Using Multi- and Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery to Analyze the Environmental Impacts of
Reforestation in Chhattisgarh, India
Project Goal: Use remote sensing
technology to gain a better
perspective on what actually happens
in the years following reforestation,
including both environmental and
economic changes.
From left to right: Melanie Phillips, UAHuntsville,
Bishakha Banerjee and Rahul Sankar Chatterjee,
International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) members
Kabirdham District
VNIR Visible RGB
An example of one of the active
reforestation projects in
Chhattisgarh
VNIR Vegetation RGB
SWIR RGB
Examples of RGB viewing of Hyperion Data
ALI 30 meter resolution true color image with a
panchromatic enhancement of 10 meter (top)
versus a Landsat 30 meter resolution true color
image over the same region (bottom) in
Dantewara district, Chhattisgarh.