LOOKING BACK - AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND DEFORESTATION WORLDWIDE: AN ARTICLE ON THE CURRENT GLOBAL ILUC-DISCUSSION

Looking Back - an Analysis of the Development of the Agricultural Production and Deforestation Worldwide: An Article on the Current Global iLUC-Discussion

ILUC is the abbreviation for Indirect Land Use Change.ILUC predictions mainly depend on the assumptions about how the additional agricultural demand for biomass production is covered.But iLUC due to agricultural growth varied strongly in the past among the different regions worldwide.Therefore, we analyzed the correlation between the development of

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Decision Tree and Texture Analysis for Mapping Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Kangchenjunga Area, Eastern Himalaya

In this study we use visible, short-wave infrared and thermal Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data validated with high-resolution Quickbird (QB) and Worldview2 (WV2) for mapping debris cover in the eastern Himalaya using two independent approaches: (a) a decision tree algorithm, and (b) texture analysis.The de

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WATER RESOURCES STATUS AND AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENT IN CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR BEAS RIVER BASIN OF NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYA

The water resources status and availability of any river basin is of primary importance for overall and sustainable development of any river basin.This study has been done in Beas river basin which is located in North Western Himalaya for assessing the status of water resources in present and future climate change scenarios.In this study hydrologic

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