GIS and Remote Sensing Analysis for Cropping Systems

Description

With the help of this book Satellite technology enables us to draw a global picture of how climate is changing, instead of depending on individual point observatories. In the future, data from satellites will become richer and the inferred trends will become sharper, and it will be immensely useful in monitoring adaptation too. We use remote sensing data to assess an ecosystem’s response to climate change and their impacts. We do this by tracking changes in vegetation growth and, in turn, the carbon cycle. Changes in climate impact vegetation as it alters or disturbs the growing season for plants, creating an imbalance in the normal carbon cycle that we assume to be true. Remote sensing data is being used to monitor the growing season with precision. With the advancement in satellite products, we are getting up to near daily data, which will enable us to pinpoint exactly when the growing season will start and end. This data is then used as a starting point to infer the specifics of a vegetation growth cycle and productivity. This book helps to collect the information on crop statistics is required for planning and decision making purposes, such as, distribution and storage of food grains, Govt. policies, pricing, procurement and food security and so on. Contemporary techniques of satellite remote sensing in such decision making. Remote sensing data does provide many advantages over conventional methods, particularly in terms of timely decision making mechanisms, spatial depiction and coverage including cost effectiveness. Space data is used in addressing in many critical aspects, such as, crop area estimation, crop yield & production estimation, crop condition, deriving basic soil information, cropping system studies, experimental crop insurance, etc.