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CurriculumVitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name ManojK.Arora
DateofBirth July25,1963
Address Director,
PECUniversityofTechnology,Chandigarh
Sector12,CHANDIGARH,160012,INDIA
E-mail:[email protected],[email protected]
Phone:[phone],Fax:[phone]
&
Professor
DepartmentofCivilEngineering
Indian InstituteofTechnology(IIT)Roorkee
ROORKEE,247667, INDIA
(Onlien)
ACADEMICS
Education
 Ph.D.(RemoteSensing), Universityof Wales Swansea(nowSwanseaUniversity),UK,1996
 M.E.(Survey&Photogrammetry),UniversityofRoorkee(nowI ITRoorkee), India,1986
 B.E.(Civil),PunjabEngineeringCollege(nowPEC University),Chandigarh,India, 1984
Training
 OneweektrainingcourseonBernese'GPSSoftwareinUniversityofBern,Switzerland,(15.2.99
to21.2.99)
EMPLOYMENT
 Director, PECUniversityofTechnology,Chandigarh(July1,2013–todate)
 Professor,DepartmentofCivilEngineering, IIT Roorkee,India, (19.12.07todate)(onlien)
 AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofCivilEngg., IITRoorkee, India,(03.02.04to18.12.07)
 Visitingfellow,DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerSciences,Syracuse
University,NY,USA(15.05.04to15.07.04)
 VisitingResearchScholar,DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerSciences,
SyracuseUniversity,NY,USA(15.01.02to15.07.03)
 AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofCivilEngineering, IITRoorkee, India, (25.03.97to
02.02.04)
 Lecturer,Departmentof CivilEngineering,IIT Roorkee,India, (13.10.88to24.03.97)
 Lecturer,RegionalEngineeringCollege, Kurukshetra, India, (18.08.88to12.10.88)
 SeniorResearch Fellow,DepartmentofCivilEngineering, IITRoorkee, India(26.08.86to
12.08.88)
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AWARDS&FELLOWSHIPS
 OutstandingTeacherAward,IITRoorkee(2010)
 OutstandingTeacherAward,IITRoorkee(2006)
 StarPerformerinTeachingandResearch, IITRoorkee,(2005-06)
 StarPerformerinTeachingandResearch, IITRoorkee,(2004-05)
 StarPerformerinTeachingandResearch, IITRoorkee,(2003-04)
 Visitingfellowship,SyracuseUniversity,USA(2004)
 PostDoctoralResearch FellowshipinaNASAprojectatSyracuseUniversity,USA(2002-2003)
 YoungTeacherCareerAwardfromAllIndiaCouncilofTechnicalEducation(AICTE),India
(1998)
 CommonwealthScholarshipAwardforPhDinU.K.(1993)
 Research fellowshipinEngineeringandTechnologyfromUniversityGrants Commission
(UGC),India(1986)
AREASOFINTERESTS
Coreareas: RemoteSensingandGIS,Surveying,GPSapplications
Alliedareas: AdvancesinDigital ImageClassification,SoftComputing,LandCoverMapping,
SAR Interferometry,HazardandRiskStudies.
SKILLS
FamiliaritywithC,C++and FORTRAN,CompetencyinErdas Imagine,Arc-GISandother
imageprocessingand GISsoftware.
TEACHINGEXPEREINCE
Totalteachingexperiencetilldate: ~29Years
Subjects taughtat undergraduatelevel
 GeomaticsEngineering(coveringPhotogrammetry, RemoteSensing,GIS&GPS)
 EngineeringSurveys
 Principles of SurveyingandPhotogrammetry
 SurveyingandPhotogrammetricMappingTechniques
 Project Surveys and Photogrammetry
 Computer Programmingandits applications(FORTRANandC)
 Computer Systems andProgramming(C++)
Subjects taughtat postgraduatelevel
 SurveyMeasurements andAdjustmentProcedures
 BasicRemoteSensing
 RemoteSensingforLandUseMappingandUrbanPlanning
 Digital ImageProcessing
 RemoteSensingforCivilEngineering
 RemoteSensingandGIS
 ProgrammingLanguages andComputer Graphics (C language)
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 Advanced ProgrammingandComputerGraphics (C andC++)
ShortTermCourses Organised
 TrainingforEngineersonModernSurveyingEquipment, IRCON,Delhi(May1999).
