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RS-GIS Staff Publications 2004-2005

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Peer-reviewed (Published)

Ahmad, M. D., Bastiaanssen,W.G.M. 2003. Retrieving soil moisture storage in the unsaturated zone using satellite imagery and bi-annual phreatic surface fluctuations. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 17:141-161.

Ahmad, M.D., Stien, A., Bastiaanssen,W.G.M. 2004. Estimation of disaggregated canal water deliveries in Pakistan using geomatics, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 6 (2004) 63–75.

Ahmad, M.D., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, R.A. Feddes 2005. A new technique to estimate net groundwater use across large irrigated areas by combining remote sensing and water balance approaches, Rechna Doab, Pakistan. Hydrogeology Journal 13:653-664.

Ahmad, M.D., A. Stein, W.G.M. Bastiaanssen 2004. Estimation of disaggregated canal water deliveries in Pakistan using geomatics. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 6: 63-75. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0303243404000534.

Ahmad, M.D., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen 2003. Retrieving soil moisture storage in the unsaturated zone from satellite imagery and bi-annual phreatic surface fluctuations. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 17(3): 141-161.

Biradar, C.M., Sarnam Singh, P.S. Roy, 2003. Geospatial modelling techniques for rapid assessment of biodiversity at landscape level in western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Current Science Vol 84 (5). 101-108.

Biradar, C.M., Saran Sameer, Raju P. L. N and Roy P. S. 2004. Forest canopy density stratification: How relevant is biophysical spectral response modeling approach? Geocarto International, 20 (1), 1-7.

Chemin, Y., Platonov, A., Hassan, M.U., Abdullaev, I. (2004) Using remote sensing data for water depletion assessment at administrative and irrigation-system levels: case study of the Ferghana Province of Uzbekistan, Agricultural Water Management 64 (2004) 183–196.

Enclona, E.A., Thenkabail, P.S., Celis, D., Diekmann, J. 2004. Within-field wheat yield prediction from IKONOS Data:A New Matrix Approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25(2): 377-388.

Singh Sarnam, K. Chandra Sekar, P.S. Roy, Surendra Singh, D.K. Singh, B.P. Uniyal and Biradar, C.M.2003. Additions to the Flora of Lahaul-Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh. Annals Forestry 11(1); 59-62.

Scott,C.A.; Bastiaanssen,W.G.M..; Ahmad, M.D. 2003. Mapping root zone soil moisture using remotely sensed optical imagery. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 129(5):326-335.

Scott, C.A., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, M.D. Ahmad 2003. Mapping root zone soil moisture using remotely sensed optical imagery. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 129(5):326-335.

Thenkabail, P.S., Enclona, E.A., Ashton, M.S., Legg, C., Jean De Dieu, M., 2004. Hyperion, IKONOS, ALI, and ETM+ sensors in the study of African rainforests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 90:23-43.

Thenkabail, P.S., 2004. Inter-sensor relationships between IKONOS and Landsat-7 ETM+ NDVI data in three ecoregions of Africa. INT. J. REMOTE SENSING, 25 (2): 389-408.

Thenkabail, P.S., Hall, J., Lin, T., Ashton, M.S., Harris, D., Enclona, E.A. 2003. Detecting floristic structure and pattern across topographic and moisture gradients in a mixed species Central African forest using IKONOS and Landsat-7 ETM+ images. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 4: 255–270.

Thenkabail, P.S., 2003. Biophysical and yield information for precision farming from near-real- time and historical Landsat TM images. INT. J. REMOTE SENSING, 24 (14): 839 – 877.

Thenkabail, P.S., Enclona, E.A., Ashton, M.S., and Van Der Meer, V. 2004. Accuracy Assessments of Hyperspectral Waveband Performance for Vegetation Analysis Applications. Remote Sensing of Environment, 91 (2004) 354–376.

Thenkabail, P.S., Stucky, N., Griscom, B.W., Ashton, M.S., Diels, J., Van Der Meer, B., and Enclona, E. 2004. Biomass estimations and carbon Stock calculations in the oil palm plantations of African derived savannas using IKONOS data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2004, VOL. 25, NO. 00, 1–27.

Thenkabail, P.S., Schull, M., Turral, H. 2005. Ganges and Indus River Basin Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) and Irrigated Area Mapping using Continuous Streams of MODIS Data. Remote Sensing of Environment 95 (2005) 317–341.

Thenkabail, P.S., Gamage, N., and Smakhin, V. 2004. Developing a remote sensing based drought assessment and reporting system for South West Asia. IWMI Research report No.85.

