Publications

Journal Articles

1.  Kumar, R., & Mishra, V. (2019). Decline in surface urban heat island intensity in India during heatwaves. Environmental Research Communications, 1(3), 031001. Link

2.  Mishra, V., Aaadhar, S., Shah, H., Kumar, R., Pattanaik, D. R., & Tiwari, A. D. (2018). The Kerala flood of 2018: combined impact of extreme rainfall and reservoir storage. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-13. Link

3.  Kumar, R., Mishra, V., Buzan, J., Kumar, R., Shindell, D., & Huber, M. (2017). Dominant control of agriculture and irrigation on urban heat island in India. Scientific reports, 7(1), 1-10. Link

Technical Reports/Book chapters

1.  Mishra, V., Kumar, R. & Garg, A. (2017), Identification of climate vulnerability hot-spots in Meghalaya using high-resolution climate projections, Government of Meghalaya & Climate Change Centre Meghalaya Basin Development Authority. Link

2.      Mishra, V. & Kumar, R. (2016), Hydro meteorological Hazards in the district of Pune, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra.

Manuscripts/Book chapters under submission/review/in preparation

1.  Teegavarapu, S. R. V., Kumar, R., Sharma, P. J., Dessalgne, T., Performance Metrics for Operational Considerations of Coastal Hydraulic Structures. (submitted)

2.  Mahto, S. S., Tripathi, I. M., Kushwaha, A. P., Tiwari, A. T., Kumar, R., …, Soil moisture outweighs aridity change for vegetation dynamics in the global drylands. (in preparation)

3.  Kumar, R. & Mishra, V., Green and clean Gujarat. In Mishra et al. (eds.), NITI Aayog report on Gujarat’s Climate Action (Book chapter - under review)

4.  Kumar, R. & Mishra, V., Regional influence of vegetation, background climate and rainfall on seasonal hysteresis of Urban Heat Island in India. (in preparation)