Research Articles by Soumen Chatterjee
Geographical review of India, 2019
The Indian Peninsular portion has been formed as the result of fusion of several separate cratons... more The Indian Peninsular portion has been formed as the result of fusion of several separate cratons during different Plate Tectonic cycles in different geological times. So, it naturally bears the imprints of many ancient cratonic nuclei. The cratonic portion of West Bengal, India is also not exceptional. The geological sequences of that portion bear the evidence of its presence from the very early days of the Earth ( 4.0 gya). If we look back at the past geological history of Cratonic West Bengal (CWB) from Archaean to recent, a comprehensive description including all major geological formations can be made chronologically.
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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Apr 30, 2023
National Academy Science Letters
Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences
Amphan (16–21 May 2020) is the most intense tropical storm in the history of West Bengal during r... more Amphan (16–21 May 2020) is the most intense tropical storm in the history of West Bengal during recent decades (2011–2020). After the 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone (OSuC), it is also the most intense super cyclonic storm (SuCS) that has originated over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) and caused irreparable damages during the storm event. The intensification time of Amphan was slow initially, but it grew from category 1 to 5 in record time, just within 18 h. This paper highlights mainly the pre-disaster state-level preparedness and also the severity of cyclonic storm Amphan on West Bengal. To map the flooded areas of southern West Bengal, the Sentinel-1 SAR dataset have been analyzed in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) environment. The results derived from the pixel-based analysis show that nearly 1075 km² of land has been inundated due to intense rainfall and storm surges during Amphan. The powerful high storm surge is also responsible for the embankment breaching, which is 160 km long along the coastal belt of West Bengal.
Climate, Environment and Disaster in Developing Countries, 2022
Elseviers, 2021
Outgrowth (OG), the spatio-temporal growth of an urban unit, is a very common process of urbaniza... more Outgrowth (OG), the spatio-temporal growth of an urban unit, is a very common process of urbanization in a country like India where the population is nearly 1.37 billion, 18% of the world’s population. The present study attempts to quantify the rapid urban sprawl of Burdwan, a statutory town of India by monitoring land use and land cover dynamics within Bardhaman Planning Area (BPA) from three temporal satellite images (2008, 2012, and 2016) and by calculating overall entropy value in Shannon's method for mapping and analyzing urban landscape. Apart from the quantification of fast OG of Burdwan (2008–16), this study also strives to focus on the strategies which have been adopted for sustainable solutions of urban problems like traffic congestion by shifting bus terminal, the monsoonal stormwater stagnation by extracting sediment from the river bed, and also the riverbank erosion by modifying the banks through boulder pitching of the Banka, a rivulet that passes through Burdwan Municipality, as well as BPA.
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Research Articles by Soumen Chatterjee
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