Question: In which of the following state KUFOS is located, a University related to fisheries and Ocean studies?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- KUFOS has been chosen to join a research project backed by the Space Application Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO.
- This research project is being undertaken in a programme under NASA-ISRO collaboration.
- KUFOS, or the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, has been selected as one of the nodal agencies in South India to implement the project,
- NASA and ISRO are jointly developing space-borne synthetic aperture radar (NISAR), to be launched in January 2023.
- NISAR will produce high resolution data for large areas with the capability for systematic observation of earth resources.
- It will provide time-series data for eco-systems applications benefiting several operational activities related to agriculture, forestry and others.
- Under this programme, ground truth data validation is planned prior to NISAR launch through collaboration with other research institutions.
- The Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) is also involved with this programme.
- KUFOS will establish long-term plots and its inventory in Shimoga (Karnataka) and Nilambur (Kerala).
- These are being established under the programme for validation of NISAR forest biomass products.
- The project will be headed by Girish Gopinath, Associate Professor of Remote Sensing and GIS at KUFOS and U. Surendran, senior scientist at CWRDM.
By -Rajesh Tripathi