 ATeachingCapsulefor RemoteSensingandGIS,QIP, IITRoorkee, India(July,2000).
 GISTrainingforArmyPersonnel,BEGandCenter,RoorkeeRoorkee, India(Feb.2007).
 Remotesensingand GIStrainingforscientists and engineers,Uttarakhand SpaceApplication
Centre,Dehradun(May2008)
CONSULTANCYEXPERIENCE
Consultancy ProjectsinIndiaandabroad: (Number:23; Outlay:INR4.00Crore)
i. FieldSurveyWorkforBridgeAlignmentatriver GangesinDeoPrayag
ii. ReconnaissanceSurveys foraRailRouteAlignmentfromJammutoPoonch.
iii. DesignofDrainageand Sewagein MoradabadCity(Topographicalsurveysof
apartofMoradabadCity).
iv. BridgeSurveyWorkatYamunariver.
v. SoilErosionEstimation usingGIS.
vi. LevellingofFeederChannelconnectingUpperGangaCanaland Eastern YamunaCanal.
vii. Topographical Surveyof PendarasVillage,Koteshwar.
viii. ContourSurveyof aLandslideareanearHaridwar.
ix. ProfileLevelingalongproposedSewer Line,BHEL,Haridwar
x. DevelopmentofIndex toMonitorDebrisCoveronHimalayanGlaciersusingLISSIIand LISS
IVData
xi. SoftwareforAdvanced Classifiers for MultispectralRemoteSensingImages,Defence
ElectronicsApplication Laboratory,DRDO,Dehradun
xii. ProvisionofGCPusingGPSSurveyinDelhiarea.
xiii. GISTrainingforArmyPersonnel
xiv. RemoteSensingandGISTrainingfor ScientistsandAcademicians
xv. Safeland:Livingwith LandslideRiskinEurope:Assessment,EffectsofGlobalChangeandRisk
ManagementStrategies,InternationalCenterofGeoHazards,Norwegian Geotechnical Institute,
Oslo,Norway
xvi. Developmentofan OperationalAlgorithmforSnow WaterEquivalent,SnowandAvalanche
StudyEstablishment(SASE)
xvii. DevelopmentofAlgorithmsforAnomalyDetectionandSub-pixelClassificationfrom
HyperspectralRemoteSensingData,DefenceElectronics ApplicationLaboratory,DRDO,
Dehradun
xviii. DevelopmentofAlgorithmsfor FeatureReductionandPer-pixelClassificationfrom
HyperspectralRemoteSensingData,DefenceElectronics Application Laboratory,DRDO,
Dehradun
xix. GroundwaterTableCheckingalongMadhyaGangesCanal, WorldBankProject,UPIrrigation
Department.
xx. AlignmentcheckingofRishikeshto Karnprayagrailwayline
xxi. ThirdPartyQuality(TPQ)assessmentofCPWDprojects,Delhi
xxii. AlignmentcheckingofAnandpurSahibtoBilaspurrailwayline(ongoing)
xxiii. TotalStationSurveyofKhuddaJassuVillage,Chandigarh (ongoing)
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RESEARCHEXPERIENCE
Totalresearchexperiencetilldate: >30Years
M.E.ThesisTopic Erroranalysis insurveyandphotogrammetricprojects
Ph.D.ThesisTopic AnEvaluationofFactorsAffectingtheAccuracyofDigitalMulti-
spectralLandCoverClassifications
Publications
i)Articles 232(217Papers +15Chapters)
Research Papers
Published/Accepted 217
UnderReview 05
ChaptersinBooks
Published 12(+1Accepted)
ii)Books
DistanceEducation LearningBooks 2
EditedBook 1
TextBook 1
iii)InvitedLectures 45
GoogleScholarRecord:Citations:3825, h-index:31andi-10index:50
Ph.DTheses Supervision 20(Completed)
5(Inprogress)
M.Tech./M.S.Theses Supervised 54(Completed)
1(Inprogress)
SponsoredResearchProjects: (Number:17; Outlay:INR3.00Crore)
i. EnvironmentalImpactAssessmentofRiverValleyProjectusingRemoteSensingTechnique,
UGC)(1997-2000)
ii. FuzzyApproachesforClassificationofLandUse/LandCover Mixtures inaGISEnvironment,
AICTE),YoungTeacherCareerAward(1998-2001)
iii. NeuralNetworkTechniquesforLandCoverClassification,DST,YoungScientistAward(1999-
