Satellite remote sensing and GIS applications in agricultural meteorology: proceedings of the training workshop, 7-11 July, 2003, Dehra Dun, India
The workshop dealt with a number of useful subjects including introduction to various aspects of satellite and remote sensing, digital image processing, fundamentals of GIS and Geopositioning Systems (GPS), spatial data analysis and practical demonstration of GIS software, theoretical and practical aspects of retrieval agrometeorological parameters using satellite remote sensing data, crop growth and productivity monitoring and simulation as well as assessment and monitoring of drought, floods, water and wind induced soil erosion, satellite applications in weather forecasting, agro-advisory services, desert locust monitoring and forest fire and degradation assessment.