The Journal is primarily intended for the publication of papers submitted by the members of the Society. It is required that one of the authors of the paper must be member of the Society. However, non-members can communicate through members of the Society.

Types of contribution:
The Journal is concerned with all aspects of remote sensing and its applications and publish scientific papers in the subject areas like: (i) Remote sensing of earth, oceans, atmosphere; (ii) Data collection, analysis, interpretation and display; (iii) Properties and characteristics of remote sensors and related instruments; (iv) Digital data processing (hardware and software); (v) Pure and applied research in agriculture, forestry, geology,  geomorphology, hydrology, hazard monitoring, environmental studies, meteorology, oceanography, marine resources, resource inventory and surveys, integrated rural and urban planning, cartography and (vi) Economic surveys and cost/benefit analysis.
Short communications should also fulfil the above conditions.

Manuscript:
Original manuscript in English, typed on one side of Quarto size paper, double spaced, with 2 cm margin on all sides and three copies of the ms should be sent to Dr. Ramesh P. Singh, Chief Editor, Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS), Professor, Department of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur - 208016, India.

Title should be followed by the name(s) of author(s) with affiliation(s), Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion and Conclusions, Acknowledgements and References. Tables and Figures should be given on separate sheets and referred in the text. A title should be provided for each Table and Figure separately. The Abstract should not exceed 200 words. It should highlight only techniques and significant  findings and thus be more concise than a regular 'Summary'. The text should be suitably subdivided, if necessary. The main headings should be in capitals in central position, secondary headings should be in capitals in side position and tertiary headings should be in normal typescript in side position. Underline words that should be in italics. Use metric system.

In short communications the text should not have subheads except references.
Abbreviations of periodical titles (to be given under references) should follow those given in A World List of Scientific Periodicals, Butterworths, London. The abbreviations of periodicals commonly referred in this Journal are reproduced in volume 24(3), 1996.
The Editorial Board does not hold itself responsible for the opinions expressed by the authors.

Illustrations:
These should be kept to the absolute minimum in view of the high cost of block making. The number of the diagrams and B/W pictures should be restricted to a maximum of four blocks. The Editorial board can relax up to six keeping in view the requirements of the paper. For more than six diagrams/pictures, authors will have to bear the cost. Line diagrams and maps should be neatly drawn in Indian ink on tracing paper or film. Lines should be of uniform thickness and numbers and letters written with the help of suitable stencils. Legends should be clearly drawn and included for each figure. Original art work (at least one set) must accompany the article. The original drawings should ordinarily be not more than 35 x 25 cm in size with letter size spacing so arranged as to permit easy 213 reduction in block making.

All photographs should be of good quality, printed on glossy paper and should not exceed page size (21x13 cm). They should preferably be in squares or rectangles. If annotated air photos of India are sent, the author(s) should send certificate to the effect that Defence Clearance has been  obtained for printing them.

Colour pictures/images/figures in any paper will not be printed, unless the payment is made by the author in advance @ Rs. 2000/- per block.

Length:
This paper should be as brief as possible and should not be longer than 16 double space typed A-4 size pages including tables and illustrations. Short communications should not exceed four double space A-4 size pages, including tables and illustrations.

Review Process:
All contributions will be submitted to two referees for review. In the event of disagreement between referees, the editors will arbitrate. The Chief  Editor's decision is final and the authors will be informed about the same.

Reprints:
Because of high cost of printing, reprints shall be supplied against payment. Request for reprints can be for minimum 50 or multiple of 50  reprints and should be  sent in advance. Orders below 50 reprints will not be entertained. The charges will be communicated after estimating the number of pages.
 

GUIDELINES FOR CITING REFERENCES

Papers Published in Journals:
Atfoldi, T. and Munday, J.C. (1 978). Water quality analysis by digital chromaticity mapping of Landsat data. Can. J. Remote Sensing, 4(2):108-126.

Blissenbach, E. (1954). Geology of alluvial fans in semi-arid regions. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 65:175-190.