2001)
iv. Integrated NationalProgramonTerrainDependentAccuracyAssessmentofDEMofSRTM,
DST(2001)
v. SoilMoistureEstimation usingMicrowaveRemoteSensingData,AICTE (2000-2004)
vi. StudyofShallowEarthquakesin IndianRegionusingDifferential SAR Interferometry,AICTE
(2002-2004)
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vii. SAR InterferometryforMappingLandSubsidencedueto MininginJhariaCoalfields,DST
(2002-2004)
viii. ApplicationofDIF-SAR toInvestigateCriticalDeformationinGarhwal KumaonHimalaya
RelatedtoEarthquakesand Landslides, DST, (2005–2007)
ix. Sub-pixelSnowCover MappingfromRemoteSensingData,SASE,DRDO (2006–2008)
x. LandslideRiskAssessmentusingAdvanced PatternRecognitionTechniques,DST (2007-2011)
xi. Remotesensingbaseddebris-cover analysisofChhota-ShigriGlacier,Himalaya,DST (2007-
2011)
xii. Departmentof ScienceandTechnology(DST),Delhi-InternationalCenterofGeohazards (ICG),
Oslo(Indo-Norwegian InstitutionalCo-operationProjecton Geohazardsin theHimalayas (2011-
2014)
xiii ApplicationofDifferentialSAR Interferometryin LandslideInvestigation,DST (2012-2016)
xiv StudyofGlacierDynamicsUsingAdvancedRemoteSensingTechniques, DST, (2013-)
(Ongoing)
xv Facies MappingofGangotriGlacierusingAWiFs data;ASuperResolutionApproach,DST
(2015-)(Ongoing)
xvi DronemappingofChandigarh Sectors,UTChandigarh, (2017-)(Ongoing).
xvii Comprehensivesolutionofslopestabilityofroad between zerobridgeand Koteshwar
(geomatics component), TehriHydroDevelopmentCorporation,Tehri, (2017-)(Ongoing)
EstablishmentofCenters andChairs
i) EstablishmentofKalpanaChairofGeospatialTechnologyforIndianRailwaysatPEC
UniversityofTechnology, IndianRailways(Endowmentof INR 10.00Crores)
ii) EstablishmentofDigitallandrecordcenterat PECUniversityofTechnology,Chandigarh
Administration(INR2.50Crore).
Fellowship/Membershipof ProfessionalSocieties
i. Fellow,InstitutionofEngineers, India
ii. Member,AmericanSocietyofPhotogrammetryandRemoteSensing(ASPRS)(2002-2010)
iii. Member, IEEEGeoscienceandRemoteSensingSociety(2002)
iv. StudentMember, UKRemoteSensingSociety(1993-1996)
v. LifeMember, IndianSocietyofRemote Sensing
vi. LifeMember, IndianSocietyofConstruction Materialsand Structures
KeyConferencesattended
 American SocietyofPhotogrammetryandRemoteSensing(ASPRS)AnnualConventionand
Exposition,Charlotte,NC,USA,Feb.27- March 2,1995
 21st AnnualConferenceoftheRemoteSensingSociety, Southampton,UK,Sept.11-14,1995
 International Workshop onSoftComputinginRemoteSensingDataAnalysis,Dec.4-5,1995,
Milan,Italy.
 RemoteSensingSocietyOneDayStudentMeeting,April4,1996,Salford,UK.
 NationalConferenceon GlobalPositioningSystem, Feb.21-23,1997,IITKanpur, India.
 SeminaronRecentAdvancesinDifferential SARInterferrometryandApplications,Jan.18–22,
1999,IITBombay, Mumbai,India.
 WorkshoponProblemsandMethods inRS-based Land Use/ LandCoverMappingin
MountainousTerrain,Aug.7-10,2000, WildlifeInstituteofIndia,Dehradun,India.
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 InternationalConferenceonMathematicalModelling,Jan.29-31,2001,Universityof Roorkee,
Roorkee, India.
 InternationalConferenceonRemoteSensingand GIS/GPS,2-5 Feb.,2001,Hyderabad, India.
 InternationalGeoscienceandRemoteSensingSymposium(IGARSS02), June24–June28,
2002,Toronto,Canada.
