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ThesisItem Open Access Analysis of drought occurrence in Uttarakhand using remote sensing and meteorological data(G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2014-08) Bhatt, Prakash Chandra; Nain, A.S.Drought is complex event which may affect social, economic, agricultural and other activities of society. It is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when there is shortage of water for normal needs.Drought is considered as extreme weather event.The present study was conducted at the Uttarakhand state of India to analysefrequency, spread and monitoring of the drought. The monthly weather data, SPOTVGT satellite data and rice data have been used for study in Kharif season. Seasonal SPI gives the drought frequency in every district of Uttarakhand with magnitude. NDVI deviation Maps were used to analyse the drought spread for Kharif season in every district of Uttarakhand with magnitude of mild to extreme condition. Thevegetation condition index was also calculated for analysing condition of vegetation in each district of Uttarakhand. On the basis of thesetwoindicesdrought prone region were identifiedineachdistrict. NDVI and VCI images are good indicator of spatial drought pattern. The multidated images can be used to analyse frequency and spread of drought in the state. The multivariate model was also used to analysing drought conditions in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. The multivariate model involving remote sensing derived VCI and meteorological data based SPI was used to estimate the inter-annual rice yield variability shows a value of correlation coefficient as 0.424. When the value of the year 1998 is dropped from the analysis the model could estimate the yield deviation quite accurately the value of correlation coefficient as 0.589. It can be concluded that combination of VCI and SPI could analyse the drought conditions in state with reasonable accuracy.