Dr. YOGESH KANT
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Dr. Yogesh Kant

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (NRSC)
Indian Research Space Organization

Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
4, Kalidas Road
Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, INDIA

Research Expertise
Education
Employment
Honors and Awards
Publications

Research Expertise

  RS application to studies in land surface processes
  RS & GIS application to Environmental Physics
  Studies in aerosol characterization

Education

Ph.D Physics, Osmania University, 2000
MSc. Physics, H.N.B. Garwal University, Srinagar, 1995
BSc. H. N. B. Garwal University, Srinagar, 1993

Employment

2000-till date Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Dehradun

Honors and Awards

Conferred with IGBP START Young Scientist Award for the year 2002.

Publications  (since 1998)

Symposia - Best Paper/ Poster Awards
Journal Publications International
Journal Publications India
Seminar/ Symposia Full Papers

Symposia - Best Paper/ Poster Awards

Best Paper Awards for

Best Paper Award by Indian Society of Remote Sensing Journal Published for the year 1999.


Journal Publications International

Diurnal and seasonal variation of spectral properties of aerosol over Dehradun, India – Rana,S., Yogesh, K and  Dadhwal,V.K., Aerosols and Air Quality Research (In Press), December, 2008.

Remote Sensing of crop residue burning in Punjab : A study on burned area estimation using multisensor approach –  Gurdeep, S and Yogesh, K.,  Geocarto International (In press),  2008.

Greenhouse gas emission inventory from biomass burning due to shifting cultivation and forest clearing in India - Prasad, V.K Gupta, P.K., Sharma,C., Yogesh, K., Mitra, A.P., Sudo,S., Yonemura,S.,  Tsuruta, H and Badarinath, KVS., Trends in air pollution research. Book Editor: James V. Livingston. Nova Science Publishers pp.1-26. ISBN: 1-59454-326-7., 2005.

Remote Sensing, GIS & GPS in India- Applications, Organizations and Grassroots level, GIM International, vol.18, No.7, 2004.

Ground based method for measuring thermal infrared effective emissivities : Implications and perspectives on the measurement of land surface temperature from satellite data - Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol.23, No.11,p. 2179-2191, 2002

Sub-pixel fire detection using Landsat-TM Thermal data -  Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Infrared Physics and Technology , vol.43, p.383-387, 2002.

Biomass burning and related trace gas emissions from tropical dry deciduous forests of India : A study using DMSP-OLS data and ground based measurements - Prasad, V K., Yogesh, K., Gupta,P K., Elvidge, C and  Badarinath, KVS., International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol.23, No.14, p.2837-2851, 2002

CH4 emissions from biomass burning of shifting cultivation areas of tropical deciduous forests : experimental results from ground based measurements - Gupta,P.K., Prasad,V K., Sharma, C., Sarkar,A.K.,  Yogesh, K., Badarinath.KVS and Mitra, A P., Global Change Science, vol. 3, p. 133-143, 2001.

United nations Report UN/ESA/COSPAR workshop on Data Analysis & Image processing techniques., Paper on Role & Retrieval of Geophysical parameters in studying LSP, p. 8, 2001

Studies on land surface temperature over heterogeneous areas using AVHRR data - Yogesh K and Badarinath, KVS., International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol.21, No.8, p. 1749-1756, 2000

Studies on Aerosol optical depth in biomass burning areas using satellite and ground based observations - Yogesh K,  Ghosh,A B., Sharma, M CP, Gupta,P.K., Prasad,V K.,  Badarinath, KVS and Mitra, AP., Infrared Physics and Technology, vol. 41, p.21-28, 2000

Land surface emissivity and temperature determination using NOAA-AVHRR data - Yogesh K and Badarinath, KVS., Geocarto International, vol. 14, No. 1, p.63-68, 2000

Algorithm for detection of active fire zones using NOAA-AVHRR data - Yogesh, K, Prasad, V.K and Badarinath. KVS.,  Infrared Physics and Technology, vol.41, p. 29-34, 2000

Quantifying short-term carbon dynamics from Land use changes using satellite data., A case study from Rampa Forests (Esatern Ghats), India - Prasad,VK., Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Geocarto International, vol. 15, No.2, p.69-75, 2000.