Peer-reviewed (in review)

Biggs, T.W., Thenkabail, P.S., Gumma, M.K., Scott, C., GangadharaRao, P., and Turral, H. (2005) Vegetation phenology and irrigated area mapping using combined MODIS time-series, ground surveys, and agricultural census data in Krishna River Basin, India, Remote Sensing of Environment, In Preparation.

Thenkabail, P.S., GangadharaRao, P., Biggs, T., Krishna, M. and Turral, H. (2005) Spectral matching techniques, Spectral correlation similarity, spectral similarity value, SMTs, SCS, SSV, NDVI, hyperspectral, AVHRR time-series, Krishna river basin, historical time series, irrigated areas, benchmark river basin. Journal to be decided, In preparation.

Proceedings papers

Ahmad, M.D., T. Magagula, D. Love, V. Kongo, M. Mul, J. Kinoti 2005. Estimating actual evapotranspiration through remote sensing techniques to improve agricultural water management: a case study in the transboundary Olifants catchment in the Limpopo Basin, South Africa. 6th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP Annual Symposium, 1-4 November 2005, Ezulwini, Swaziland.

Ahmad, M.D., T. Biggs, H. Turral, C.A. Scott 2005. Application of SEBAL approach and MODIS time-series to map vegetation water use patterns in the data scarce Krishna river basin of India. 2005 IWA Watershed & river Basin Management Specialist Group Conference, September 13-15, 2005 Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Gamage, M.S.D.N., M.D. Ahmad, H. Turral 2005. Semi-supervised technique to retrieve irrigated crops from Landsat ETM+ imagery for small fields and mixed cropping systems of South Asia. 26th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), Hanoi, Vietnam.

Pierre Marchand, Yvan Bédard, Alexandre Brisebois, 2005, Considerations for the Optimization of Analysis and Implementation of Spatio-Temporal Exploration and Analysis, ISPRS Workshop WG II/5, II/6, IV/1 and IV/2 Joint Workshop on "Spatial, Temporal and Multi-Dimensional Data Modelling and Analysis" September, 5-8, 2005 Cardiff, UK

Thenkabail, P.S., Biradar, C.M., Turral, H., and Schull, M. 2005. A Global Map of Irrigated area at the end of the last millennium using multi-sensor, time-series satellite sensor data. Presented at the Pecora 16 meeting “Global Priorities in Land Remote Sensing” held at Sioux Falls South Dakota, USA during October 23-27, 2005.

Thenkabail, P.S., Biradar, C.M., Turral, H., and Schull, M. 2005. A Satellite Sensor Based Global Map of Irrigated Areas and Products. Presented at the 2nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACTS), held at Hanoi, Vietnam during November 7-11, 2005. 

Presentation with Abstract

Thenkabail, P.S., Biradar, C.M., Turral, H., and Schull, M. 2005. International Water Management Institute’s (IWMI’s) Global Map of Irrigated Area (GMIA) and Related Products. *Presented at the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information, GeoSpatial Science Meeting and Planning Workshop held at Nairobi, Kenya during October 17-21st, 2005.

Thenkabail, P.S., Biradar, C.M., Islam, A., Vithanage, J., Noojipady, P., Dheeravath, V., Kulawardhana, W., Velpuri, M., Gunasinghe, S., and Alankara., R. International Water Management Institute’s Data Storehouse Pathway (IWMIDSP): Gateway to Remote Sensing and GIS data on River Basins, Nations, Regions, and the World. Presented at the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information, GeoSpatial Science Meeting and Planning Workshop held at Nairobi, Kenya during October 17-21st, 2005. 

IWMI research Updates

IWMI Research Update, 2005. Research Update- News of the progress and Impact of IWMI’s research. Issue 2, 2005. International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

Documentation

Bastiaanssen, W.G.M., M.D. Ahmad, Z. Tahir 2003. Upscaling water productivity in irrigated agriculture using remote-sensing and GIS technologies. In Kijne, J. W.; Barker, R.; Molden. D. (Eds.), Water productivity in agriculture: Limits and opportunities for improvement. Wallingford, UK : CABI pp.289-300. http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/Book/CA_CABI_Series/Water_Productivity/Protected/0851996698ch18.pdf

Hugh Turral, 2002, Global Irrigated Area Mapping - working document, International Water Management Institute, Colombo. 

Peter Droogers, 2002, Global Irrigated Area Mapping - Overview and Recommendations, Working paper No. 36, International Water Management Institute, Colombo.

Thenkabail, P.S., Biradar, C.M., Turral, H., and Schull, M. 2005. A Global Map of Irrigated Area at the End of the last Millennium using Multi-sensor, Time-series Satellite Sensor Data. Draft Documentation for: http://www.iwmigmia.org. International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka.