Dear All,

Centre for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science

presents a talk

Title: Understanding global change using remotely sensed data, the GIS frame-work and statistical models

Speaker: Jagdish Krishnaswamy,
Senior Fellow and Convenor,
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore

Day: 29th Nov 2013, Friday

Time: 3pm

Tea/Coffee: After the talk

Venue: CES Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, Biological Sciences Building.

Abstract: Ecosystems and ecological and environmental processes are undergoing complex changes in their dynamics especially in response to global change, especially, climate change. The emergence of the landscape ecology frame-work, the availability of time-series of remotely sensed (RS) data and tools of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and statistical models has contributed tremendously to the explosion of research in ecology and environmental sciences. I will introduce the basic principles of landscape ecology and attributes of RS and GIS and illustrate their applications using statistical models in three main areas of enquiry: quantifying biodiversity over space and time, understanding the impact of climate change on tropical mountain ecosystems and finally unraveling the role of two ocean-atmosphere phenomena on extreme rains events in India.

All are cordially welcome