NOx emissions from biomass burning of shifting cultivation areas from tropical deciduous forests of India: Estimated from ground based measurements - Prasad,V.K., Gupta, P.K., Sharma,C., Sarkar, A.K., Yogesh, K, Badarinath, KVS  Rajagopal, T and Mitra, A.P., Atmospheric Environment, vol. 34, p. 3271-3280, 2000.

Quantification of carbon fluxes in tropical deciduous forests using satellite data - Prasad, V.K., Rajagopal,T., Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Advances in Space Research, vol.26, No.7, p.1101- 1104, 2000

Vegetation Dynamics and Organizational changes in shifting cultivation areas of tropical dry deciduous forests - Prasad, V.K., Rajagopal,T., Yogesh, k and Badarinath, KVS., Asia Pacific Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 10, No.2, p. 27-32, 1998.


Journal Publications India

Estimation of land surface temperature over Delhi using Landsat-7 ETM+ -  Mallick,J., Yogesh, J and Bharath,B,D.,  Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, vol. 12, No.3, pp. 117-126, July 2008.

Characterization of spectral aerosol optical depths over India during ICARB – Naseema, A.B., Moorthy, K.K…… Yogesh, K … ., Journal of Earth System Science, vol. 117., No.S1, p. 303-314, 2008.

Identifying biomass burned patches of agriculture residue using satellite remote sensing data – Punia, M., Nautiyal, V.P and Yogesh,K., Current Science, vol 94, No. 9, p. 1185-1190, May 2008

Studies on Surface energy Balance components using Mid-day surface temperature from satellite Thermal Infrared data - Yogesh, K., Prasad,V.K and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, vol. 5, No. 2, p. 73-81, 2001.

Study of trace gases and aerosol emissions due to biomass burning at shifting cultivation sites in East Godavari District (A.P) during INDOEX IFP-99 - Gupta, P.K., Prasad,V K., Yogesh, K., Sharma, C., Ghosh, AB., Sharma,MC., Jain, SL., Tripathi,P., Sharma,R.C., Badarinath, KVS and Mitra, AP.P., Current Science, vol. 80, p. 186-196, April 2001.

The atmospheric aerosol optical depth determination from IRS-P3 MOS data over shifting cultivation areas- Yogesh K and Badarinath, KVS., Asian Journal of Physics, vol. 9, No.1, 2000.

Studies on aerosol optical properties and their association with meteorological parameters using synchronous satellite and ground based measurements- Yogesh, K, Rao, T.V.R.,  Reddy,R.R., Prasad, V.K and Badarinath, KVS., Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences, vol.19 D, No. 1, p. 1-13, 2000

Impact on aerosol optical depth on UV-B radiation : A case study over Eastern Ghats – Yogesh, K., Sharma, M.C., Ghosh,A.B., Gupta, P. K., Prasad,V.K., Badarinath, KVS and  Mitra, A.P., Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, vol.28, p.71-80, 2000

Fractical Analysis for forest type discrimination : A case study using IRS-1C LISS-III satellite data – Prasad, V.K., Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Ecology Environment and conservation, vol 6, No.2, p.163-170, 2000

Modelling the impact of fires on tropical deciduous forests : A case study from Rampa forests- Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh - Prasad,V.K., Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS.,  Indian Journal of Applied and Pure Biology, vol.15, No.1, p. 37-46, 2000

Determination of surface temperature over partially vegetated heterogeneous areas using satellite data-  Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Indian Journal of Physics, vol 73, No. 5, p. 725 β€" 729, 1999

Determination of effective emissivity and temperature over inhomogeneous land surfaces : Results from field campaign – Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Current Science, vol. 77, No.10, p. 1348 β€" 1350, November 1999

Algorithm for atmospheric correction of Remote Sensing VNIR data – Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, vol. 27, p. 274-284, December 1998.

