Multimodal multiscale characterization of cascading hazard on mountain terrain

R Talchabhadel, S Maskey, MR Gouli… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Extreme precipitation (rain or/and snow) in upstream areas of the Himalayan region often
triggers water and sediment hazards, including flash floods, landslides, debris flow, and river …

Evaluating SAR Radiometric Terrain Correction Products: Analysis-Ready Data for Users

AI Flores-Anderson, HB Parache, V Martin-Arias… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Operational applications for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) are under development around
the world, driven by the free-and-open access of SAR C-band observations that Sentinel-1 …

[HTML][HTML] The relationships between economic growth and cropland changes in Bangladesh: An evidence based on annual land cover data

KM Ullah, K Uddin - Environmental Challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
Bangladesh is experiencing rapid economic progress since 1990s, at the same time, facing
acute shortage of agricultural land. Using 19 years (2000-2018) time series remote-sensing …

[HTML][HTML] Depleting spring sources in the Himalayas: Environmental drivers or just perception?

A Pandit, O Batelaan, VP Pandey, S Adhikari - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Rangun Khola Watershed, Mahakali River Basin, Far Western Nepal.
Study focus We mapped and examined the status of 1122 springs in a typical mid-hill …

Employing the agricultural classification and estimation service (ACES) for mapping smallholder rice farms in Bhutan

T Mayer, B Bhandari, FG Martínez, K Walker… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Creating annual crop type maps for enabling improved food security decision making has
remained a challenge in Bhutan. This is in part due to the level of effort required for data …

Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal

S Poudel, JP Twining, RC Stedman… - People and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The negative impact of large carnivore presence in human‐dominated landscapes
manifests as livestock depredation and in extreme cases as attacks on humans. In the case …

Spatiotemporal patterns, sustainability, and primary drivers of NDVI-derived vegetation dynamics (2003–2022) in Nepal

B Shrestha, L Zhang, S Shrestha, N Khadka… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Understanding the vegetation dynamics and their drivers in Nepal has significant scientific
reference value for implementing sustainable ecological policies. This study provides a …

Comparing Deep Learning Models for Rice Mapping in Bhutan Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery

B Bhandari, T Mayer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.07482, 2024 - arxiv.org
The Bhutanese government is increasing its utilization of technological approaches such as
including Remote Sensing-based knowledge in their decision-making process. This study …

[PDF][PDF] Climate Risks, Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience in Nepal

M Amadio, AP Behrer, L Bosch, HK Kaila, N Krishnan… - 2023 - documents1.worldbank.org
We investigate key climate change hazards affecting Nepali households and livelihoods:
river flooding, heat exposure, drought, landslides, and air pollution. We analyse the …

Land and water use

K Matheswaran, T Akhtar - … Shared Waters: State of the Basins, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Two remote-sensing datasets were used to estimate land and water use in the Kabul,
Kurram and Gomal transboundary basins shared between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The …