 2ndAnnualNewYorkStateRemoteSensingSymposium,April17,2003, Rochester,NY, USA.
 1stIndiaInternationalConferenceonArtificial Intelligence,Dec.18-20,2003,Hyderabad, India.
 American SocietyofPhotogrammetryandRemoteSensing(ASPRS)AnnualConventionand
Exposition,Denver,CO, USA,May23– May28, 2004.
 SouthAsianCountriesHimalayanScience Workshop,Dehradun, India,June27-28,2006
 International Workshop onSnow,Ice,GlacierandAvalanches, IITBombay,Mumbai, India,
Jan,7-9,2008
 NationalSnowScienceWorkshop,SASE,DRDO,Chandigarh, India,Jan.11-12,2008
 Cryosphere&HazardsWorkshopfortheHinduKush,Himalaya&TibetanPlateau,3-6April,
2008,Kathmandu,Nepal
 Indo-NorwegianworkshoponGeohazards,AnnaUniversity,Chennai, Feb.9-10,2010
 India-NorwayInstitutionalCooperationProject WorkshoponTsunami Modelingand
Landslides,Aug.13–16,2010,Oslo,Norway.
 Indo-NorwegianworkshoponGeohazards,AnnaUniversity,NewDelhi,Feb.7,2011
 InternationalConferenceonRockMechanics,INDOROCK,Oct.13-15,2011,IITRoorkee,
Roorkee.
 NationalSeminaron “GeospatialSolutionsforResourceConservationandManagement”,18-20
January,2012,Bangalore
 InternationalConferenceofGeospatialTechniques andApplication(Geomatrix’12), Indian
InstituteofTechnologyBombay,26-29 February, 2012
 AllIndiaSeminaronApplications ofImaging, VisualisationandOptimisationTechnologies,
March2-3,2012, Dehradun.
 MiniSymposiumon SoftComputinginCivilEngineering,10th WorldCongress on
ComputationalMechanics,July8–13,2012,Sao Paulo,Brazil.
 3rd InternationalConferenceonBiomedicalEngineeringandAssistiveTechnologies, Feb.14-15,
2014,Chandigarh, India
 NationalConferenceon UseofTechnologyin HigherEducation, Feb.25-26,2014,IITBombay,
India.
 EDU's FourthAnnualVCs'Retreat2014,19th&20thSeptember,2014,Gurgaon.
 TEQIP WorkshoponGoodGovernance, LeadershipandManagement,Oct.12-13,2014,New
Delhi.
 FICCIHigherEducation Summit2014;HigherEducationVision2030,MakingitHappen,Nov.
12-14,2014,NewDelhi.
 LeadershipDevelopmentProgramme,Sept28-Oct2,NUS, Singapore.
 National WorkshoponUrban Flood Mitigation-LessonslearntandRoadmapfor Future,Feb.12-
13,2016,NewDelhi.
 TEQIP WorkshoponGoodGovernance, LeadershipandManagement,August31,2016,New
Delhi.
 91stAnnualMeeting(GeneralSession)ofAssociationofIndian Universities,February5,2017
atSriVenkateswaraUniversity,Tirupati
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AdministrativeExperience
 Director, PECUniversityofTechnology,Chandigarh,(July1,2013–continuing)
AtIIT Roorkee
 DeanAcademicStudies (Jan.1,2013–June30,2013)
 Professorin-Charge,Trainingand Placement(Jan.2012–Jan.2013)
 AssociateDean(Academics)(Jan2010–Jan.2012)
 Chairman GATE2010,JAM2010(June2009– May2010)
 CoordinatingChairman GATE2009,JAM2009 (June2008– May2009)
 ViceChairmanGATE2007,2008,JAM2007,2008,(June2006– May2008)
 Coordinator, Geomatics Engineering Group, Civil Engineering Department (May 2004 –
April2006,July2010–June2012)
 HonorarySecretary, IIT RoorkeeAlumniAssociation(April2007-March 2009)
 Officer-in-charge,GuestHouse, IITRoorkee(Aug.2005– May2006)
 Warden,Student’s Hostels(twice)
 Member,CenterofExcellenceDisasterMitigation andManagement, IITRoorkee.
 Member,Various departmental andinstituteadministrationcommittees(fromtimetotime).
 StaffAdvisor,Squashsportsactivity(1996-2007).