Regional scale Evapotranspiration estimation using satellite derived albedo and surface temperature – Yogesh, K and  Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, vol. 26, No.3, p. 129 β€" 134, 1998

Land surface emissivity and temperature estimation using Landsat-TM data – Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, vol.1, No.2, p. 73-78, 1998.

Generation of fraction Images from AVHRR data using linear Mixing model – Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, vol.26, No.1& 2, p. 23-27, 1998.

Atmospheric correction to thermal IR data for estimation of land surface temperature – Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, vol.26, No.3, p.113-120, 1998.

A method for estimating land surface temperature from satellite data using emissivity derived from vegetation index – Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Current Science, vol. 75, No. 2, p. 139-145, 1998.

Atmospheric correction algorithm to IRS WiFS data – Yogesh, K, Chakravarthy, BSK and Badarinath, KVS., The Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, vol. 2, No.1, p. 41-49, 1998.

Atmospheric correction algorithm to IRS-1C data - Aparna, N., Yogesh, K., Srinivas., D.S and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, vol. 2, No.1, p. 35-40, 1998

A quantitative measure for forest area rehabilitation using IRS-1C LISS-III satellite data - Prasad, V.K., Rajagopal,T.,  Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Ecology, vol.10, No.2, p.37-41, 1998.

Studies on biodiversity using semivariogram approach from IRS-1C LISS-III data - Prasad, V.K., Rajagopal,T., Yogesh, K and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing vol.26, No.3, p.103-112, 1998

Biomass burning and related trace gas emissions from shifting cultivated areas of tropical dry deciduous forests (Estern Ghats- AP) - Prasad,V.K., Yogesh, K., Rajagopal, T and  Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Ecobiology, vol. 10, No.3p. 213- 218, 1998.

Biodiversity studies using spectral and spatial information from IRS-1C LISS-III satellite data -  Prasad,V.K., Yogesh, K., Rajagopal, T and Badarinath, KVS., Journal of Ecobiology, vol.10, No.3, p. 179-184, 1998

Temperature increase and productivity of tropical deciduous forests: A prediction from empirical models - Prasad,V.K.,  Yogesh, K,  Rajagopal, T and Badarinath, KVS., Bulletin of Pure and Applied sciences, vol. 17B, No. 2, p. 89-98, 1998.


Members of

 

¨      Life Member of Indian Geophysical Union

¨      Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing

¨      Asian Journal of Physics

¨      Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences


Seminar/ Symposia Full Papers

1. One of the co-author of research paper entitled "Analyzing the effectiveness of Markov Random Field based Super Resolution Mapping over an urban environment", has been presented under WG VII/4  in the XXI Congress of ISPRS 2008 at Beijing during July 3-11, 2008.

 

2. Participated ISRO-NASA International workshop on Satellite based science products for climate change studies during May 12-15, 2008 at IIRS, Dehradun.

 

3. Participated in Tropical Ecology Congress – session on RS of Tropical ecosystemon Dec 3, 2007 at FRI, Dehradun.

 

4. Participated & presented paper in the International symposium on Aerosol chemistry interaction during 20-22 Nov, 2007 at PRL, Ahmedabad.

 

5. Participated in worksop on EDUSAT based distance learning for RS, GIS and GPS- Experiences & future Plans at Dehradun on June 1, 2007.

