IAPRS & SIS, Vol.34, Part 7, “Resource and Environmental Monitoring”, Hyderabad, India,2002
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are thankful to Shri J.S. Parihar, Group Director,
Agricultural Resources Group and Mission Director,
Remote Sensing Application Mission (SAC) for
encouragement and guidance. Help in image analysis
from Dr. V.K.Sehgal is thankfully acknowledged. We are
also grateful to Dr. A.K.Verma and Global Hydrology
and Resource Centre (GHRC) for providing the data.
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