Glacier and Snow
Navinkumar P.J., RAAJ Ramsankaran, AutoICE: An Automated Tool for Estimating Ice Thickness and Volume of Glaciers in Mountain Regions. Environmental Modelling and Software, 106953. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2026.106953
Siddhi Garg, Navinkumar P.J., Ajay Godara, Rakesh Sahu, Dhiraj Kumar Singh, RAAJ Ramsankaran (2023). Remote sensing the evolution of debris-covered Panchi Nala-A glacier, India (1971-2021) from satellites and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Regional Environmental Change, 23, 103. DOI:10.1007/s10113-023-02096-1
Vishwakarma, B.D., Ramsankaran, RAAJ., Azam, M., Bolch, T., Mandal, A., Srivastava, S., Kumar, P., Sahu, R., Navinkumar, P.J., Tanniru, S.R. and Javed, A., 2022. Challenges in understanding the variability of the cryosphere in the Himalaya and its impact on the regional water resources. Frontiers in Water, 102. DOI:10.3389/frwa.2022.909246
Ramsankaran, RAAJ., Navinkumar P.J., Dashora, A. and Kulkarni, A.V., 2021. UAV-based survey of glaciers in Himalayas: Challenges and recommendations. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(5), pp.1171-1187. DOI: 10.1007/s12524-020-01300-7
Under Review:
Godara, A., Navinkumar P. J., Ghosh, T., and Ramsankaran, RAAJ: UAV-based Ultra High-Resolution Geodetic Mass Change Estimations near Schirmacher Oasis in East Antarctica: Insights from Sub-seasonal, Seasonal and Annual Timescales, EGUsphere [preprint], DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2025-5601, 2026.
Supratim Guha, Navinkumar P.J., Gopika J.S., Hyun-Cheol Kim, RAAJ Ramsankaran. Improved High Resolution Estimates of Ice Thickness and Volume of the Glaciers in Nathorst Land Mountains, Southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Scientific Reports (under review)
Environmental Science
Shukla, A., Shukla, A., Navinkumar P.J., Savla, D. and Shukla, Y., 2025. Climate Driven Vegetation Shifts Across High-Altitude Zones for Sustainable Ecosystem Resilience of the Garhwal Himalayas over last 50 years using Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing and AI/ML techniques. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, pp.605-612. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-X-5-W2-2025-605-2025
Shukla, A., Shukla, A., Savla, D., Navinkumar P.J., and Shukla, Y., 2025. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Climate Variability on Vegetation and Land Use Using LISS-IV Satellite Imagery (2013–2025) with AI/ML-Based Change Detection in the Western Himalayan Region. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, pp.613-628. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-X-5-W2-2025-613-2025
Navinkumar P.J. and RAAJ Ramsankaran (2023). Early 21st century glacier ice volume changes in the Teesta basin, Eastern Himalayas. XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), 11-21 July, 2023, Berlin, Germany. DOI: doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-3305
Navinkumar P.J., Ajay Godara, Sayantan Mandal and RAAJ Ramsankaran (2024). UAV based Annual Geodetic Mass Balance Estimation- A Pilot Study in Panchinala-A Glacier, Western Himalayas, India. Asia Oceania Geoscience Society, 23-28 June, 2024, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
Navinkumar P.J., RAAJ Ramsankaran (2025), AutoICE: A Stand-Alone Automated Tool for Glacier Ice-Thickness, Bed Topography, and Volume Estimation, organised by FOSS4G-ASIA 2026, 22 - 25 January 2026, Nashik, Maharashtra, India