Publications

List of Publications

• Chiu, J., Paredes-Mesa, S., Lakhankar, T., Romanov, P., Krakauer, N., Khanbilvardi, R., & Ferraro, R. (2020). Intercomparison and Validation of MIRS, MSPPS, and IMS Snow Cover Products Advances in Meteorology, 2020.
  
• Krakauer, N. Y., Lakhankar, T., and G. H. Dars (2019). Precipitation Trends over the Indus Basin. Climate, 7(10), 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli7100116
  
• Krakauer, N. Y., Lakhankar, T., and D. Hudson (2019). Trends in Drought over the Northeast United States. Water, 11(9), 1834. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11091834
  
• Bhattacharjee A., Anadón JD, Lohman D., Doleck T., Lakhankar T., Shresta B., Thapa P., Devkota D., Tiwari S., Jha A., Siwakoti M., Devkota NR, Jha PK, and N. Krakauer (2017) The impact of climate change on biodiversity in Nepal: current knowledge, gaps and opportunities, Climate, 5(4), 80; doi:10.3390/cli5040080.
  
• Mandal R.A., Jha P.K., Krakauer N., Jha A., and T. Lakhankar (2017) Assessing Cost Effective Management Options of Eichhornia crassipes in Ecotourism Ramsar Sites, Nepal, International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology in Extension and Education Systems (IJASRT in EESs), Volume 7-2, Page 79-83.
  
• Olivieri J.N., Muñoz-Barreto J., Tirado-Corbalá R., Lakhankar T., and A Fisher (2017) Comparison and downscale of AMSR2 soil moisture products with in-situ measurements from the SCAN-NRCS network over Puerto Rico, Hydrology, 4(4), 46; doi:10.3390/hydrology4040046.
  
• Nilawar A, Calderlla C., Lakhankar T., Waikar M., and J. Muñoz, (2017), Satellite Soil Moisture Validation using Hydrological SWAT Model: A Case Study of Puerto Rico, USA, Hydrology, 4(4), 45; doi: 10.3390/hydrology4040045.

• Krakauer, N.Y.; Lakhankar, T.; J.D. Anadon (2017) Mapping and Attributing Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Trends for Nepal. Remote Sensing. Vol: 9(10): Pages 986, doi:10.3390/rs9100986.
  
• Seo D., Lakhankar T., Cosgrove B., Khanbilvardi R. and X. Zhan (2017) Applying SMOS Soil Moisture data into the National Weather Service (NWS)’s Research Distributed Hydrologic Model (HL-RDHM) for flash flood guidance application, In Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Volume 8, 2017, Pages 182-192, ISSN 2352-9385.
  
• Pérez-Díaz C.L., Lakhankar T., Romanov R., Muñoz J., Khanbilvardi J. & Yunyue Yu (2017) Evaluation of MODIS land surface temperature with in situ snow surface temperature from CREST-SAFE, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 38 , Iss. 16,2017.

• Pérez Díaz, C.L.; Muñoz, J.; Lakhankar, T.; Khanbilvardi, R.; P. Romanov (2017). Proof of Concept: Development of Snow Liquid Water Content Profiler Using CS650 Reflectometers at Caribou, ME, USA. Sensors 2017, 17, 647.
  
• Mandal RA, NY Krakauer, A Jha, T Lakhankar, MP Sharma, PK Jha (2016), Effect of seasonal variables on cow milk production of smallholders at Voltar, Gorusinghe and Jholpe villages in Nepal, Wayamba Journal of Animal Science, 8: 1467645923

• Jha, A.K.; Malla, R.; Sharma, M.; Panthi, J.; Lakhankar, T.; Krakauer, N.Y.; Pradhanang, S.M.; Dahal, P.; M.L. Shrestha (2016) Impact of Irrigation Method on Water Use Efficiency and Productivity of Fodder Crops in Nepal. Climate 2016, 4, 4.
  
• Dahal, P., Shrestha, N., Shrestha, M., Krakauer, N., Panthi, J., Pradhanang, S., Jha A. and T. Lakhankar, (2016). Drought risk assessment in central Nepal: temporal and spatial analysis. Natural Hazards, 1–20. doi:10.1007/s11069-015-2055-5
  
• Pérez Díaz, C.L.; Lakhankar, T.; Romanov, P.; Khanbilvardi, R.; Y. Yu (2015) Evaluation of VIIRS Land Surface Temperature Using CREST-SAFE Air, Snow Surface, and Soil Temperature Data. Geosciences, 2015, 5, 334-360.
  
• Corona, J.A.I.; Muñoz, J.; Lakhankar, T.; Romanov, P.; R. Khanbilvardi (2015) Evaluation of the Snow Thermal Model (SNTHERM) through Continuous in situ Observations of Snow’s Physical Properties at the CREST-SAFE Field Experiment. Geosciences, 5, 310-333.
  
