Journal Publications

2025

1. Mohammad, P.; Weng, Q. 2025. Asian heat stress variations in a changing climate: Implications for disproportionate urban and rural population exposure. Habitat International, 156, 103294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103294

2024

2. Shahfahad; Talukdar, S.; Naikoo, M.W.; Rihan, M.; Mohammad, P.; Rahman, A. 2024. Seasonal dynamics of land surface temperature and urban thermal comfort with land use land cover pattern in semi-arid Indian cities: Insights for sustainable Urban Management. Urban Climate, 57, 102105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102105

3. Mohammad P.; Weng Q. 2024. Comparing existing heat wave indices in identifying dangerous heat wave outdoor conditions. Nexus, 1(3), 100027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynexs.2024.100027 

2023

4. Das B.; Khan F.; Mohammad P. 2023. Impact of urban sprawl on change of environment and consequences. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(49), pp. 106894–106897. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29192-3

5. Gohain, K.J.; Goswami, A.; Mohammad, P.; Kumar, S. 2023. Modelling relationship between land use land cover changes, land surface temperature and urban heat island in Indore city of central India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 151(3-4), pp. 1981–2000. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04371-x

6. Kafy, A. A.; Bakshi, A.; Saha, M.; Faisal, A. A.; Almulhim, A.I.; Rahaman, Z.A.; Mohammad, P. 2023. Assessment and prediction of index based agricultural drought vulnerability using machine learning algorithms. Science of the Total Environment, 867, 161394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161394

7. Mahdavi Estalkhsari, B.; Mohammad, P.; Razavi, N. 2023. Change detection in a rural landscape : A case study of processes and main driving factors along with its response to thermal environment in Farim, Iran. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(49), pp. 107041–107057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24504-5

8. Karimi, A.; Mohammad, P.; Martínez, A.G.; Rangel, D.M.; Gachkar, D.; Gachkar, S. 2023. New developments and future challenges in reducing and controlling heat island effect in urban areas. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(10), pp. 10485–10531. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02530-0

9. Mohammad, P.*; Goswami, A. 2023. Exploring different indicators for quantifying surface urban heat and cool island together: A case study over two metropolitan cities of India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(10), pp. 10857–10878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02509-x

2022

10. Karimi, A.; Kim, Y.J.; Mohammad, Z.N.; Martínez, A.G.; Delfani, S.; Brown, R.D.; Rangel, D.M.; Mohammad, P. 2022. Assessment of Outdoor Design Conditions on the Energy Performance of Cooling Systems in Future Climate Scenarios—A Case Study over Three Cities of Texas, Unites States. Sustainability, 14(22), 14848. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214848

11. Mohammad, P.*; Goswami, A. 2022. Predicting the impacts of urban development on seasonal urban thermal environment in Guwahati city, northeast India. Building and Environment, 226, 109724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109724

12. Halder, B.; Karimi, A.; Mohammad, P.*; Bandyopadhyay, J.; Brown, R.D.; Yaseen, Z.M. 2022. Investigating the Relationship between Land Alteration and the Urban Heat Island of Seville City Using Multi‑temporal Landsat Data. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150(1-2), pp. 613–635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04180-8

13. Karimi, A.; Mohammad, P.* 2022. Effect of outdoor thermal comfort condition on visit of tourists in historical urban plazas of Sevilla and Madrid. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(40), pp. 60641–60661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20058-8

14.  Mohammad, P.; Goswami, A.; Chauhan, S.; Nayak, S. 2022. Machine Learning algorithm based prediction of land use land cover and land surface temperature changes to characterize the surface urban heat island phenomena over Ahmedabad city, India. Urban Climate, 42, 101116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101116

15. Mohammad, P.*; Goswami, A. 2022. Spatial variation of surface urban heat island magnitude along the urban-rural gradient of four rapidly growing Indian cities.  Geocarto International, 37(5), pp. 4269–4291. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1886338

2021

16. Karimi, A.; Mohammad, P.; Gachkar, S.; Gachkar, D.; Martínez, A. G.; Rangel, D. M.; Brown, R. D. 2021. Surface Urban Heat Island Assessment of a Cold Desert City: A Case Study over the Isfahan Metropolitan Area of Iran. Atmosphere, 12(10), 1368. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101368

17. Mohammad, P.*; Aghlmand, S.; Fadaei, A.; Gachkar, S.; Gachkar, D.; Karimi, A. 2021. Evaluating the role of the albedo of material and vegetation scenarios along the urban street canyon for improving pedestrian thermal comfort outdoors. Urban Climate, 40, 100993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100993

18. Mohammad, P.; Goswami, A. 2021. Quantifying diurnal and seasonal variation of surface urban heat island intensity and its associated determinants across different climate zones over Indian cities. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 58(7), pp. 955-981. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2021.1940739

19. Mohammad, P.; Goswami, A. 2021. A Spatio-Temporal Assessment and Prediction of Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity Using Multiple Linear Regression Techniques Over Ahmedabad City, Gujarat.  Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(5), pp. 1091-1108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-020-01299-x

20. Gohain, K.J.; Mohammad, P.; Goswami, A. 2021. Assessing the impact of land use land cover changes on land surface temperature over Pune city, India. Quaternary International, 575-576, pp. 259-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.04.052  [Highly cited paper as per WoS]

2020

21. Malik, S.; Pal, S.C.; Sattar, A.; Singh, S.K.; Das, B.; Chakrabortty, R.; Mohammad, P. 2020. Trend of extreme rainfall events using suitable Global Circulation Model to combat the water logging condition in Kolkata Metropolitan Area. Urban Climate, 32, 100599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100599

2019

22. Mohammad, P.*; Goswami, A. 2019. Temperature and precipitation trend over 139 major Indian cities: An assessment over a century. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5(4), pp. 1481–1493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-019-00642-7

23. Mohammad, P.*; Goswami, A.; Bonafoni, S. 2019. The Impact of the Land Cover Dynamics on Surface Urban Heat Island Variations in Semi-Arid Cities : A Case Study in Ahmedabad City, India, Using Multi-Sensor/Source Data. Sensors (Switzerland), 19(17), 3701. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173701