Other Recognitions
i) ViceChairman,StateHigherEducationCouncil(SHEC)Chandigarh,RUSA.
ii) VicePresident,ChandigarhRegion InnovationandKnowledgeCluster(CRIKC)
society
iii) Chairman,ChandigarhChapterofIndianSocietyofRemoteSensing.
iv) ViceChairman,GoverningCouncil,PECCenterofConsultancyEngineering
v) Member,GISAcademiaCouncilofIndia.
vi) Member,CII,NorthernChandigarhRegion
vii) Member,CIINorthernRegion SpecialTask Force onEntrepreneurshipand Start-ups
viii) Member,BoardofGovernors,HPTechnicalUniversity,Shimla
ix) Member,BoardofManagement,IndiraGandhiDelhiTechnicalUniversityfor
Women,Delhi
x) Member,GoverningBody, PunjabRemoteSensingCenter
xi) Member,AcademicCouncilDITUniversity
xii) Member,AcademicCouncil,RyatBahraUniversity
xiii) Member,AcademicCouncil,JPUniversity, Wagnaghat,Solan, HP
xiv) Member,AdvisoryBoardofJournalofConservationandSociety, India
xv) Member,AdvisoryBoard,PunjabScienceCongress 2014,PunjabAcademyof
Sciences
xvi) AssociateEditor,Proceedingsof1stIndian InternationalConferenceonArtificial
Intelligence
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xvii) SessionChair,AdvancedImageProcessingAlgorithmsforRemoteSensingData,1st
Indian InternationalConferenceonArtificial Intelligence,Dec.18-20,2003,
Hyderabad, India.
xviii) SessionChair,NationalSeminaron “GeospatialSolutionsforResourceConservation
andManagement”,18-20 January,2012,Bangalore
xix) SessionChair,HyperspectralImaging, InternationalConferenceofGeospatial
Techniquesand Application(Geomatrix’12), Indian InstituteofTechnology
Bombay,26-29 February,2012, Mumbai
xx) SessionChair,All IndiaSeminaron Applications of Imaging,Visualisationand
OptimisationTechnologies,March2-3,2012,Dehradun.
xxi) SessionChair, MiniSymposiumonSoftComputinginCivilEngineering,10th World
CongressonComputationalMechanics,July8–13,2012,Sao Paulo,Brazil.
xxii) GuestofHonor,CSIR FoundationDay,September26,2013,CSIO,Chandigarh
xxiii) GuestofHonor, SASE,Chandigarh
xxiv) GuestofHonor,CollegeofEngineeringRoorkee,March29-30,2014
xxv) GuestofHonor,CCA,Chandigarh,April4,2014
xxvi) Panelist,PanelDiscussiononCome,Makein India,CenterforEconomyPolicy
Research, Sept.24,2014,Chandigarh
xxvii) Panelist,PanelDiscussiononGovernanceandRegulatoryFramework, FICCIHigher
EducationSummit2014;HigherEducationVision2013MakingitHappen,Nov.12-
14,2014,NewDelhi,
xxviii) ChiefGuest,National LevelTechnicalFestival,April3,2015,Chandigarh
Universiry,Mohali,Punjab
xxix) ChiefGuest, FirstNationalSeminaron EngineeringandResearchApplications,June
5,2015,Ryat-Bahara University, Mohali,Punjab
xxx) ChiefGuest,ValedictoryFunction,DSTSponsoredTrainingProgrammeon
GeospatialTechnologyanditsApplications,August10,2015,ChitkaraUniversity,
Baddi,HP.
xxxi) SessionChair, MRSTrilateralSymposium,Nov23-25,2015, IISER,Mohali.
