Publications

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai. (Under review in Advances in Space Research). "Validation of Sentinel-2 Simplified Level 2 Prototype Processor (SL2P) in retrieving leaf chlorophyll concentration over mining environment". 

A. K. Ranjan, K. Kumar, P. Manasa, A. K. Gorai. (2025). “Assessing the Role of Urban Expansion in an Industrial City (Rourkela, India) on Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics and its Impacts on Aerosols and Land Surface Temperature”.   Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02222-y.  

A. K. Ranjan, A. K. Gorai. (2024). Assessment of global carbon dynamics due to mining-induced forest cover loss during 2000–2019 using satellite datasets. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123271.  

A. K. Ranjan, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai. (2024). A new approach for prediction of foliar dust in a coal mining region and its impacts on vegetation physiological processes using multi-source satellite datasets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008298.   

P. Kumar, A. K. Ranjan, A. K. Gorai. (2024). “Investigations on aerosol and particulate matter dynamics during 2001-2021 using satellite, in-situ, and reanalysis datasets over the mining-dominated state Odisha, India”. Aerosol Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41810-023-00208-2. 

A. K. Ranjan, B. Vivek, P. Manasa, A. K. Gorai. (2023). “Forest fire hotspot identification and assessment of forest fire impact on AOD over Simlipal biosphere reserve, Odisha (India)”. Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-023-00303-y.    

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai. (2023). “Evaluating Impacts of Opencast Stone Mining on Vegetation Primary Production and Transpiration over Rajmahal Hills”. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108005. 

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai. (2022). “Quantifying the impacts of opencast mining on vegetation dynamics over eastern India using the long-term Landsat-series satellite dataset”. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101812. 

A. K. Ranjan, J. Xiao, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai. (2022). “Vegetation activity enhanced in India during the COVID-19 lockdowns: evidence from satellite data”. Geocarto International. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2071469. 

A. K. Ranjan, A. K. Gorai. (2022). “Evaluating phenological trends of different vegetation types in response to climate change over the Rajmahal Hills in India during 2001-2019”. Remote Sensing Letters. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2022.2106455. 

A. K. Ranjan, A. K. Gorai. (2022). “Characterization of vegetation dynamics using MODIS satellite products over stone-mining dominated Rajmahal Hills in Jharkhand, India”. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100802. 

B. R. Parida, A. Kushwaha, A. K. Ranjan. (2021). “Synergy of Sentinel-2A and Near-proximal sensor data for deriving biochemical parameters of paddy at different growth stages”. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01482-1. 

B. R. Parida, A. Kumar, A. K. Ranjan. (2021). “Crop types discrimination and yield prediction using Sentinel–2 data and AquaCrop model in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand”. KN-Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42489-021-00073-4. 

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida. (2021). “Paddy Yield Up-scaling in Satellite-based Footprint Scale in Conjunction with Crop Cutting Experiment (CCE) Data over Sahibganj District, Jharkhand (India)”. International Journal of Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1851063.).  (*Included in ‘MODIS Science Team” publications list 2021”: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_team/pubs/abstract_new.php?id=40012).

A. K. Ranjan, A. K. Patra, A. K. Gorai. (2020). “A Review on Estimation of Particulate Matter from Satellite-based Aerosol Optical Depth: Data, Methods, and Challenges” Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-020-00215-0. 

A. K. Ranjan, A. K. Patra, A. K. Gorai. (2020). “Effect of lockdown due to SARS COVID-19 on aerosol optical depth (AOD) over urban and mining regions in India” Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141024). (*Featured in LP DAAC, NASA EARTH DATA website under “DATA IN ACTION”: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/resources/data-action/modis-captures-indirect-impacts-covid- 19-environment/.).  (**Included in MODIS Science Team publications list 2020”: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_team/pubs/abstract_new.php?id=38160). 

A. K. Ranjan, D. Sahoo, A. K. Gorai. (2020). “Quantitative assessment of landscape transformation due to coal mining activity using earth observation satellite data in Jharsuguda coal mining region, Odisha, India” Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00784-0. 

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida. (2020). “Estimating Biochemical Parameters of Paddy using Satellite and Near-proximal Sensor Data in Sahibganj Province, Jharkhand (India)” Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100293. 

B. R. Parida, A. K. Ranjan. (2019). “Wheat Acreage Mapping and Yield Prediction Using Landsat-8 OLI Satellite Data: a Case Study in Sahibganj Province, Jharkhand (India)” Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00015-9. 

