PUBLICATIONS

2025

1. Lal, D, Pandey, P., Shekhar, M., Chand, P.#, Dhyani, R., Ahmed, I., Kumar, R., Bhattacharyya, A., & Ranhotra, P. S. (2025). Tree-ring-based drought reconstruction reveals increased pre-monsoon droughts over the past two centuries in the Lug Valley, Kullu, Northwest Himalayas. International Journal of Climatology (Accepted)

2. Mishra M, Dash BP, Chand P#, Paul S; Bharracharyya D; Guria R, Goswami S, Kumar R, Silva R; Santos CAG; Guria R; Santos CAG(2025) Assessing shoreline dynamics and human impacts on horseshoe crab habitat along the balsore coast, India. Journal of Coastal Conservation (Accepted)

3. Mehta M, Mittal S, Chaudhari U,  Kumari D, Chand P* (2025) Centennial Scale Spatio-temporal analysis of meteorological drought in the state of Himachal Pradesh using Standardized Precipitation Index and copula-based return period. Hydrological Processes,  39(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70188 

4. Tiwari RP, Srinivasmurthy T, Pattanaik JK, Chand P# (2025) Vedic River Saraswati: the sacred lifeline and cradle of Indian civilization–uncovering its legacy and big picture.  Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43538-025-00510-2 

5. Halder S, Chand P*, Watson CS, Watson, Ahmed I, Bhambri R. (2025) Transitioning from Equilibrium of Glacier Mass Balance in the Upper Bhagirathi Valley, Central Himalaya. Results in Earth Sciences 3, 100100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rines.2025.100100

6. Mishra M, Sudarsan D, Chand P#, Paul S; Dofee AA; Silva R; Santos CAG; Guria R; Santos CAG (2025) Exploring global trends and future research directions in Shoreline Analysis Systems (SAS): A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Coastal Conservation 29, 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-025-01110-4

7. Devi Lal, Rinku Kumar, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Manoranjan Mishra, Mayank Shekhar, Chidanand Patil, Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos, Pritam Chand* (2025). Intraseasonal variability of monsoon extremes and its impact on Kharif crops in the Western Plains and Kachchh Peninsula agroecological region of India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 156, 170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-025-05396-0

2024

8. Dofee, A. A., Chand, P.# (2024). Spatiotemporal dynamics of land use land cover patterns in the middle Omo-Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia: machine learning, geospatial, and field survey integrated approach. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. 11, 42.

9. Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Silvio Marta, Alessia Guerrieri, Isabel Cantera, Aurélie Bonin, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Roberto Ambrosini, Marco Caccianiga, Fabien Anthelme, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, Peter Almond, Pablo Alviz Gazitúa, Jorge Luis Ceballos Lievano, Pritam Chand#, Milap Chand Sharma, John J. Clague, Justiniano Alejo Cochachín Rapre, Chiara Compostella, Rolando Cruz Encarnación, Olivier Dangles, Philip Deline, Andre Eger, Sergey Erokhin, Andrea Franzetti, Ludovic Gielly, Fabrizio Gili, Mauro Gobbi, Sigmund Hågvar, Rüdiger Kaufmann, Norine Khedim, Rosa Isela Meneses, Marco Aurelio Morales-Martínez, Gwendolyn Peyre, Francesca Pittino, Angela Proietto, Antoine Rabatel, Katrin Sieron, Levan Tielidze, Nurai Urseitova, Yan Yang, Vitalii Zaginaev, Andrea Zerboni, Anaïs Zimmer, Guglielmina Adele Diolaiuti, Pierre Taberlet, Jerome Poulenard, Diego Fontaneto, Wilfried Thuiller & Alexis Carteron (2024). The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat. Nature  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07778-2

10. Dofee, A. A., Chand, P.#, & Kumar, R. (2024). Prioritization of soil erosion-prone sub-watersheds using geomorphometric and statistical-based weighted sum priority approach in the middle Omo-Gibe River basin, Southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Digital Earth, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2024.2350198

