Geospatial Applications for Natural Resources Management

Chander Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor at TERI University in the Dept. of Regional Water Studies, and is a remote sensing and GIS specialist by training. He was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the International Union of Geological Sciences at the Euro Conference 2009, in Switzerland. He leads one of the most prestigious PEER Science, USAID funded studies. He has authored more than 70 research papers in journals and conferences in past 5 years. He has received grants from several international and national funding agencies such as USAID, National Science Foundation, International Growth Centre, UKAID, and Oxford University. He has delivered invited talks at MIT, Boston University, and Columbia University under HESN and Superfund research program.

1. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Expansion and Its Impact on Surface Temperature and Water Bodies 2. Landscape Pattern and Dynamics in a Fast-Growing City, Khamis-Mushyet, Saudi Arabia, Using Geoinformation Technology 3. Understanding the Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Glaciers: Application of Geospatial Technology 4. Urban Imprints on City’s Environment—Unfolding Four Metro Cities of India 5. Predictive Modeling of a Metropolitan City in India Using a Land Change Modeling Approach 6. Performance Analysis of Different Predictive Algorithms for the Land Features Modeling 7. Urban Growth and Management in Lucknow City, the Capital of Uttar Pradesh 8. Change in Volume of Glaciers and Glacierets in Two Catchments of Western Himalayas, India since 1993–2015 9. Analysis of Drainage Morphometry and Tectonic Activity in the Dehgolan Basin Kurdistan, Iran, Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System 10. Fog—A Ground Observation-Based Climatology and Forecast over North India 11. Estimation of Evapotranspiration through Open Access Earth Observation Data Sets and Its Validation with Ground Observation 12. Use of Hydrological Modeling Coupled with Geographical Information System for Plotting Sustainable Management Framework 13. CERES-Rice Model to Define Management Strategies for Rice Production; Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Estimation during Drought Years—A Study over Parts of Madhya Pradesh, India 14. Simulation of Hydrologic Processes through Calibration of SWAT Model with MODIS Evapotranspiration Data for an Ungauged Basin in Western Himalaya, India 15. Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Nutrient Concentration in and around Kabar Tal Wetland, Begusarai (Bihar), India 16. Evaluation of Spectral Mapping Methods of Mineral Aggregates and Rocks along the Thrust Zones of Uttarakhand Using Hyperion Data 17. Assessment of Flood-Emanated Impediments to Kaziranga National Park Grassland Ecosystem—A Binocular Vision with Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System