xxxii) ChiefGuest, InternationalConferenceonRecentAdvancesinCivilEngineering
(ICRACE-2017), May4-5,MaharishiMarkandeshwarUniversity(MMU),Mullana-
Ambala
Reviewerof Journals:
a. IEEETransactionsonGeoscienceandRemoteSensing
b. IEEEGeoscienceandRemoteSensingLetters
c. InternationalJournalofImage Fusion
d. RemoteSensingofEnvironment
e. InternationalJournalofRemoteSensing
f. PhotogrammetricEngineeringandRemoteSensing
g. Landslides
h. LandscapeEcology(UK)
i. OpticalEngineering
j. Computers and Geosciences
k. EnvironmentalEngineeringScience
l. JournalofAppliedRemoteSensing
m. Journalof Indian SocietyofRemoteSensing
n. CurrentScience
o. HydrologyJournalofIndianAssociationofHydrologists
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CountriesVisitedonAcademicAssignments
1. UK
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Italy
5. Switzerland
6. Norway
7. Brazil
8. Singapore
9. Nepal
10.Taiwan
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LISTOFPUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Varshney,P.K.and Arora,M.K.(Eds.),2004,Advanced ImageProcessingTechniques for
RemotelySensedHyperspectralData,SpringerVerlagHeidelberg,Germany.
2. Arora,M. K.andBadjatia,R.C,2011.IntroductiontoGeomaticsEngineering,NemChand&
Bros.,Roorkee,India.
3. Badjatia,R.C.,andArora,M. K.,RemoteSensinganditsApplications,BlockII,Distance
LearningTeachingcoursematerial,IndiraGandhi NationalOpenUniversity(IGNOU),New
Delhi,India.(In Print)
4. Badjatia,R.C.,andArora,M. K.SurveyinganditsApplications,BlockI,DistanceLearning
Teachingcourse material,IndiraGandhiNationalOpenUniversity(IGNOU),NewDelhi,
India(In Print)
Chapters in Books
1. Foody,G. M.,andArora,M. K.,1995, Fuzzythematicmapping:incorporatingmixedpixels in
thetraining,allocationandtestingstagesofasupervisedimageclassification, InSoftComputing
inRemoteSensingData Analysis,EditedbyE.Binaghi, P.A.AlessandroandA.Rampini,
World Scientific,Singapore,pp.43-52.
2. Arora, M. K., 1997, Application of log linear modelling in digital image classification, In
Mathematics and its Applications in Engineering and Industry, Edited by B. Singh, K. Murari,
U.S.Gupta,G. PrasadandSukavanam,NarosaPublishingHouse,UK,237-246.
3. Arora,M. K.,2003,RoleofRemoteSensinginDisasterRiskManagement. In DisasterRisk
ReductioninSouthAsia,(Eds) M.Ariyabanduand P.Sahni,Prentice-Hall(India),NewDelhi,
84-100.
4. Rao,R.andArora,M. K.,2004,Overviewof Image Processing, In AdvancedImageProcessing
TechniquesforRemotelySensedHyperspectralData,(Eds.)P.K.VarshneyandM. K.Arora,
SpringerVerlagHeidelberg,Germanypp.51-85.
5. Watanachaturaporn, P.andM. K.Arora,2004,SupportVectorMachines forClassificationof
MultiandHyperspectralData,, InAdvanced ImageProcessingTechniques forRemotelySensed
HyperspectralData,(Eds.)P. K.Varshneyand M.K.Arora,SpringerVerlagHeidelberg,
Germanypp.238-255.
6. Kasetkasem, K. Arora, M.K. andVarshney,P.K.,2004,An MRFmodelbasedApproachfor
Sub-pixelMappingfromHyperspectralData, In AdvancedImageProcessingTechniquesfor
RemotelySensedHyperspectralData, (Eds.) P. K.Varshneyand M.K.Arora,SpringerVerlag
Heidelberg,Germanypp.257-277.
7. Shalan,M.A., Arora,M. K.andJ.Algy, 2004,Crispand FuzzyImageClassificationAccuracy
Measures,InGeodynamics,(Eds)P.A.Atkinson, G.M. Foody,CRC Press,BocaRaton,FL,
USA,pp.11-23.
8. Arora,M. K.,2006,ModernSurveyingEquipment,In AdvancedSurvey, IndiraGandhiNational
OpenUniversity,NewDelhi,pp.93-112.
9. Chen,H.M.,Arora, M.K. andVarshney,P. K.,2006,Acomparativeassessmentofsimilarity
measuresforregistrationofmulti-temporalimages,InAnalysisofMulti-temporalRemote
SensingImages,EditedbyP.Smits and L.Bruzzone, World Scientific,Singapore,pp.43-52.
10.Arora,M. K., Shukla,A. andGupta,R.P.,2010,Digitalinformationextractiontechniques for
snowcovermappingfromremotesensingdata, EncyclopediaofSnow,IceandGlacier,
Springer,pp.213-231.
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