11. Isabel Cantera, Alexis Carteron, Alessia Guerrieri, Silvio Marta, Aurélie Bonin, Roberto Ambrosini, Fabien Anthelme, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, Peter Almond, Pablo Alviz Gazitúa, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Jorge Luis Ceballos Lievano, Pritam Chand#, Milap Chand Sharma, John Clague, Justiniano Alejo Cochachín Rapre, Chiara Compostella, Rolando Cruz Encarnación, Olivier Dangles, Andre Eger, Sergey Erokhin, Andrea Franzetti, Ludovic Gielly, Fabrizio Gili, Mauro Gobbi, Sigmund Hågvar, Norine Khedim, Rosa Isela Meneses, Gwendolyn Peyre, Francesca Pittino, Antoine Rabatel, Nurai Urseitova, Yan Yang, Vitalii Zaginaev, Andrea Zerboni, Anaïs Zimmer, Pierre Taberlet, Guglielmina Adele Diolaiuti, Jerome Poulenard, Wilfried Thuiller, Marco Caccianiga & Gentile Francesco Ficetola (2024). The importance of species addition ‘versus’ replacement varies over succession in plant communities after glacier retreat. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01609-4

2023

12. Carteron, Alexis; Cantera, Isabel; Guerrieri, Alessia; Marta, Silvio; Bonin, Aurélie; Ambrosini, Roberto; Anthelme, Fabien; Azzoni, Roberto; Almond, Peter; Alviz Gazitúa, Pablo; Cauvy-Fraunié, Sophie; Ceballos Lievano, Jorge Luis; Chand, Pritam#; Chand Sharma, Milap; Clague, John; Cochachín Rapre, Justiniano ; Compostella, Chiara; Cruz Encarnación, Rolando ; Dangles, Olivier; Eger, Andre; Erokhin, Sergey; Franzetti, Andrea; Gielly, Ludovic; Gili, Fabrizio; Gobbi, Mauro; Hågvar, Sigmund; Khedim, Norine; Meneses, Rosa; Peyre, Gwendolyn; Pittino, Francesca; Rabatel, Antoine; Urseitova, Nurai; Yang, Yan; Zaginaev, Vitalii; Zerboni, Andrea; Zimmer, Anaïs; Taberlet, Pierre; Diolaiuti, Guglielmina; Poulenard, Jerome; Thuiller, Wilfried; Caccianiga, Marco; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco (2023).Dynamics and drivers of mycorrhizal fungi after glacier retreat, New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19682

13. Alessia Guerrieri, Isabel Cantera, Silvio Marta, Aurélie Bonin, Alexis Carteron, Roberto Ambrosini, Marco Caccianiga, Fabien Anthelme, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, Peter Almond, Pablo Alviz Gazitúa, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Jorge Luis Ceballos Lievano, Pritam Chand#, Milap Chand Sharma, John Clague, Justiniano Alejo Cochachín Rapre, Chiara Compostella, Rolando Cruz Encarnación, Olivier Dangles, Philip Deline, Andre Eger, Sergey Erokhin, Andrea Franzetti, Ludovic Gielly, Fabrizio Gili, Mauro Gobbi, Sigmund Hågvar, Norine Khedim, Rosa Isela Meneses, Gwendolyn Peyre, Francesca Pittino, Angela Proietto, Antoine Rabatel, Nurai Urseitova, Yan Yang, Vitalii Zaginaev, Andrea Zerboni, Anaïs Zimmer, Pierre Taberlet, Guglielmina Adele Diolaiuti, Jerome Poulenard, Diego Fontaneto, Wilfried Thuiller, Gentile Francesco Ficetola. (2023). Local climate modulates the development of soil nematode communities after glacier retreat, Global Change Biology, 1-18  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17057

14. Sahu, R., Ramsankaran, R., Bhambri, R.,Verma P., Chand P (2023). Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes from 1990 to 2020 in the Himalaya–Karakoram Region Using Cloud-Based Google Earth Engine Platform. J Indian Soc Remote Sens. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-023-01773-2

