Research project

Assessing Current & Future Tropical Cyclone Vulnerability in East India (PREFUS)

Lead researchers:

Professor Jadu Dash
Other researchers:

Professor Emma Tompkins
Research funder:

Leverhulme Trust
Status:

Not active

Project overview

This Leverhulme-funded project investigated the drivers of resilience of crop lands to tropical cyclones. We focussed on a case study of Kendrapara, Odisha in East India. PREFUS focussed specifically on identifying where (and why) rice croplands withstand or recover rapidly from tropical cyclone impacts such that there is little or no harm to livelihoods, food security and economic development in the region.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jadu Dash

Professor of Remote Sensing

Research interests

Satellite derived land surface phenology and its validation with ground data
Developing a chlorophyll content based production efficiency model to quantify terrestrial carbon uptake
Impact of extreme climatic events on vegetation phenology

Connect with Jadu

Email: [email protected]