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VISHWAS S. CHITALE
Junior Research Fellow Date of Joining: 12/12/2008
CORAL PI: MD Behera
Summary
Assessment and Modelling of Forest biomass and carbon dynamics using remote sensing and GIS
(AMF)
High resolution data acquisition for cadastral level mapping of Katerniaghat wls, Bahraich
Modification of vegetation type mapping for analyzing the changes during the 1975 to 2010
Exploration of Biome BGC Model for parameterization of forest carbon dynamics model
(SPLAM) Spatial Landscape Analysis and Modeling software at (Jul’2009 IIRS, Dehradun)
December 2008 – June 2010
Biodiversity characterization at landscape level using remote sensing and GIS for Kargil district,
Jammu and Kashmir (LLS)
Vegetation type mapping at 1:50,000 scale using multitemporal IRS LISS III data for Kargil district
(Area: Approx. 16,000 Km2)
Extensive field sampling in Kargil district for the purpose of ground verification (>200 Points)
Landscape analysis to study fragmentation alongwith Disturbance index (DI) and Biological richness
(BR)
December 2008 – June 2010
Biodiversity characterization at landscape level using remote sensing and GIS for Uttar Pradesh state
(except Vindhyan hills) (BCL)
Vegetation type mapping at 1:50,000 scale using multitemporal IRS LISS III data for Uttar Pradesh
state except Vindhyan hills (28 districts)
Extensive field sampling in 28 districts for the purpose of ground verification
Landscape analysis to study Disturbance index (DI) and Biodiversity richness (BR)
Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals:
1) Chitale, V.S., Behera, M.D., Roy, P.S., Matin, S., Pujar, G.S., Malik, A.H. and Murthy, M.S.R., 2010.
‘Characterizing vegetation and land cover distribution pattern in Kargil ‐ Ladakh region of the
western Himalayas, India’ communicated to ‘Current Science’ (Sept’ 2010) [Status: under review]
2) Behera, M.D., Chitale, V.S., Shaw, A., Roy, P.S., Murthy, M.S.R., 2010. ‘Wetland Monitoring
Serving as an Index of Climate Change ‐ a Study in Samaspur Wetlands, Uttar Pradesh, India’
communicated with ‘Jr. of Indian Society of Remote Sensing’ (Springer) (Jul’ 2010) [Status: under
review]
3) Chitale, V.S., Behera, M.D., Rinki, Behera, S. K., 2010, ‘Monitoring vegetation / land cover
dynamics in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh, India’, ‘Forest Ecology and
Management’ (Elsevier) [Status: Under Internal Review],
4) Matin. S., Chitale, V.S. and Behera, M.D., Uttar Pradesh: Vegetation inventory and dynamics.
‘Current Science’ [Status: under internal review]
Research Papers Presented:
1) Chitale, V.S., Matin, S., Behera, M.D., Dutta, S.K., Roy, P.S. 2010. ‘Community Level Classification
and Characterization of Sal Forest for Micro‐Level Conservation in Himalayan Foothills of Uttar
Pradesh’, presented at International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change, (19‐21 Dec’
2010, IIT Kharagpur, India)
2) Matin, S., Chitale, V.S., Behera, M.D., Mishra, A., 2010. ‘Species diversity study in three ecological
zones of Uttar Pradesh ‐ Serving a base data future biodiversity monitoring and modelling study’,
presented at International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change, (19‐21 Dec’ 2010, IIT
Kharagpur, India)
3) Mishra, B., Chitale, V.S., Behera, M.D., 2010. ‘Habitat response to physiognomic and climatic
variables‐ An attempt in western Himalayas’, presented at International Workshop on
Biodiversity and Climate Change, (19‐21 Dec’ 2010, IIT Kharagpur, India)
4) Matin, S., Chitale, V.S. and Behera, M.D., 2010. Geospatial modelling of biodiversity in Uttar
Pradesh, presented at Fourth International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution, (8‐
11 Dec’ 2010, NBRI/CSIR, Lucknow, India)
5) Chitale, V.S., Matin, S. and Behera, M.D.,2010., ‘Remote Sensing Based Land and Vegetation
Cover Change Detection as an Indicator of Climate Change in part of Western Himalayas’
presented at International Symposium on, “Benefiting from Earth Observation: Bridging the
Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush‐Himalayan Region”, (4‐6 Oct’ 2010,
Kathmandu, Nepal)
6) Matin, S., Chitale, V.S. and Behera, M.D., 2009. Expansion of Prosopis juliflora in saline soil of
Uttar Pradesh State (except Vindhyan hills) using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques presented
at Indian Society of Remote Sensing Annual Convention and National Symposium, (17‐19
Sept’2009, Nagpur, India)
7) Behera, M.D., Shaw, A., Chitale, V.S. 2009. Satellite remote sensing for periodic wetland
monitoring – A study in Samaspur Wetlands, Uttar Pradesh; presented at Indian Society of
Remote Sensing Annual Convention and National Symposium, (17‐19 Sept’2009, Nagpur, India)
8) Ghag, P., Behera, M.D., Mukharjee, C.K., Matin, S. and Chitale, V.S. 2009. Characterizing wetland
dynamics in U.P. Gangetic Plain using remote sensing and GIS tools;, presented at Indian Society
of Remote Sensing Annual Convention and National Symposium, (17‐19 Sept’2009, Nagpur,
India)
9) Chitale, V.S., Behera, M.D., Matin, S., Dutta, S. K., 2009 ‘Utiliization of UP biodiversity database
for inventory and study of Invasive Alien Species’, presented at National Conference on Invasive
Alien Species, (21 Mar’2009, Lucknow, India)
Books:
1) ‘Vegetation types of Uttar Pradesh’, Behera, M.D., Matin, S., Chitale, V. S., Porwal, M.C., Behera
S. K., 2011 Bishen Singh & Mahendra Singh Publications, Dehradun, India
Awards/Prizes:
1) Third Prize under Students Award Contest for presenting the study ‘Community Level
Classification and Characterization of Sal Forest for Micro‐Level Conservation in Himalayan
Foothills of Uttar Pradesh’, Chitale, V.S., Matin, S., Behera, M.D., Dutta, S.K., Roy, P.S. presented
at International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change, (19‐21 Dec’ 2010, IIT
Kharagpur, India)