15. Acharyya T, Sudarsan D, Mishra, Santos CAG, Chand P, Silva RM; Pradhan S (2023). Contextualizing the Lake Ecosystem syndromes and research development activities in Chilika lake (Odisha coast, India): A bibliometric overview (1970–2021. Wetlands Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-023-09930-7

16. Bhambri R, Schmidt S, Chand P# et al. (2023) Heterogeneity in glacier thinning and slowdown of ice movement in the Garhwal Himalaya, India. Science of The Total Environment, 162625, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162625

17. Mishra M, Chand P* et al. (2023) Quantitative assessment of present and the future potential threat of coastal erosion along the Odisha coast using geospatial tools and statistical techniques. Science of The Total Environment, 875, 162488, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162488

18. Bhambri, R., Sain, K., Chand, P.# et al. (2023). Frontal Changes of Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalaya, between 1935 and 2022, Journal of the Geological Society of India , 99, 169–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2283-3

2022

19. Deswal, S., Sharma, M.C., Saini, R., Chand, P.#, Satya P., Kumar, P., Barr I.D., Latief S..U., Dalal P., Bahuguna, I.M. (2022). Reconstruction of post-little ice age glacier recession in the Lahaul Himalaya, north-west India, Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography , 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2022.2148082.

20. Mishra M, Kar PK, Chand P#, Mohanty PK, Acharyya T, Santos CAG, Gonçalves RM, Silva RM, Bhattacharyya D, Beja SK, Behera B (2022). Deciphering the impact of anthropogenic coastal infrastructure on shoreline dynamicity along Gopalpur coast of Odisha (India): An integrated assessment with geospatial and field-based approaches, Science of The Total Environment, 159625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159625.

21. Mishra M., Acharyya T, Santos CAG, Silva RM, Chand P., Bhattacharyya D, Srivastava S, Singh O et al. (2022). Mapping of the main risk areas for lightning fatalities between 2000 and 2020 over Odisha state (India): A diagnostic approach to reduce lightning fatalities using statistical and spatiotemporal analyses. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Accepted) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103145

22. Bhambri R, Hewitt K, Haritashya U, Chand P#, Kumar A, Verma A, Tiwari SK, Rai SK (2022), Characteristics of surge-type tributary glaciers, Karakoram. Geomorphology  808 (2), 108161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108161

2021

23. Baruah UD, Robeson SM, Saikia A, Mili N, Sung K, Chand P# (2021). Spatio-temporal characterization of tropospheric ozone and its precursor pollutants NO2 and HCHO over South Asia. Science of the Total Environment  808 (2), 151135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151135

24. Marta S, Azzoni RS, Fugazza D, Tielidze L, Chand P.#, Sieron K et al. (2021) The Retreat of Mountain Glaciers since the Little Ice Age: A Spatially Explicit Database. Data 6, 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6100107

25. Mishra M., Acharyya T, Chand P.#, Santos CAG et al. (2021) Response of long- to short-term tidal inlet morphodynamics on the ecological ramification of Chilika lake, the tropical Ramsar wetland in India. Science of the Total Environment 807, 150769, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150769

26. Rana N., Sundriyal Y., Sharma S., Khan F., Kaushik S., Chand P., Bagri DS., Sati SP, & Juyal N. (2021) Hydrological Characteristics of 7th February 2021 Rishi Ganga Flood: Implication towards Understanding Flood Hazards in Higher Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society of India 97, 827–835. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-021-1781-4

27. Satya P, Sharma MC, Sreekesh S, Chand P.#, Pandey VK et al. (2021). Decadal Terminus Position Changes and Ice Thickness Measurement of Menthosa Glacier in Lahaul Region of North-Western Himalaya. Geocarto International , DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2021.1939437

28. Mishra M., Das P.P., Chand P.#, Mishra S.K., Kar D., Sahu S.S. (2021). Impact of pre-monsoon cyclonic storm Fani along the coastal tract of Odisha: A geospatial Assessment. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection 41 (4), 363-371 (Scopus listed).

