Dr. L. Gnanappazham
Area of Research
Education
- Ph.D. Remote Sensing and GIS in Coastal Biodiversity (M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, University of Madras, Chennai)
- M.Tech. Remote Sensing (College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai)
- B.E. Agricultural Engineering (College of Agricultural Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore)
Funded Project
1. PI : Designing the Vision Document for Market Intelligence Centre, Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka, 2022 – 2023, Bengaluru
2. PI : Mangrove Health assessment using near real time satellite data for the mangroves of Maharashtra, Department of Forests, Government of Maharashtra , 2018 – 2021.
3. PI : Evaluating the potential of Hyperspectral data for mangrove species mapping and biophysical characterisation, Bhitarkanika mangroves, 2011 – 2014, IIST, Trivandrum
4. Co-PI : Geological and Spectral studies of Terrestrial Analogue Rocks: Implications for the exploration of Mars, 2015 – 2017, IIST, Trivandrum
5. PI : Mapping mangroves of Tamil Nadu and mangrove health assessment model (SAC,ISRO/ MoEF) 2006 – 2009, MSSRF Chennai
6. RS and GIS Analyst : Suitability mapping for Mangrove and Non-mangrove bioshield, 2007 – 2009, MSSRF Chennai
7. RS and GIS Analyst : GIS for the microwatershed development, 2007 – 2009, MSSRF Chennai
8. GIS Analyst : Development of GIS based DSS for Cyclone Hazard Mitigation- ICZM, APCHMP, Hyderabd (2000 – 2001)
9. RS and GIS Analyst : Development of DSS for Pichavaram mangroves and Islands off Karwar, 1999 – 2000 Chennai, MoES
Spectral Library Database for the Mangroves of India
This library contains the spectra of 34 (25 True and 9 Associated) mangrove species of Indian mangroves found in Bhitarkanika, the most diversed mangrove ecosystem of India. The guide with more details on data collection, preprocessing and development of spectral library can be found in the attachement given below.
To access the data please register yourself and for further queries please contact gnanam@iist.ac.in, arunprasad@cutn.ac.in.
Data use:
By accessing the data you agree to the use of the data only for research purpose. Sharing or redistribution of the data to others is not permitted. Modification or reproduction of the data in part or full is against the Open data sharing policy.
Citation:
Kumar Arun Prasad, Lakshmanan Gnanappazham, Vaithilingam Selvam, Ramasamy Ramasubramanian & Chandra Sekar Kar (2015). Developing a spectral library of mangrove species of Indian east coast using field spectroscopy, Geocarto International, 30:5, 580-599. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2014.985743