Publications Google Scholar Profile

1. M. Kumar,  Khanna, J., Mohanty, J. R., Varma, G. R., Daniel, D., Krishnaswamy, J. and Sen, S., Sap Flux and Stand Scale Transpiration Measurements of a Chir Pine Forest in the West-Central Himalayas of India – Radial and Seasonal Variations and Comparison with Co-Located Hydrometeorological and Evapotranspiration Measurements. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5377276 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5377276 (2025)

2. J. Khanna, Karan, An indirect radiative surface-cooling due to water vapor in the tropics and its implications for pre-monsoonal heat stress. Environmental Research Letters, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/add174  (2025). 

3. J. Khanna, K. H. Cook and E. K. Vizy, Opposite sensitivity to climate change-induced surface warming trends in dry and wet regions in the tropics and subtropics. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.6554 (2020).

4. J. Khanna, D. Medvigy, G. Fisch, TTAT Neves, Regional hydroclimatic variability due to contemporary deforestation in southern Amazonia and associated boundary layer characteristics. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2017JD027888, (2018)

5. J. Khanna, D. Medvigy, S. Fueglistaler and R. Walko, Regional dry-season climate changes due to three decades of Amazonian deforestation. Nature Climate Change, 7, 200-204, doi: 10.1038/nclimate3226, (2017)

6. R. M. Nagare, P. Bhattacharya, J. Khanna, and R. A. Schincariol, Coupled cellular automata for frozen soil processes, SOIL, 1, 103-116, doi: 10.5194/soil-1-103-2015, (2015)

7. J. Khanna, D. Medvigy, Strong control of surface roughness variations on the simulated dry season regional atmospheric response to contemporary deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 119, 13, 067-13,078, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022278, (2014)

8. J. Khanna, J. Bandoro, R. J. Sica, C. T. McElroy, New technique for retrieval of atmospheric temperature profiles from Rayleigh-scatter lidar measurements using nonlinear inversion, Applied Optics. 51, 33, 7945-7952, doi: 10.1364/AO.51.007945, (2012) 

Under Review

1. M. Kumar,  Khanna, J., Mohanty, J. R., Varma, G. R., Daniel, D., Krishnaswamy, J. and Sen, S., Sap Flux and Stand Scale Transpiration Measurements of a Chir Pine Forest in the West-Central Himalayas of India – Radial and Seasonal Variations and Comparison with Co-Located Hydrometeorological and Evapotranspiration Measurements. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5377276 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5377276

2. M. Kumar, J. Khanna, S. C. Garkoti, J. Krishnaswamy, Ecology, distribution, use and management of Crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora Spreng.): A bibliometric analysis current status and future directions.

Under Preparation

1. J. Khanna, J. R. Mohanty, M. Kumar, D. Daniel, Karan, K. Adhikari, G. Verma, S. Sen, J. Krishnaswamy, The Disparate Hydro-Meteorological Impacts of Oak-dominated Broadleaved Forests and Competing Pine Forests in the west-central Himalayas of India.

2. J. R. Mohanty, J. Khanna, Karan, S. Sen, Estimation of surface energy fluxes over two contrasting western Himalayan forests using the Bowen ratio technique and evaluation with direct transpiration measurements.

3. M. Kumar, J. Khanna, G. Varma, J. Krishnaswamy, S. Sen, Disparate impacts of Chir pine and Banj oak on stand scale evapotranspiration in central Himalayas, India: Inferences from sapwood allometry, tree transpiration and hydrometeorological measurements.

4. D. Daniel, J. Khanna, S. Sen, Understanding the hydrological functioning of a non-glacial fed Himalayan river.

In the NEWS

1. A burning issue: Coffee and cocoa’s role in the deforestation crisis. Report by reporter Peter Baker for Coffee and Cocoa International (November 2019).

2. J. Q. Chambers and P. Artaxo. Biosphere-atmosphere interactions: Deforestation size influences rainfall. Nature Clim. Change 7, 175-176, doi:10.1038/nclimate3238, (2017).

3. Desmatamento encurrala chuva na Amazonia. News coverage in Observatorio do Clima by reporter Claudio Angelo (march 2017).

4. S. Palus, Could Amazonian deforestation increase cloudiness and rain?, Eos, 96. doi: 10.1029/2015EO029107, (2015)

5. Rainforests not so rainy: Cutting trees cuts rainfall, News coverage in AGU Blogosphere by reporter Erin E A Ross, (December 2015).

Commentaries and Annual Reviews

1. Commentary in the Mongabay article ‘Intact forests crucial to Amazon ecosystem resilience, stable climate’ authored by Claire Salisbusy, (August 2017)

2. D. V. Spracklen, et al. The effects of tropical vegetation on rainfall. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, doi: 10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-030136 (2018).

