). First forecast of rice yield was made be September 15, for 12 major rice growing states as part of National Rice Forecast. The forecasted yields were in the range 1004 kg/ha (MP) to 3915 kg/ha (Punjab). |
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A glacier expedition was organized from September 02-16, 2008 in Samudra tapu glacier, Lahaul and Spiti valley. Different instruments like GPR, Spectroradiometer, GPS were used to collect data for glaciological studies. |
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Simulation of climate change impact on the runoff over India was modelled using GCM (HadCM3) rainfall data. Initial results indicates less overall runoff in most of the river basins in comparison to current normal climatic runoff. Maximum loss of runoff was observed in the eastern regions like lower part of the Ganga, Brahmini-Baitrani, Subarnarekha, lower partof the Mahanadi basins. |
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First forecast of Kharif rice, ragi, groundnut and jute crops in Orissa State made on August 5, 2008. Acreage of rice ragi, groundnut and jute are 4121, 66.9, 34.7 and 5.4 thousand hectare respectively, which is near normal. |
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Potential yield of rice in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and MP state were simulated for past 10 years (1998-2006) using the calibrated crop coefficient. Regression model was developed for these states using reported yield, time trend and simulated potential yield. |
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Climatological probability maps of cyclone hits for all the states on the east coast of India were generated, for a possible use during planning of satellite launches from SDSC, SHAR during cyclone seasion. |
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First meeting of the GEO Agricultural Monitoring Task (AG-07-03) was held in SAC with Prof. Chris O. Justice, the Director of Research and Professor in Department of Geography at the University of Maryland, USA on August 5 - 6, 2008. A brainstorming was held with concerned scientists of AFEG on 10-Year-Vision of the Task Team, Observation requirements, Data Policy and Needs for Agricultural Monitoring. |
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Version-II models for Ocean State Forecast (Ocean Circulation and Wave) have been installed at INCOIS. |
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On-line submission of applications for the recuritment of Technical & Scientific Assistance at SAC has been implemented. |
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Impact of climate change (temperature & precipitation) on wheat yield was carried out using Cropsyst simulation model under A2 scenario of HADCM3 GCM during 2070-2099. |
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An expendition was organized in Panchi Nala glacier in Bhaga basin where GPS and Spectro-radiometer measurements of different glaciological features were collected. |
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Simulation based retrieval scheme for geographysical parameters (surface winds, water vapour and cloud water) from M-T MADRAS has been developed and tested with SSM/I. |
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Antenna installation & control room construction at NCAOR, Goa completed for the communication link between Antarctica and mainland India. |
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The evolution of the convective system present in the west coast of Gujarat (Jun. 9-11, 2008) analyzed based on cloud top temperature derived from INSAT-VHRR data. Along with this, the NWP forecast (based on INSAT and ancillary data) has been given to Gujarat State Control room as part of the Gujarat Weather Watch. |
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Testing of OCEANSAT-II OCM geophysical data product generation software with OCM-1 data successfully completed. |
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The Optical buoy and Sun photometer data collected from CAL-VAL site at Kavaratti has been processed and analyzed. All the systems are working satisfactory. |
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A database in GIS completed for wetland maps (1:250,000 scales) of entire Indian coast. The database includes coastal wetland, habitation polygons and line coverage (HWL, LWL, State Boundaries, Transport). |
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An atlas on coastal habitat of selected marine protected areas of India was released. |
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Test & Evaluation of IGIS Advanced Modules completed. |
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The CAL-VAL activities at Kavaratti have been operationalised. |
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First day data of IMS-1 HySI over the coastal regions of Kerala coast was analyzed to characterize the spectral and radiometric behaviour of the HySI sensor for various earth feature. |
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Atlas of Coral Reef in the Central Indian Ocean has been completed. |
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Geo-referencing of remaining multi-date AWiFS data over UP has been completed. Rabi crop classification was also carried out. |
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Validation experiment for species-specific fishery forecast (tuna forage ground technique) off Mumbai and Chennai by FSI Tuna long liner has been completed. |
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Cartosat-2, LISS-IV, ENVISAT ASAR and RADARSAT fine beam SAR data covering the Talakadu area in Karnataka were acquired and analysed for archaeological wxploration from NIAS, Banglore. |
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Long range forecast for 2008 monsoon season (June-September) rainfall generated using gebetic algorithm. The algorithm predicted 919 mm seasonal rainfall over all India which is 103% of the long-term average. |
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A data base in GIS completed for coastal wetland maps prepared on 1.50, 000 scale using satellite data for the period 1989-1992 for Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnatka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andra Pradesh, Orissa and Andaman & Nichobar. |
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The sea surface temperature (SST) based nirate algorithm developed around Indian water covering in situ data points from Bay of Arbian Sea. The nirate images have been generated during 1999-2004 period in southern peninsular Indian water. |
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District level forecast of wheat in Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh made using LISS-III and meteorological yield models. |
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Development of IDL based tool to compute Radar Vegetation Index (RVI) for a single as well as averaged resolution cell of quad-pol SAR data completed and implemented in RAT software. |
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Development of two modules for LIDAR data analysis for Surface visualization and visualization of LIDAR cloud point successfully completed. |
