Research Papers
Mapping debris-covered glaciers and identifying factors affecting the accuracy
Bhardwaj Anshuman, Joshi P K, Snehmani, Singh Mritunjay Kumar, Sam Lydia , Gupta R D
| 2014
Supraglacial debris significantly hampers the mapping of glaciers using remote sensing data. A semi-automated approach for the mapping of debris-covered glacier was applied, which combined the inputs from thermal and optical remote sensing data and the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) derived morphometric parameters. A thermal mask that delineates the supraglacial debris extent was generated by the thresholding of surface temperature layer obtained from Landsat TM/ETM + thermal band satellite data.
Linking Local Suppliers to Global Food Markets: A Critical Analysis of Food Safety Issues in Developing Countries
Narula Sapna A, Dangi Neeraj
| 2014
Food safety issues are gaining momentum across the globe, triggered by rising consumer awareness, technological up-gradation and with growing international trade. This chapter describes the development of global food supply chains and opportunities for developing countries in the global market regime. It explores food quality, safety and labelling issues along with their implication on global trade and on the livelihood of the farmers concerned.
Life cycle energy consumption and CO2 emissions of different transport systems in India
Ghate Akshima Tejas, Sundar Sanjivi
| 2014
Transport infrastructure promotes and supports economic growth of the country and economic growth, in turn, generates transport demand. The construction of transport infrastructure and the use of that infrastructure to meet transport demand results in the use of energy and emission of CO2 and criteria pollutants. Investment decisions on transport infrastructure as in the case of other investment decisions are based on techno- economic feasibility analysis; they are in addition subject to environmental impact analysis (EIA).
Land Surface Temperature Estimation using Landsat ETM+ Data
Singh Chander Kumar
| 2014
Land Surface Temperature (LST) can be estimated from remotely sensed satellite data. LST is a key parameter in the physics of land surface processes because it is involved in the energy balance as well as in the evapo-transpiration and desertification processes. The knowledge of surface temperature is important to a range of issues and themes in earth sciences central to urban climatology, global environmental change, and human-environment interactions.
Laboratory demonstration and field verification of a Wireless Cookstove Sensing System (WiCS) for determining cooking duration and fuel consumption?
Graham Eric A, Omkar Patange, Lukac Martin, Singh Lokendra, Abhishek Kar, Rehman Ibrahim H, Ramanathan Nithya
| 2014
With improved cookstoves (ICs) increasingly distributed to households for a range of air pollution interventions and carbon-credit programs, it has become necessary to accurately monitor the duration of cooking and the amount of fuel consumed. In this study, laboratory trials were used to create temperature-based algorithms for quantifying cooking duration and estimating fuel consumption from stove temperatures.
Laboratory based assessment of cookstove performance using energy and emission parameters for North Indian cooking cycle
Arora Pooja, Jain Suresh, Sachdeva Kamna
| 2014
The study was conducted to evaluate the performance of cookstoves using controlled cooking test (CCT) with cooking cycles of Northern India, i.e., Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand (UK). Cooking time, specific energy consumption (SEC), and emission factors (EFs) of carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) were monitored for three improved and one traditional cookstoves. Cooking was conducted by residents of the study area.
Kolhapur & Sangli MSME clusters: case study
Gopal E Nand, Ramesh D
| 2014
The research was carried out with a wider scope of getting a broader understanding of ferrous foundries in the Kolhapur MSME cluster.
Knowledge Management System in TERI: A Strategic Initiative
Bhattacharya P K, Ganguly Shantanu
| 2014
Knowledge management has taken center stage to manage organization knowledge for effective business process decision making. Besides, corporate houses, the need has been felt in research organizations also. TERI is a knowledge based research organization. Over the years, TERI has been involved in large number of research projects undertaken for the government, bi-lateral, and multi-lateral organization. A large number of knowledge resources generated, captured and utilized to accomplish these multi-faceted projects.
Isolation and characterization of a first set of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in Pongamia pinnata (Fabaceae)
Sharma Shyam Sundar, Islam Md Aminul, Negi Madan Singh, Tripathi Shashi Bhusan
| 2014
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, is nonedible oil producing tree legume, which has been recognized as a major biodiesel species in India (Tewari 2003). P. pinnata (synonym Millettia pinnata) is indigenous to India and Southeast Asia from where it has spread to other parts of the world. Its seed oil content ranges from 24–40% which is at par with other biodiesel species such as Jatropha.
Integrated approach for understanding spatio-temporal changes in forest resource distribution in the central Himalaya
Joshi A K, Joshi P K , Chauhan T, Bairwa B
| 2014
Intense anthropogenic exploitation has altered distribution of forest resources. This change was analyzed using visual interpretation of satellite data of 1979, 1999 and 2009. Field and interactive social surveys were conducted to identify spatial trends in forest degradation and data were mapped on forest cover and land use maps. Perceptions of villagers were compiled in a pictorial representation to understand changes in forest resource distribution in central Himalaya from 1970 to 2010. Forested areas were subject to degradation and isolation due to loss of connecting forest stands.