RS4018 Geomatics for Agriculture and Forestry Syllabus:
RS4018 Geomatics for Agriculture and Forestry Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
The content of this course enable the students to understand the application potentialities of remote sensing data separately and in combination with GIS techniques for Agriculture and Forestry.
UNIT I CROPS ACREAGE AND YIELD ESTIMATION
Spectral properties of crops in optical & TIR region, Microwave backscattering behavior of crop canopy – crops identification and crop inventory – crop acreage estimation – vegetation indices and biophysical model – Yield modeling – crop condition assessment – command area monitoring and management – Microwave RS for crop inventory – Case studies
UNIT II SOILMAPPING
Soil classifications – Soil survey, Types and methods – Hydrological Soil grouping – Factors influencing soil reflectance properties – Characteristics of saline & alkaline Soils –principle component analysis and orthogonal rotation transformation – Soil mapping – watershed management – Problem soil identification – land evaluation – Case studies.
UNIT III DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Detection of pest & diseases – Flood mapping and Assessments of crop loss – drought assessment – Land degradation – Soil erosion & sedimentation – Soil loss assessment – Soil conservation – Agriculture damage prediction modeling.
UNIT IV FORESTRY
Forest taxonomy – inventory of forest land – forest types and density mapping – Forest stock mapping – factors influencing degradation of forest – Delineation of degraded forest – Forest change detection and monitoring – Forest fire mapping & damage assessment –– biomass estimation – carbon storage – ALTM for Forest studies – urban forestry issues
UNIT V CLIMATICIMPACTOFAGRICULTUREANDFORESTRY
Concepts of Integrated surveys– global effects and climatic changes: land degradation and desertification, extreme events, – effect on forest produces health, forest hazards, sustainable forest Management and practice – biodiversity issues – invasive biotics – mitigation and adaptation – RS & GIS for drawing out action plans – watershed approach – landuse planning for sustainable development – precision farming – Case studies.
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Understand the spectral properties of agricultural crops and their applications.
CO2 Understand the spectral properties of soil and applications.
CO3 Understanding the RS and GIS application to damage assessment due to disaster.
CO4 Understand the spectral properties of Forest species and application to forest management
CO5 Understand the climate impacts on agriculture and Forestry management.
REFERENCES:
1. John G. Lyon, Jack MCcarthy, Wetland & Environmental application of GIS, 1st Edition,1995.
2. Margareb Kalacska, G. Arturosanchez, Hyper spectral RS of tropical and sub tropical forest, 1st Edition, 2008.
3. Shunlin liang, Advances in land RS: System, modeling inversion and applications, 1st Edition, 2014.
4. Joe Boris dexon, Soil mineralogy with environmental application, Library of congress catalog, 2002.
5. James B, Introduction to Remote sensing, Third edition Campbell, 4th edition Guilford Press, 2008, 4th edition.
6. David H. White, S. Mark Howden, Climate Change: Significance for Agriculture and Forestry, Springer,1994.