Terrestrial Sciences

IRS-P6 AWiFS derived gridded land use/land cover (LU/LC) data over Indian region as input to mesoscale models (MM5 and WRF).So far 25 land use/land cover categories of USGS derived global coverage with different resolutions data are used to run mesoscale models. IRSP6 AWiFS derived LU/LC data with 56m basic resolution has been scaled to 5, 2 minute & 30 second resolutions. Indian region of USGS data is replaced with AWiFS derived data and made compatible to MM5 & WRF model.

IRS-P6 AWiFS derived gridded land use/land cover (LU/LC) data over Indian region as input to mesoscale models (MM5 and WRF).So far 25 land use/land cover categories of USGS derived global coverage with different resolutions data are used to run mesoscale models. IRSP6 AWiFS derived LU/LC data with 56m basic resolution has been scaled to 5, 2 minute & 30 second resolutions. Indian region of USGS data is replaced with AWiFS derived data and made compatible to MM5 & WRF model.

Water Bodies consists of all surface water bodies viz. reservoirs, irrigation tanks, lakes, ponds, and rivers / streams. The area under water bodies is dynamic in natures and hence multi-temporal satellite data was used for monitoring. An automated extraction algorithm developed is used for quick processing of satellite data acquired from Resourcesat -1, Resourcesat-2 AWiFS sensors (56m spatial resolution) which enables the generation of water body layer.