29. Baruah U.D., Saikia A., Robeson S.M., Mili N and Chand P. (2021)  Perceptions and adaptation behavior of farmers to climate change in the upper Brahmaputra Valley, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01309-z

30. Mishra M., Acharyya T., Chand P.#, Santos C.A.G., Kar D., Das P.P., Pattnaik N., Silva R.M. & Nascimento T.V.M. (2021) Analyzing the shoreline dynamicity and associated socio-ecological risk along southern Odisha coast, India, using remote sensing and statistics, Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2021.1882005

2020

31. Chand P.*, Jain S, Thakur H K, Kumar S, Sharma M C (2020): Recessional pattern and surface elevation change of the Parvati Glacier, North-Western Himalaya (1965-2018) using remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing 41, 9360-9392, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1798552

32. Baruah U. D., Saikia A., Mili N., Basumatary M., Chand P., and Chetia S (2020): Detection of anomalies and approximate change point in temperature, Assam, India. The Transactions Journal 41 (1), 129-145.

33. Bhambri R, Watson C S, Hewitt K, Haritashya U, Kargel J S, Shahi A P, Chand P, Kumar A, Verma A, and Govil H (2020): The hazardous 2017-2019 surge and river damming by Shispare Glacier, Karakoram.  Scientific Report 10, 4685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61277-8

2019

34. Prakash, S., Sharma, M.C., Shahnawaz Pandey, V K, Chand P, Deswal S (2019) Mapping Glacial Geomorphology and Livelihood Resources in Urgos Watershed, Lahaul and Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 47, 1295–1305. 

35. Mishra, M., Chand, P.*, Pattnaik, N. et al. (2019). Response of long- to short-term changes of the Puri coastline of Odisha (India) to natural and anthropogenic factors: a remote sensing and statistical assessment. Environmental Earth Sciences 78: 338.

2018

36. Singh, V.B., Chand, P.#, Sharma, M.C. et al. (2018) Evaluation of Meltwater Quality Using Dissolved Ions Chemistry and Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Case Study of the Manimahesh Glacier, Ravi Basin, Himachal Pradesh, India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2(3), pp 1-10.

2017

37. Chand, P.*, Sharma, M.C., Bhambri, R., Sanegwar, C.V., Juyal, N., (2017) Reconstructing the Pattern of the Bara Shigri Glacier fluctuation since the end of the Little Ice Age, Chandra valley, north-western Himalaya. Progress in Physical Geography, 8, 3, pp 1-33.

38. Deswal, S., Sharma, M., Saini, R., Chand, P., Juyal, N., Singh, I., Srivastava, P., Ajai, Bahuguna, I.M. (2017). Late Holocene Glacier Dynamics in the Miyar Basin, Lahaul Himalaya, India. Geosciences 7, 64, pp 1-23. 

2016

39. Sharma, M.C and Chand, P.# (2016). Studies on Quaternary Glaciations in India during 2010-2016. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 82 (3), pp 869-880.

40. Sharma S, Chand, P.#, Bisht P., Shukla A.D., Bartarya, S.K., Sundriyal Y.P., and Juyal N (2016). Factors responsible for driving the glaciation in the Sarchu Plain, eastern Zanskar Himalaya, during the late Quaternary. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(5), pp 495–511. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2874. 

41. Chand P* and Sharma MC (2016) Monitoring Frontal Changes of Shah Glacier in the Ravi Basin, Himachal Himalaya (India) from 1965 to 2013. National Academy Science Letters 39(2): 109–114. 

2015

42. Chand, P.*, Sharma, M.C., 2015. Glacier changes in the Ravi basin, north-western Himalaya (India) during the last four decades (1971–2010/13). Global and Planetary Change 135, 133–147. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.10.013.

43. Chand, P.*, Sharma, M.C., 2015. Frontal changes in the Manimahesh and Tal Glaciers in the Ravi basin, Himachal Pradesh, northwestern Himalaya (India), between 1971 and 2013. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 36, 4095–4113.