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida. (2019). “Paddy Acreage Mapping and Yield Estimation Using Sentinel-based Optical and SAR Sensors Data in Sahibganj District, Jharkhand, India” Spatial Information Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-019-00246-4.    

A. K. Ranjan, A. Anand, Vallisree S, R. K. Singh. (2016). “LU/LC change detection and forest degradation analysis in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary using 3S Technology: A case study in Jamshedpur-India, “AIMS Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.3934/geosci.2016.4.273. 

S. P. Mandal, A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, S. N. Behera. (2022). “Assessing Aerosol and Nitrogen Dioxide Concentration in Major Urban Cities over the Himalayan Region during the COVID-19 Lockdown Phases”. In book: Handbook of Himalayan Ecosystems and Sustainability, Volume 2, Publisher: CRC Press.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003265160-18.

A. K. Gorai, R. Raj, A. K. Ranjan. (2021). “Delineation of Surface Water in Mining Dominated Region of Angul District ofOdisha State, India Using Sentinel‐2A Satellite Data”, Geographic Information Science for Land Resource Management, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISBN: 9781119786375, Print ISBN: 9781119786320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119786375.ch8.

D. Ladli, K. Lal, K. Jalem, A. K. Ranjan. (2020). “Synergy of Satellite-Derived Drought Indices for Agricultural Drought Quantification and Yield Prediction”, Spatial Information Science for Natural Resource Management, IGI Global, ISBN: 9781799850274. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5027-4.ch007.

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai (2023). Leveraging the Potential of High Resolution Sentinel-2 Satellite Data for Foliar Dust Approximation in Coal Mining Regions: Opportunities and Challenges. Presented in the 3rd International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change (BDCC) held at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur during 16–19 Feb. 2023. (Best Paper Award).

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, J. Dash, A. K. Gorai (2023). Deciphering vegetation cover loss and threat to ecological services in response to large-scale stone quarrying over Rajmahal Hills in Jharkhand (India). Presented in the 3rd International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change (BDCC) held at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur during 16–19 Feb. 2023.

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, A. K. Gorai (2022). Evaluating Impacts of Opencast Mining Activity on Vegetation Dynamics and Mining Heat Island using Time-Series (2000–2020) Satellite Data. Presented in the 4th International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing (MDPI), during 25–27 Jan 2022.

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida, A. K. Gorai. (2022). “Long-term vegetation dynamics assessment over opencast mining dominated regions in eastern India using time-series Landsat satellite data”. Presented in the International Conference on Geospatial Pathways and Big Data Analytics in Natural Resource Applications and Climate Change, At: Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, June 16-17, 2022. (Best Paper Award).

A. K. Ranjan, S. Kanga. (2018). “Dynamic Changes in Mangrove Forest and LU/LC Variation Analysis over Indian Sundarban Delta in West Bengal (India) Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Data. Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 13 (3), 9-23, 2018. Presented in the 5th Annual Convention- Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University-Rajasthan.

B. R. Parida, A. K. Ranjan. (2019). “Up-scaling paddy yield at satellite-footprint scale using satellite data in conjunction with CCE-data in Sahibganj district, Jharkhand. Presented in the ISPRS WG III/10, GEOGLAM, ISRS Joint International Workshop on "Earth Observations for Agricultural Monitoring”

B. R. Parida, A. K. Ranjan. (2019). "Paddy Yield Mapping at Satellite-footprint Scale Using Sentinel-1A SAR Data in Sahibganj District, Jharkhand”, Presented in the National Symposium on Innovations in Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Development with special emphasis on NER, at Shillong, Meghalaya during 20-22 November 2019.

A. K. Ranjan, B. R. Parida. (2018). “Wheat Acreage Mapping and Yield Prediction using Satellite-based Decision Tree Classification Technique in Sahibganj District of Jharkhand, India. Presented in the International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Sustainability (ICECS-2018) at Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe-Ranchi during 31st Oct. - 2nd Nov. 2018. (Best Poster Award).

A. K. Ranjan, D. Ladli. (2018) “Quantifying Long-Term Forest Cover Change Detection vis-à-vis Fragmentation Analysis using Multi-temporal Landsat Data over Rajmahal Hills in Sahibganj District, Jharkhand (India)”. Presented in International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Sustainability (ICECS-2018) at Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe-Ranchi during 31st Oct. – 2nd Nov. 2018.