 

6. ERDAS India GIS & Mapping User meet during September 3-4, 2003 at New Delhi.

 

7. Participated and presented paper in the ISPRS 2002 symposium during Dec 3-6, 2002 at Hyderabad.

 

8. Paper accepted and published in proceedings of 34th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR held at Houstan, USA from 10-19 October, 2002

 

9. Attended One week IIRS-GDTA course on Principles & Applications of radar Remote Sensing held at IIRS, Dehradun during September 16-20, 2002

 

10. Attended the Asia Eco 2002 2nd Regional Seminar on Geoinformatics for Asia-Ecosystems Managementa during 10-12 September, 2002 at IIRS, Dehradun

 

11. Participated and presented paper in UN/ESA/COSPAR Workshop on Data Analysis & Image Processing Techniques at GORS, Damascus, SYRIA during March 25-29, 2001

 

12. Attended & presented research paper in ISRS Symposium at SAC Ahmedabad during December 11-13, 2001.

 

13. Attended and presented paper in workshop on GIS technologies for sustainable development at local level during October 9-11, 2001 in New Delhi.

 

14. Attended & presented research paper in National Workshop on 'Recent developments in Atmospheric & Space Sciences' at Dept. of Physics, Roorkee University during 19-21 March, 2001.

 

15. Participated in the Working Group Meeting of ISPRS  WG VI/4 on "Internet Resources & Distance Learning" on10 Feb, 2001 at New Delhi

 

16. Attended Map India 2001 conference on GIS, GPS & Remote Sensing at New Delhi during 7-9 February 2001.

 

17. Participated in UN/ESA/COSPAR Workshop on satellite Data Reduction & Analysis Techniques was conducted in IIRS, Dehradun, INDIA during November 27-30, 2000

 

18. Attended & presented research paper in Annual Convention & Symposium on Spatial technologies for Natural Hazards Management at IIT Kanpur during 21-22 November 2000.

 

19. Research paper on "Studies on aerosol properties and their association with meteorological parameters using synchronous satellite and ground based measurements" presented at XI National Space Science Symposium to be held at Puri during 1- 4 March 2000.

 

20. Accepted paper in the 6th Scientific conference of the International Global Atmospheric chemistry Project (IGAC) during 13-17 September, 1999 at Bolonga, ITALY.

 

 

21. Presented research paper "Studies on surface energy balance components using mid-day surface temperature from satellite thermal infrared data" at 36th Annual convention and meeting of Indian Geophysical Union at Pondicherry during 21-23 December 1999.

 

22. Presented research paper "Sub-pixel measurement of heterogeneous land cover features using coarse resolution satellite data" at National Symposium on Remote Sensing for natural Resources: Retrospective & Perspective, Bangalore, January 19-21, 1999.

 

23. Attended & presented paper in the 16th CODATA International symposium on ‘Scientific and technical data and communication for the sustainable development of Nation’  held at New Delhi during 8-12 November, 1998.
 

24. Attended and presented papers in the 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Events, Nagoya, JAPAN held during 12-19 July, 1998

 

25. Presented a paper  "Land surface emissivity and Temperature estimation using Landsat TM data" at convention and meeting on "Satellite Navigation System - GPS application" during 17-19 December 1997, at National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad.

 

26. Attended  ISRS symposium held at NRSA Balanagar, Hyderabad during  November,1997 and presented three papers

(i) "NDVI based approach for determination  of Surface Emissivity"

(ii) "Microlevel change detection of land use/land cover using remote sensing data"

(iii) "Studies on Biodiversity using IRS-1C LISS III satellite data".

 

27. Presented a paper "Studies on Taxonomy & Biodiversity of Mangroves in Guntur District - A.P" at  "Changes in Global Climate due to Natural and Human Activities - IGBP Symposium - 1997", held at R.R.L. Bhubaneshwar during January 15-17, 1997. 

 

Popular Articles

  • Article on "Analyzing the effectiveness of Markov Random Field based super resolution mapping over an urban environment"  in the IIRS Newsletter – Contact,  vol. 10, No. 1 March, 2008

  • Article on "Instrumental measurement of real time concentration of elemental carbon aerosol particles in atmosphere" in Contact, vol. 9, No. 2, September 2007.

  • Article on "Aerosols characterization over Dehradun " in Contact , vol. 8, No. 1, March 2006.

 

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