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The second forcast of national level wheat production for 2007-08 season released on March 24, 2008. The estimated acreage was 27.25 M ha and production forecast of 75.90 M tons. Overall increase of 5.1% in production with respect to the final RS based wheat forecast of 2006-07 observed at national level. |
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Comparative evaluation of three Crop simulation models completed. |
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Vulnerability line demarcation for Dahej area in Gujarat completed and results presented in technical meeting Chaired by Secretary, MoEF on March 18,2008. |
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Development of Fluorescence Line Height(FLH) algorithm completed using hyper spectral under water radiometer in the coastal waters of off Veraval, Gujarat. |
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Execution of NDSI algorithm using georegistered AWiFS scenes for 8 sub basins in Himalayan region completed and Statistics, Maps and Charts for 8 basins prepared. |
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Run off and hydropower potential estimation for monsoon and autumn completed for 72 watersheds on Chenab River (H.P.). |
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Meteosat and Kalpana VHRR data successfully used to determine tropical cyclone centre of four Indian Ocean cyclone using ellipse fitting method. |
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Development of Software for calculation of Satellite co-ordinates from Ephemeris data completed under IRNSS project. |
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Soil survey at Goa earth station completed under Communication link between Antarctica and Mainland India. |
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The SATCOM Link successfully established between Maitri, Antarctica and MCF, Hassan. The link can be utilized for video conferencing, internet access and file transfer. |
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The first forecast of national level wheat production for 2007-08 season released on 22nd February using IRS AWiFS data and agromet model. The estimated acreage was 26.61 M ha and production forecast of 75.13 M tons. Overall reduction of 2.5% in acreage and increase of 4.6% in production was observed with respect to final RS based forecasts 2006-07. |
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"Desertification/Land Degradation Atlas of India" prepared by SAC in collaboration with 17 organizations. |
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Snow cover Atlas of the Ganga basin for the year 2006-07 prepared. |
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The construction of CAL-VAL laboratory on Kavaratti island in collaboration with DST, Kavaratti completed and declared ready for usage. |
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Presentations and live demonstration on Edusat Gateway made to two groups of teaching end coordinators of NCERT at New Delhi. |
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A detailed interface was organised on Investigations on Hyperspectral Applications for the scientist involved in the project with the experts from JPL and University of California. |
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Distress Alert Transmitters were handed over to fishermen in a function organized at Coast Guard Office in Chennai, presided over by the Minister of Fisheries, Tamilnadu and Director, SAC. |
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Agromet yield model developed for mustard crop in Rajasthan state using weekly weather data (1991-2006). First prediction model of mustard yield for the year 2007-08 using data up to mid December was 1.17 t/ha. |
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F3 forecast of National Rice was released on 10th January, 2008. |
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Ka Band Tracking Receiver FM & QM unit T& E is completed and units delivered to the project. |
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Mesoscale predictions over SHAR region were initiated from 11th January (with assimilation of INSAT and nearby data) for the PSLV-C10 launch on 21st January. |
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Generation of ten daily snow cover products and area-altitude distribution completed to observe the snow cover variability for 28 basins of the Western Himalayan region. |
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3D perspective view of high-resolution gravity image generated over the western Indian offshore showing the present tectonic scenario. |
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Development of Agromet yield model for winter potato crop using weekly weather data completed for five major potato growing state viz. Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar and West Bengal. |
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Comparative evaluation of regional scale thermal based surface soil moisture with global soil moisture datasets from passive microwave sensor (AMSR-E) over Punjab state completed. |
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A Radiometer unit is made operational at INSTA-CABIN work premises for Ka Band terminal under GSAT-4 application programme. |
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Two communication experts from SAC have reached Antarctica and are busy in installation and integration of communication link between Antarctica and main land India. |
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Estimated the Mass balance of Miyar basin for around 173 glaciers. |
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Computation of Methane emission from livestock per hectare completed. |
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Communication link between Antarctica and Mainland India to be setup by SAC. The system was tested at SAC in loop back mode though Satellit7. All systems are packed and transported to Goa. |
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Prediction of seasonal monsoon rainfall by Genetic algorithm is validated for the year 2007. The accuracy of GA based prediction was 99.7%. |
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Real time monitoring of SIDR Cyclone in Bay of Bengal successfully done using Genetic Algorithm and Choas Theory. |
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An improved methodology on identification of potential fishing zones transferred to INCOIS, Hyderabad. |
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Second forecast of all India kharif rice production released on October 16th. All India acreage and production is 35.81M Ha and 72.19 M t respectively. Production is 7.0 percent higher than 2006 estimate. |
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Coral reef mapping for Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) and Indian region completed as part of Global coral reef mapping project. |
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The data obtained from Disaster Management Synthetic Aperture Radar (DMSAR) flights during June 12, 2007 to August 3, 2007 were processed through ground processor and delivered to NRSA. |
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DMSAR mission to carry out pre-flood and during flood scenario successfully completed. |
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INSAT-3D/INSAT-3A/KALPANA-1 Met Data Processing, Parameter Retrieval Software:
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