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Chapter 1 Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Expansion and Its Impact on Surface Temperature and Water Bodies |
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1.2 Materials and Methods |
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1.2.3 Preprocessing of Image |
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1.2.4 Image Classification |
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1.2.5 Derivation of Normalized Difference Water Index |
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1.2.6 Derivation of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
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1.2.7 Mono-Window Algorithm for the Estimation of Land Surface Temperature |
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1.3 Result and Discussions |
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1.3.1 Spatiotemporal Analysis of Normalized Difference Water Index and Land Use/Land Cover |
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1.3.2 Spatiotemporal Analysis of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Land Surface Temperature |
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Chapter 2 Landscape Pattern and Dynamics in a Fast-Growing City, Khamis-Mushyet, Saudi Arabia, Using Geoinformation Technology |
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2.2 Study Area and Data Used |
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2.4.1 Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (1990) |
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2.4.2 Land Use and Land Cover Change (1990-2002) |
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2.4.3 Land Use/Land Cover Change Analysis (2002-2014) |
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2.4.4 Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis (1990-2014) |
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2.4.5 Urban Expansion of Khamis-Mushyet during 1990-2002-2014 |
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Chapter 3 Understanding the Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Glaciers: Application of Geospatial Technology |
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3.2 Identifying Geomorphological Features from Space |
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3.3 Mapping and Inventory of Glaciers |
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3.3.1 Manual Delineation of Area/Length |
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3.3.2 Mapping the Debris-Covered Glaciers through Automated Classification |
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3.4 Estimation of Thickness of Glaciers |
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3.4.1 Thickness Area Relation Method |
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3.4.2 Volume-Area Related Thickness Estimations |
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3.4.3 Glacier Flow Mechanics Method |
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3.4.4 Remote Sensing-Based Methods |
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3.5 Volumetric Estimation |
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3.5.1 Glacier Flow Mechanics Method |
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3.5.2 Remote Sensing-Based Methods |
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3.6 Extracting Glacier Parameters from Digital Elevation Model |
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3.6.1 Deciphering Mass Balance Studies from DEMs |
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3.6.2 Volume-Area Scaling for Mass Balance Studies |
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3.6.3 Accumulation Area Ratio-Equilibrium Line Altitude Method for Mass Balance Estimations |
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3.6.4 The Remote Sensing-Based Geodetic Method |
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3.7 Geospatial Technology for Cryosphere and the Way Forward |
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Chapter 4 Urban Imprints on City's Environment-Unfolding Four Metro Cities of India |
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4.3.1 Land Use and Land Cover Mapping |
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4.3.2 Land Surface Temperature Estimation |
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Chapter 5 Predictive Modeling of a Metropolitan City in India Using a Land Change Modeling Approach |
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5.2 Land Change Modeling Approaches |
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5.2.1 Statistical Regression Models |
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5.2.2 Artificial Neural Networks |
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5.2.3 Markov Chain Models |
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5.3 Land Change Modeling for Present and Future Environmental Dynamics |
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5.4 Urban Land Change Modeling: Development and Integration with Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System |
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5.5 Case Study of Lucknow |
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5.5.2 Data and Software Used |
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5.5.3.1 Preparation of Land Use and Land Cover of Lucknow District |
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5.5.3.2 Prediction of Future Land Use and Land Cover of the Lucknow District |
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5.5.4 Analysis and Results |
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Chapter 6 Performance Analysis of Different Predictive Algorithms for the Land Features Modeling |
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6.2 Description of Study Area and Materials |
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6.3.1 Image Processing of Satellite Data |
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6.3.1.1 Image Preprocessing |
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6.3.2 Separability Analysis |
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6.3.2.1 Transformed Divergence Method |
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6.3.2.2 Jefferies Matusita Distance Method |
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6.3.3 Image Classification |
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6.3.3.1 Support Vector Machines-Based Classification |
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6.3.3.2 Artificial Neural Network-Based Classification |
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6.3.3.3 Random Forest-Based Classification |
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6.3.4.3 Jaccard Coefficient |
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6.3.4.4 Classification Success Index |
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6.3.5 Statistical Significance of Classification Accuracy by Z-Test |
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6.4 Results and Discussion |