Conferences

1. J. R. Mohanty, J. Khanna, S. Sen, J. Krishnaswamy, Forest Transition and its Hydro-Climatic Impacts in the Indian Himalayas: Inferences from Field Observations, EGU General Assembly, EGU25-12489, doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-12489, (2025)

2. J. R. Mohanty, J. Khanna, K. Karan, S. Sen, J. Krishnaswamy, Forest Transition and its Hydro-Climatic Impacts in the Indian Himalayas: Inferences from Field Observations and Model Simulations, AGU Fall Meeting, H160-IV, 1669896  (2024) 

3. M. Kumar, J. Khanna, G. Varma, J. Krishnaswamy, S. Sen, Comparative study of tree transpiration and its co-variability with local hydrometeorology of two competing forests of Chir pine and Banj oak in central Himalayas, India, AGU Fall Meeting, H21R, 1683965, (2024)

4. M. Kumar, J. Khanna, G. Varma, J. Krishnaswamy, K. Adhikari, S. Sen, Comparitive study of tree transpiration and its covariabiity with local hydrometeorology of two competing forest tree species of Chir pine and Banj oak in the central Himalayas, India, International Botanical Congress, Madrid, Abstract ID - 613/2696 (2024). Accepted for in-person poster presentation but declined due to insufficient travel support 

5. Mahajan, Karan, and Jaya Khanna. "Indirect Water Vapor Radiative Forcing in the Tropics Modulating Surface Temperatures Through a Control on Low and Mid Level Cloud Occurrence." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2023, pp. A10-09. (2023). 

6. Kumar, Mukesh, Girish Varma, Jaya Khanna, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, and Sumit Sen. "Comparative study of conifer and broadleaf forest tree transpiration in the Indian central Himalayas: Sap flow measurements using fabricated and commercial sensors." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2023, pp. B05-02. (2023). 

7. Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, Denzil Daniel, Sumit Sen, and Jaya Khanna. "Emerging ecological and environmental hazards in the Himalayas." In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, pp. EGU-11871. (2023). 

8. Mohanty, Jyoti Ranjan, Karan Mahajan, Jaya Khanna, Sumit Sen, and Jagdish Krishnaswamy. "Assessment of the Hydro-Climatic Impacts of Forest Colonization in West-Central Himalayas with In situ Observations." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2022, pp. B55H-1061. (2022). 

9. Mahajan, Karan, and Jaya Khanna. "The Amplification of Heat Stress Over the Indian Subcontinent due to Atmospheric Water Vapor under Climate Change." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2021, pp. A15H-1760. (2021). 

10. J. Khanna, B. Lintner, D. Adams, L Silva. Links Between Vertical Distribution of Moisture and Convective Frequency and Intensity in the Amazon Rain Forest. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. A33A-06, (dec 2019)

11. J. Khanna, K. Cook and E. Vizy. Wet and dry tropical/subtropical regions show opposite sensitivities to observed greenhouse gas warming. 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change, AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, USA. 537 (jan 2018)

12. K. Cook, E. Vizy and J. Khanna. One Drier, One Wetter: A Tale of Two Rainforests. 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change, AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, USA. 17B.1 (jan 2018)

13. J. Khanna and D. Medvigy. Land use induced hydroclimatic variability over large de- forested areas in southern Amazon rainforest. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA. A41M-06 (dec 2017)

14. D. Medvigy and J. Khanna. Regional hydroclimatic impacts of contemporary Amazonian deforestation and their spatiotemporal variability – An integrated study using remotely sensed data and numerical tools. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. H31I-04, (dec 2016)

15. J. Khanna, D. Medvigy, S. Fueglistaler and R. Walko. Regional hydro-climatic changes due to three decades of Amazonian deforestation. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. B31A-0535, (dec 2015)

16. J. Khanna, and D. Medvigy. Surface roughness variations control the regional atmospheric response to contemporary scale deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. 4145, (april 2015)

17. J. Khanna, and D. Medvigy. Surface roughness variations control the regional atmospheric response to contemporary deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. GC13J-0822, (dec 2014)

18. J. Khanna, and D. Medvigy. Costs and benefits of simulating the hydro-climatological effects of Amazonian deforestation at different resolutions. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. A33E-0268, (dec 2013)

19. J. Khanna, and D. Medvigy. Links between land use change and recent dry season droughts in Amazonia. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. H54B-05, (dec 2012).

20. J. Khanna, R. J. Sica, and C. T. McElroy. Atmospheric temperature retrievals from lidar measurements using techniques of non-linear mathematical inversion. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. SA51B-1935, (dec 2011)

21. R. Wing, et al. First results from the relocated and enhanced Purple Crow lidar. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. SA51B-1945, (dec 2011)

22. R. J. Sica, et al. The new and improved Purple Crow lidar. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. A11A-0027, (dec 2010)