Chowdhury, A., Das, H.P. and Singh, S.S. (1993). Agroclimatic classification in India. Mausain 44(l):53-60.

Hook, R.L. (1967). Processes on Arid-Region Alluvial Fans. J. Geol., 75:438-460.

Jackson, R.D. (1983). Spectral indices in n-space. Remote Sensing Env., 25(2):409-421.

Lindell, T., Karlsson, B., Rosengren and M. Alfoldi, T. (1986). A further development of the chromaticity technique for satellite mapping of suspended sediment load. PE&RS, 52(9):1521-1529.

Lorenzen, B. and Jensen, A. (1989). Changes in leaf spectral properties induced in barley by Cereal Powdery Mildew. Photogramm. Engg. and Remote Sensing, 26(4):201-209.

Manu, L. and Robertson, C. (1990). Estimating suspended sediment concentration from spectral reflectance data. lnt. J. Remote Sensing, 26(5):629-642.

Pearson, R.L., Miller, L.D. and Tucker, C.J. (1976). Hand held spectral radiometer to estimate Gramineae biomass. Appl. Optics, 35(3):416-418.

Wiegard, C.L. and Richardson, A.J. (1984). Leaf area, light interception and yield estimates from spectral components analysis. Agronomy J., 45(3):543-548.

Citation from Books:
Kiefer, R.W. and Lillesand, T.M. (1979). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. John Willey and Sons, New York, USA. 67p.

Das, D.K. and Kaira, N. (1990). Remote Sensing technique in assessing crop condition and productivity. In: Technology Blending and Agrarian Prosperity (Eds.: J.P. Verma and A. Venna). Malhotra Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 99-118.

Townshend, J.R.G. (1 98 1). Terrain Analysis and Remote Sensing. George Alien & Unwin, London.

Papers Published in Seminar/Symposium Proceedings:
Jain, A., Shirish, A.R., Das, M., Das, K., Porwal, M.C. and Roy, P.S. (1994). Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System - An approach for  the assessment of Biotic interference in the forest ecosystem, Proc. ]5th Asian Conf Remote Sensing, held at Bangalore from Nov. 17-23, 1994, pp. 65-72.

Rouse, J.W., Hass, R.H. and Deering, D.W. (1973). Monitoring vegetation systems in the Great Plains with ERST. Third ERST Symp., NASA SP-3 5 1 -1, pp. 309-317.

Sharma, Tara and Navaigund, R.R. (1995). Integrated use of Remote Sensing and GIS for Crop Yield Modelling. Proc. Nat. Symp. Remote Sensing of environment with Special Emphasis on Green Revolution, held at Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Ludhiana from Nov. 22-24, 1995. A joint ISRS-NNRMS Publication (Eds.: Sahai, B., Sharma, P.K., Bhan, S.K., Paribar, J.S., Ravindran, K.V. and Jayaraman, V.), pp. 3-8.
 

Scientific/Technical Reports:
Sharma, T., Sudha, K.S,. Dubey, R.P., Patel, N.K. and Navalgund, R.R. (1986). A yield model for wheat in terms of spectral and temperature data. Scientific Note: IRS-UP/SAC/CYM/SN/09186, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad.

Others:
Banerjee, S. (1963). Ground water condition in West Bengal. Geological Survey of India, Mise. Publication No. 14, pp. 1-20.

Das, D.K. and Singh, C.J. (1989). Monitoring seasonal water use by wheat based on soil hydrological properties under rainfed and irrigated conditions in Rainfed and Problems Areas (Eds.: D.K. Das and K.R. Sarkar). Indian Soc. Agric. Sci., pp. 163-168.

Denny, C.S. (1965). Alluvial Fans in the Death Valley Region, California and Nevada. U.S.G.S. Prof. Paper No. 466, pp. 62-65.

NRSA (1986). Manual of procedure for wasteland mapping using remote sensing data. National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad.

Rangzan, K. (1993). Structure and Tectonics of the Zagros Structural Belt, Iran. Ph.D Thesis, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (Unpubl.). 

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