Punalekar Suvarna

Punalekar Suvarna is an academic researcher specializing in remote sensing applications for agricultural and ecological studies. Her work focuses on leveraging satellite data such as Sentinel-2 and hyperspectral imaging to monitor pasture nutrients, biomass, and biodiversity in complex ecosystems. She collaborates with institutions on interdisciplinary projects involving radiative transfer models and functional trait frameworks.

• Research Themes: Satellite remote sensing, precision agriculture, vegetation analysis, ecological monitoring.
• Key Tools: Sentinel-2 spectral bands, radiative transfer modeling, hyperspectral imaging techniques.

Recent research highlights include evaluating Sentinel-2's efficacy for multispecies pasture nutrient analysis (2021) and applying radiative transfer models to biomass estimation (2018). Earlier work (2016) explored biodiversity characterization in floodplain meadows using hyperspectral data.