• Krakauer, N.Y.; Pradhanang, S.M.; Panthi, J.; Lakhankar, T.; , A.K. Jha (2015), Probabilistic Precipitation Estimation with a Satellite Product. Climate, 3, pages 329-348.
  
• Pradhanang, U.B.; Pradhanang, S.M.; Sthapit, A.; Krakauer, N.Y.; Jha, A.; T. Lakhankar (2015) National Livestock Policy of Nepal: Needs and Opportunities. Agriculture 5, 103-131.
• Panthi, J.; Dahal, P.; Shrestha, M.L.; Aryal, S.; Krakauer, N.Y.; Pradhanang, S.M.; Lakhankar, T.; Jha, A.K.; Sharma, M.; R. Karki (2015) Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in the Gandaki River Basin of Nepal Himalaya. Climate, 3, 210-226.
• Corona, J.A.I.; Lakhankar, T.; Pradhanang, S.; R. Khanbilvardi (2014). Remote Sensing and Ground-Based Weather Forcing Data Analysis for Streamflow Simulation Hydrology,  1, 89-111.
• M Temimi, T Lakhankar, X Zhan, MH Cosh, NY Krakauer, A Fares, V Kelly, R Khanbilvardi, L Kumassi (2014), Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Ground-Based L-Band Passive Microwave Observations in Northeastern USA,Vadose Zone Research, 13(3). doi: 10.2136/vzj2013.06.0101
• Krakauer N.Y. , S. M. Pradhanang, T. Lakhankar, and A. Jha, (2013) Evaluating Satellite Products for Precipitation Estimation in Mountain Regions: A Case Study for Nepal, Remote Sensing vol. 5(8), pages 4107-4123.
• Munoz J., J.A.I. Corona, T. Lakhankar, R. Khanbilvardi, P. Romanov, N. Krakauer, A. Powell (2013) Synergistic Use of Remote Sensing for Snow Cover and Snow Water Equivalent Estimation British Journal of Environment and Climate Change., 3(4): 612-627. DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/7699.
• Seo D., T. Lakhankar, J. Mejia, B. Cosgrove, and R. Khanbilvardi (2013) Evaluation of Operational National Weather Service Gridded Flash Flood Guidance over the Arkansas Red River Basin,The Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 1-12. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12087.
• Lakhankar, T., Muñoz, J., Romanov, P., Powell, A. M., Krakauer, N. Y., Rossow, W. B., and R. M. Khanbilvardi (2013) CREST-Snow Field Experiment: analysis of snowpack properties using multi-frequency microwave remote sensing data, Hydrology Earth System Science, 17, 783-793, doi:10.5194/hess-17-783-2013.
• Chen C.,T. Lakhankar, P. Romanov, S. Helfrich, A. Powell, R. Khanbilvardi (2012) Validation of NOAA-Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) by Comparison with Ground-Based Measurements over Continental United States. Remote Sensing Vol. 4(5), pages 1134-1145.
• Lakhankar T., A.E. Azar, N. Shahroudi, A. Powell, and R. Khanbilvardi (2012), Analysis of the Effects of Snowpack Properties on Satellite Microwave Brightness Temperature and Emissivity Data, Journal of Geophysics & Remote Sensing, !:101, doi: 10.4172/jgrs.1000101
• Ghedira H., J-C. Arevalo, T. Lakhankar, R. Khanbilvardi and R. Blake (2011), Snow Cover Mapping Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data, International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications, Vol.1(6), pages 37-42.
• Temimi M., T. Lacava, T. Lakhankar, V. Tramutoli, H. Ghedira, R. Ata, and R Khanbilvardi (2011), A multi-temporal analysis of AMSR-E data for flood and discharge monitoring during the 2008 flood in Iowa. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8020.
• Seo D., T. Lakhankar, R. Khanbilvardi (2010) Sensitivity Analysis of b-factor in Microwave Emission Model for Soil Moisture Retrieval: A Case Study for SMAP Mission Remote Sensing, Vol. 2(5), pages 1273-1286.
• Lakhankar T., A.S. Jones, C.L. Combs, M. Sengupta, T.H. Vonder Haar, and R. Khanbilvardi (2010) “Analysis of Large Scale Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture Using a Geostatistical Method. Sensors, Vol. 10(1), pages 913-932.
• Lakhnakar T., N.Y. Krakauer, R Khanbilvardi (2009), Applications of microwave remote sensing of soil moisture for agricultural applications, International Journal of Terraspace Science and Engineering, Vol. 2(1), pages 81-91.
• Lakhankar T., H. Ghedira, M. Temimi, M. Sengupta, R. Khanbilvardi, R. Blake (2009) Non-parametric Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Satellite Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing. Vol. 1(1), pages 3-21.
• Lakhankar T., H. Ghedira, M. Temimi, A.E. Azar, R. Khanbilvardi (2009) Effect of Land Cover Heterogeneity on Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Active Microwave Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing. Vol.1(2) pages 80-91.