Remote Sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environments

Dr. Meenu Rani received her MTech degree in remote sensing from the Birla Institute ofTechnology, Ranchi, India. She is currently affiliated with the Department of Geography,Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. She has worked on remote-sensingapplications as a junior research fellow at the Haryana Space Applications Centre, as aresearch associate on the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and at the G.B. PantNational Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Dr. Ranihas authored and coauthored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers andpresented work at many national and international conferences, including in the UnitedStates, Italy, and China. She has been awarded various fellowships from the InternationalAssociation for Ecology, Future Earth Coasts, and the Scientific Committee on AntarcticResearch Scientific Research Programme. She was awarded an Early Career Scientistachievement in 2017 from Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. Dr. Kaliraj Seenipandi is a scientist at the Central Geomatics Laboratory, NationalCentre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. He received his MSc in remotesensing and geoinformation technology with a first from Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai, and his MTech in geomatics from the Indian Institute of Surveying andMapping, Survey of India, Hyderabad. He was awarded the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship(both JRF and SRF) for his PhD in remote sensingegeotechnology from the Centre forGeoTechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.He has specialized in remote sensing, geoinformatics, and GIS modeling of earth andenvironmental processes. He has published over 30 research papers in the earth andenvironment fields and more than 25 proceedings in national and international conferences.He was awarded the Young Scientist of the Year 2016 award by theInternational Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata, in association with theConfederation of Indian Universities, New Delhi, and the Green Technologist of the Year2017 award by the Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, New Delhi, in associationwith the Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi. His researchinterests are in the fields of remote sensing, geoinformatics, GIS modeling, earth andenvironmental dynamics, coastal vulnerability assessment, and natural resource monitoringand management. Ms. Sufia Rehman is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She has completed her Bachelors in Geography and subsequently obtained her Master’s degree in Geography from Jamia Millia Islamia. She is a recipient of Gold medal in Master of Arts. She specialized in remote sensing and GIS and hydrological studies. Her area of interest includes coastal ecosystem conservation and management, climate change and disaster management. She has made a remarkable contribution in water related researches such as coastal landscape vulnerability and flood vulnerability. She has presented her research in national and international conferences. She has many research papers in Journals of International repute and book chapters to her credit. Ms. Rehman has been awarded many scholarships from various agencies. Dr. Pavan Kumar is a Faculty of College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P., India. He obtained his Ph.D degrees from Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He did B.Sc. (Botany) and M.Sc. (Environmental Science) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and subsequently obtained Master’s degree in Remote Sensing (M.Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include Climate Change and coastal studies. He is recipient of Innovation China National academy award for Remote Sensing. Dr. Kumar has published fifty research papers in international journals and authored a number of books. He has visited countries like USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshop and conferences. Dr. Kumar is member of International Associations for Vegetation Science, USA and Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia. Prof. Haroon Sajjad is Professor in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He obtained his B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees all from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. His present research interests include environmental management, sustainable development, watershed management and applications of remote sensing and GIS. He has four books to his credit. He has published more than hundred research papers in journals of repute. Prof. Sajjad has presented fifty research papers at national and international conferences including at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, and University of Brighton, U.K. He has delivered invited talks at various universities. Ten doctoral degrees to the scholars have been awarded under his supervision. He has chaired academic sessions at various conferences. He is the reviewer of many scientific research journals and member of scientific bodies.

• Section 1 Ocean and Coastal Environment - Definitions, Processes and Dynamics1. Ocean Remote sensing: Platforms, Sensors, Instruments, Data Products, and Processing Tools 2. Remote Sensing for Ocean Dynamics - Algorithms, Models, Techniques, Applications3. Remote sensing of Ocean water properties4. Remote sensing of Ocean Surface and Atmospheric Parameters5. Remote Sensing for Coastal Dynamics - Monitoring and AssessmentSection 2 Remote sensing of Ocean Dynamics Measurements6. Satellite altimetry for wave height, shoaling and upwelling7. Space borne Scatterometer measurement of wind, wind stress and current8. Ocean color monitoring 9. Nutrient flux 10. Modeling Biomass and Carbon of Oceanic Ecosystems11. Ocean Water Turbidity12. Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM)13. Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Sea surface salinity14. Ocean Heat flux and Head budget15. Fisheries and Phytoplankton (Chlorophyll-a) biomassSection 3 Remote Sensing for Ocean and Coastal Environment and Ecosystems16. Optical properties of coastal water 17. Suspended sediment concentration and transportation18. Coastal Environment monitoring and assessment (offshore, nearshore and backshore)19. Remote Sensing Techniques for Studying Coastal Ecosystems20. Coastal Ecosystems, Habitat Protection, and management (estuaries, backwater, mangroves, salt marshes, tidal flats, wetlands)21. Remote sensing for Wetland Dynamics22. Biomass and Carbon of Coastal water EcosystemsSection 4 Remote sensing for Ocean and Coastal Hazards and Vulnerability Management23. Ocean monitoring for Oil Spills and Pollutions24. Coastal erosion and accretion measurement 25. Shoreline change detection and assessment26. Coastal Hazards: flooding, sea level rise and storm surges27. Coastal vulnerability modelling of physical, environmental and habitats damages28. Seawater intrusion and groundwater contamination29. Coastal land use and land cover change impactsSection 5 Remote sensing for Ocean and Coastal Management and Development 30. Climate change on Ocean and Coastal Environment31. Ocean water pollution monitoring and assessment32. Spatio-temporal change of Coastal Area management33. Coastal Environment and Ecosystem conservation and management34. Coastal degradation monitoring and assessment35. Future challenges of Ocean and Coastal Management and Development