Journal Article

Advances in terrestrial and ocean dynamics studies in India

Reddy, C. S., Behera, M. D., Khan, M. L.

2019

Overview

The land, oceans, and atmosphere are tightly linked and form the most dynamic component of the climate system. Studies on terrestrial and ocean science enhance the understanding on the impacts of climate change. Across India and the world over, human-driven land use and climate changes are altering the structure, function, and extent of natural terrestrial ecosystems and in turn regional biogeochemical feedbacks. In this special issue, we present 29 manuscripts; those discuss wide-ranging aspects of terrestrial and oceanic characterization and dynamics. These contributions are based on selected presentations made at the 2nd International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change (BDCC-2018) held on 24–27 February 2018 at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. The manuscripts are arranged in five sections such as Ecological Assessment, Plant Invasion, Carbon Dynamics, Ecosystem Characterization, and Ocean Dynamics. We realized that the utility of satellite remote sensing data has been emerging as a dominant trend in environmental monitoring and assessment studies in India.

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Biodiversity / Biological invasions / Biomass / Carbon / Chlorophyll / climate / Climate and land use / Climate Change / Climate system / Dynamics / Earth and Environmental Science / ecological invasion / Ecology / Ecosystem / Ecotoxicology / Environment / Environmental impact / Environmental Management / Environmental Monitoring / Humans / India / Land use / Marine ecosystems / Monitoring/Environmental Analysis / Ocean dynamics / Oceans / Oceans and Seas / Remote sensing / satellites / spatial data / Structure-function relationships / Terrestrial ecosystems / Terrestrial environments / Topical Collection on Terrestrial and Ocean Dynamics: Indian Perspectives / Urban areas / Vegetation