Soil Moisture in Brazil

An often under-looked, but agronomically significant entity is soil moisture and how far it affects the crop growth, livestock and the country,  it is one of the important components for the growth of the Crop. Knowledge of spatio-temporal variation of soil moisture is of utmost importance as it helps in understanding the health of...

Parched basin of Godavari river: Agriculture in a tight spot?

First published on September 11, 2018 The Godavari river flows through the states of Maharashtra (48.6%), Telangana (18.8%), Andhra Pradesh (4.5%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%), Madhya Pradesh (10.0%), Odisha (5.7%), Karnataka (1.4%) and Puducherry (Yanam) and joins Bay of Bengal. The Godavari basin receives its maximum rainfall during the Southwest monsoon.. The average soil moisture map...

Satellite based coping mechanisms for drought prone Raichur

Drought is a normal and recurrent condition of climate that occurs when the available soil moisture becomes insufficient to support plant growth. Droughts adversely affect the agricultural sector especially when they are prevailing for a longer duration. Agricultural droughts should be identified well before it’s occurrence to reduce its impact on the crop. Normalized...

Chhattisgarh : The “rice bowl” of India to witness a growth in agriculture sector?

Chattisgharh,” The rice bowl” of India mainly practices rain-fed agriculture( 72 per cent of agriculture ) and hence the need to monitor the agriculture stress induced by several factors, such as shortage of water, overuse of pesticides etc is of prime importance. Passive microwave sensors provide soil moisture globally at a coarser spatial resolution...

High spatio-temporal resolution soil moisture : A welcome change

 India has witnessed many natural disasters like floods, landslides, cyclones, forest fires, earthquakes, drought, etc.  To comprehend risks due to such disasters, it is necessary to integrate satellite and field-based observations and to work towards risk reduction principles. Satellites provide synoptic observations of the natural disasters at regular intervals that helps in better gearing...

Improved weather forecast: Soil “remembers” even after the atmosphere had forgotten

Soil can “remember” extreme climatic events long after the conditions responsible for the anomaly is forgotten by the atmosphere, is a key aspect of land-atmosphere interactions and has major implications for seasonal forecasting. The land-atmosphere interactions can be modeled and analyzed to predict climate or simulate water budget. After precipitation, a certain amount of...