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6.4.1 Support Vector Machines-Based Summary of Classification Accuracy |
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6.4.2 Artificial Neural Network-Based Summary of Classification Accuracy |
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6.4.3 Random Forest-Based Summary of Classification Accuracy |
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6.4.4 Postprocessing Summary of Classification Accuracy |
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6.4.5 Analyses of Statistical Significance in the Classification Accuracy of Two Algorithms |
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Chapter 7 Urban Growth and Management in Lucknow City, the Capital of Uttar Pradesh |
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7.2 Urbanization as a Phenomenon |
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7.3 Scenario of Urbanization in Developing and Developed Nations |
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7.4 Linkage between Urban Growth, Ecology, and Growth Management |
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7.5 Application of Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System, and Spatial Metrics in Urban Growth Studies |
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7.6 Case Study of Lucknow |
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7.6.3.1 Preparation of Land Use Land Cover of Lucknow District |
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7.6.3.2 Analysis of Urban Sprawl |
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7.6.4 Analysis and Results |
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Chapter 8 Change in Volume of Glaciers and Glacierets in Two Catchments of Western Himalayas, India since 1993-2015 |
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8.3.1 Catchment and Glacier Areas |
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8.3.2 Thickness and Volume Estimation |
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8.4 Results and Discussion |
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8.4.1 Total Glaciated Area in Stok and Matoo Village Catchments |
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8.4.2 Ice Reserved in Stok and Matoo Village Catchments |
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Chapter 9 Analysis of Drainage Morphometry and Tectonic Activity in the Dehgolan Basin Kurdistan, Iran, Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System |
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9.2.2 Geological Settings |
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9.3 Materials and Methods |
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9.3.6 Hypsometric Integral |
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9.3.7 Stream-Length Gradient Index (Hack's Index) |
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9.3.8 Drainage Basin Asymmetry |
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9.4.2.1 Hypsometric Curve and Hypsometric Integral |
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9.4.2.2 Stream Length-Gradient Index (Hack's Index) |
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Chapter 10 Fog-A Ground Observation-Based Climatology and Forecast over North India |
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10.3 Dataset and Methodology |
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10.3.2 Time Series and Trend Analysis |
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10.3.4 Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Modeling |
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10.3.5 Fog Relationship with Aerosol Optical Depth |
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10.4 Results and Discussions |
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10.4.1 Long-Term Climatology of Fog |
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10.4.2 Duration and Variability of Fog |
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10.4.3 Intensity and Persistence of Fog |
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10.4.5 Decadal Time Series and Trend Analysis over IGP |
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10.4.6 Spatial Variability |
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10.4.7 Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Modeling |
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10.4.8 Relationship between Fog Occurrence and Aerosol Optical Depth |
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Chapter 11 Estimation of Evapotranspiration through Open Access Earth Observation Data Sets and Its Validation with Ground Observation |
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11.2.2 Method of Evapotranspiration Comparisons |
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11.2.2.1 Comparison with Lysimeter |
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11.2.3 Remote Sensing Observation |
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11.2.4 Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land Model |
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11.2.4.1 Estimation of Land Surface Variables Using Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land |
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11.2.4.2 Solving the Surface Radiation Balance Equation for Rn |
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11.2.4.4 Sensible Heat Flux |
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11.2.4.5 Evaporative Fraction |
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11.2.4.6 Daily Evapotranspiration |
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11.3 Results and Discussions |
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11.3.1 LAI and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Relationship |
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11.3.2 Result from Comparison with Conventional Method |
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11.4 Summary and Conclusions |
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Chapter 12 Use of Hydrological Modeling Coupled with Geographical Information System for Plotting Sustainable Management Framework |
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12.2.1 Hydrogeologic Setting and Aquifer Systems of the Area |
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12.3.1 Data Collection and Processing |
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12.3.2 Ground Water Simulation Model |
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12.3.3 Spatial and Temporal Discretization of the Model Domain |
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12.3.4 Boundary Conditions |
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12.3.4.1 Land Use Land Cover |
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12.4 Results and Discussion |
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Chapter 13 CERES-Rice Model to Define Management Strategies for Rice Production; Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Estimation during Drought Years-A Study over Parts of Madhya Pradesh, India |
