Nikhil Joshi

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How many land use classes does a machine learning algorithm like Random forest support?

We want to prepare village level crop maps (based on the land use maps) using Google Earth Engine and machine learning algorithm. There are around 27 major crops in Maharashtra. Can there be as...

12 December 2019 2,719 4 View

What is the relation between watershed development structures and soil moisture?

Watershed development structures like Contour Trenches, Contour Bunds, Loose Boulder Structures are built to arrest the run-off and soil erosion. They facilitate the infiltration, which trigger...

03 March 2019 660 7 View

Is the Likert Scale questions an appropriate survey tool in rural India? If yes, what are the optimal number of choices?

We are planning to conduct a survey in rural India on quality of life attitude changes due to our intervention Is the Likert Scale questions an appropriate survey tool in rural India? Are...

03 March 2019 2,484 5 View

How to detect if soil moisture has increased without actually measuring it?

We work on watershed development which should actually increase the soil moisture. We are trying to detect the change in soil moisture in a barren land using remote sensing. We want to groundtruth...

03 March 2019 1,259 11 View

What is the most comprehensive database of research articles in the sector of environment and water? Is there a search engine to access that?

For literature review, we need to search through the database of the research articles. For example, MEDLINE is the database of biomedical research articles. Pubmed is search engine for MEDLINE....

01 January 2019 1,260 10 View

What is the difference between NDVI and NDWI in practice?

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) & Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) are two remote sensing indices used to interpret the vegetation. What different interpretation do they...

01 January 2019 1,138 11 View

What are the methods to increase organic carbon content of the soil? Which are the faster ones among them? Can you please provide the evidence too?

We are working on increasing organic carbon content of soil in Maharashtra (India). We are looking for efficient methods to do so. Please suggest. Please also cite evidence whenever available.

10 October 2018 2,398 11 View

Is there any open domain geo referenced dataset about cultivated crops in available in India?

In order to identify cropping pattern using satellite imagery, we need training data about crops. Is there any such geo referenced dataset in open domain in Indian context?

08 August 2018 3,608 4 View

What is accuracy of CHIRPS rainfall dataset in Indian context?

CHIRPS: Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data - version 2.0 final

04 April 2018 8,881 12 View

What is considered as the most important outcome of Watershed Development work?

We are working on a large scale Watershed Development in Maharashtra, India. We want to evaluate the outcomes of our work after 1 year. I was wondering what should be primary outcome variable....

04 April 2018 7,522 12 View

What is alternative to soak pits in terrain with black cotton soil and hard rock (impermeable)?

We work on Watershed Development. Soak pit is an important treatment to filter and percolate wastewater (from kitchen, bathroom). In the terrain with black cotton soil and hard rock, water doesn't...

03 March 2018 4,764 12 View