Undertaken works:

- Satellite Remote Sensing applications for Soil Organic Carbon and Above Ground Biomass of agricultural lands. Carbon sequestration modelling
- Crop classification using optical + SAR + ML methods

Research interests:

- Optical and SAR image fusion techniques for monitoring a variety of carbon credits related to carbon footprint
- Broaden the research activities towards Remote Sensing Based Vegetation and Carbon Monitoring System for Climate-Resilient Mountain Agriculture

Experiences

Biochar-Based Carbon Sequestration: Measurement & Modelling Using Remote Sensing

Study Type: Proof-of-Concept (PoC) R&D | Study Area: 21 agricultural plots, Uttar Pradesh, India |

Study Period: July – October 2025 | Team: 3-member R&D team, addGEO Research Foundation |

Role: Remote Sensing & Carbon Modelling

Satellite Platforms: Indices from the PlanetScope (3–5 m), Sentinel-2 (10 m), Sentinel-1 SAR

Background & Objective

A satellite-driven methodology for measuring, reporting, and verifying (MRV) carbon stocks associated with biochar application at the farm level.

The PoC tested the feasibility of replacing or substantially reducing costly, labour-intensive soil sampling campaigns with continuous, spatially explicit monitoring using multi-sensor satellite imagery.

Methodological Framework

The study adopted a four-stage remote sensing and field-integration workflow spanning a full crop cycle across four treatment cases (varying biochar application rates of 200–500 kg/acre, with and without organic matter amendment). Have hands on,

Vegetation & Soil Response Monitoring | Above-Ground Biomass (AGB) Estimation | Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Modelling:

Carbon Sequestration Estimation

A biophysical carbon sequestration model integrated three carbon pools: stable biochar carbon (derived from field application data and standard fractionation parameters), change in SOC stock (ΔSOC, from satellite-based pre/post regression modelling), and optionally change in above-ground biomass carbon (ΔAGB). Net CO₂ removal was computed under two accounting variants and adjusted for life-cycle emissions, drawing on frameworks consistent with IPCC AFOLU guidance and biochar carbon removal methodologies.