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13.3 Result and Discussion |
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13.3.1 Observed Rainfall and Temperature Variability |
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13.3.2 Rainfall Anomalies and Madden-Julian Oscillation Indices |
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13.3.3 Variability in Crop Yield |
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13.3.4 Sensitivity Analysis |
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13.3.5 Detrend Analysis of the Simulated Yield |
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13.3.6 Simulated and Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration |
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13.3.7 Simulated and Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture |
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Chapter 14 Simulation of Hydrologic Processes through Calibration of SWAT Model with MODIS Evapotranspiration Data for an Ungauged Basin in Western Himalaya, India |
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14.3 Material and Methods |
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14.3.1 The Soil and Water Assessment Tool Model |
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14.3.4 Calibration and Validation |
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14.4 Results and Discussions |
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14.4.1 Sensitivity Analysis |
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14.4.2 Groundwater Parameters |
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14.4.2.1 Threshold Depth of Water in the Shallow Aquifer Required for Return Flow |
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14.4.2.2 Threshold Water Level in Shallow Aquifer for Re-evaporation (REVAP) |
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14.4.2.3 Groundwater "Revap" Coefficient |
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14.4.2.4 Groundwater Recharge to Deep Aquifer |
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14.4.3.2 Available Water Capacity in Soil |
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14.4.3.3 Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity |
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14.4.4 Hydrologic Response Units Parameters (.hru) |
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14.4.4.1 Plant Uptake Compensation Factor |
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14.4.4.2 Soil Evaporation Compensation Coefficient |
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14.4.4.3 Maximum Canopy Storage |
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14.4.5 Calibration and Validation |
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14.4.6 Hydrologic Simulations (Water Balance) |
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Chapter 15 Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Nutrient Concentration in and around Kabar Tal Wetland, Begusarai (Bihar), India |
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15.4.1 Land Use/Land Cover Distribution |
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15.4.2 Major Nutrients Concentration |
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Chapter 16 Evaluation of Spectral Mapping Methods of Mineral Aggregates and Rocks along the Thrust Zones of Uttarakhand Using Hyperion Data |
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16.1.1 Geological Setting |
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16.2.1 Preprocessing Hyperion Data |
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16.2.3 Radiometric Calibration |
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16.2.4 Data Dimension Reduction |
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16.2.4.1 Minimum Noise Fraction Transformation |
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16.2.4.2 Endmember or Pure Pixel Extraction |
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16.2.4.3 n-Dimensional Visualizer |
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16.3.2 Endmember Spectral Library |
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16.3.3.2 Spectral Angle Mapping |
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16.4 Spectral Mapping Method's Weights and Scores |
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16.5 Weight Scores of Different Mapping Methods and the Results |
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16.5.1 Field Spectra Data |
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16.5.2 Evaluation of the Spectral Mapping Method |
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16.6 Geological Interpretations of the Results |
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Chapter 17 Assessment of Flood-Emanated Impediments to Kaziranga National Park Grassland Ecosystem-A Binocular Vision with Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System |
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17.2 Kaziranga National Park |
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17.2.1 History and Geographic Association |
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17.2.2 Topography and Climate |
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17.2.3 Vegetation and Ecosystem in Kaziranga National Park |
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17.2.4 Components of Grassland Ecosystems of Kaziranga National Park |
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280 | (1) |
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17.2.5 Conservation Areas |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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17.4 Flooding and Kaziranga National Park |
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281 | (1) |
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17.5 Role of Space Technology |
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282 | (5) |
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17.5.1 Land Use and Land Cover Mapping |
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283 | (1) |
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17.5.2 Flood Mapping through Active Microwave Sensor |
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284 | (2) |
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17.5.3 River Water Level Monitoring |
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286 | (1) |
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17.6 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Integration: Towards Near Real-Time Monitoring and Assessment |
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287 | (1) |
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17.6.1 Mobile Geographic Information System |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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17.6.3 Overall System Architecture Design and Deployment |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
Supplementary Information |
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291 | (10) |
Index |
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