2012

44. Singh, K., Chand, P.* (2012). Above-ground tree outside forest ( TOF ) phytomass and carbon estimation in the semi-arid region of southern Haryana : A synthesis approach of remote sensing and field data. Journal of Earth System Science, 1469–1482.

Book Chapters/Proceedings (Peer-reviewed)

45. Lal, D., Chand, P.# (2024). Centennial Scale Trend Analysis of Summer Monsoon Rainfall in Hot and Arid Agro-Ecological Region of North Western India. In: Kumar, M., Kumar, P., Anand, S., Verma, N.K., Tripathi, D.K. (eds) Geographical Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability. IGUTC 2022. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0605-4_11

46. Dofee, A.A., Chand, P.# (2024). Morphometric Analysis of Middle Omo Gibe Watershed for Land Degradation Assessment Using GIS Techniques, Southern Ethiopia. In: Kumar, M., Kumar, P., Anand, S., Verma, N.K., Tripathi, D.K. (eds) Geographical Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability. IGUTC 2022. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0605-4_6

47. V, J., Arora, M., Singh, H., Chand, P., Setia, R., Pateriya, B. (2024). Flood Inundation Mapping Over Kerala Region During 2018 Flood—Based on Cloud Computing and Automatic Threshold Detection Approach. In: Rai, P.K., Rai, S. (eds) Climate, Environment and Agricultural Development. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8363-2_10

48. Ahmed I., Sharma V., Kumar R., Lal D., Bhandri P., and Chand P* (2023): Assessment of Existing Himalayan Glacier Inventories for Glacier Studies: A Case Study from Ravi Basin of North-Western Himalaya (India). In: Sharma S., Kuniyal JC., Chand P. and Singh P. (eds) Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Management and Sustainable Practices in the Himalaya. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24659-3_6

49. Bhambri R, Chand P*, Nüsser M , Kawishwar P, Kumar A, Gupta AK, Verma A, Tiwari SK  (2022): Reassessing the Karakoram through historical archives. In: Saikia A., Thapa P. (eds) Environmental Change in South Asia. 139–169 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47660-1_8

50. Chand P.* et al. (2019) Shrinking Glaciers of the Himachal Himalaya: A Critical Review. In: Saikia A., Thapa P. (eds) Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region. Springer, Cham, pp 89-115.

51. Chand, P.*, Sharma, M.C., Prasad, R.N., (2016). Heterogeneity in Fluctuations of Glacier with Ice-cover, Debris-cover and Proglacial-lake in the Upper Ravi Basin, Himachal Himalaya (India) During the Past Four Decades (1971-2013), In: Singh, R., Schickhoff, U., Mal, S. (Eds.), Climate Change and Dynamics of Glaciers and Vegetation in the Himalaya. Springer, Netherlands, pp 155-179. 

Other Journals

52. Chand, P.*, 2013. Digital Elevation Models and Geo-morphometry for studying the glacier geomorphology and glaciations in the upper Ravi basin, Himachal Pradesh, in: 3rd International Geography Congress on Sustainable Natural Resources Management under Changing Climate Scenarios. pp. 81–88. 

53. Singh, I.J., Chand, P.*, 2011. Spatial Temporal variability of apple orchards in response to environmental change in Pattan Valley, Himachal Pradesh using Geospatial Techniques. Int. Geo-informatics Res. Dev. J. 2, 4–18.

54. Chakraborty, S., Mondal, A., Chand, P., 2011. Land use classification by fuzzy logic approach using Landsat 7 ETM+ image. J. GIS India 20, 20–21.

55. Chand, P.*, Acharya, P., 2010. Shoreline change and sea level rise along coast of Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary , Orissa : An analytical approach of remote sensing and statistical techniques , IJGG, 1436–455.

Technical reports

56. Chand. P.* (2017). Disaster Management Plan-2017 for districts of Himachal Pradesh with the assistance of United Nation Development Programme (UNDP-HPSDMA), New Delhi, India. (UNDP-HPSDMA-DDMA).