Peer-reviewed work
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in climate science, hydrology, and remote sensing. For the most up-to-date list including citations and preprints, please use the external profiles below.
2026
Urban rainfall trends in IMERG datasets.
Sharma, S., Evans, J.P., Pitman, A., & Behrangi, A. Environmental Research Letters, 21, 114017.
2025
Mapping urban dynamics in Greater Sydney — a scalable multi-decadal local climate zone classification approach.
Sharma, S., Evans, J.P., Pitman, A., Nazarian, N., Lipson, M.J., & Lopez-Bravo, C. PLOS Climate, 4(8), e0000677.
Historical trend and future projection of extreme precipitation in Nepal from high-resolution CMIP6 data.
Sharma, S., Dahal, P., Marahatta, S., Shrestha, A., Panday, V.P., Pokharel, B. In Severe Storms: Anatomy, Early Warning Systems and Aftermath in Changing Climate Scenarios (pp. 607–625). Springer Nature Singapore.
2024
Glacial lake outburst floods threaten China–Nepal connectivity: synergistic study of remote sensing, GIS, and hydrodynamic modeling with regional implications.
Khadka, N., Chen, X., Liu, W., Gouli, M.R., Zhang, C., Shrestha, B., & Sharma, S. Science of The Total Environment, 948, 174701.
2023
Atypical forcing embedded in typical forcing leading to the extreme summer 2020 precipitation in Nepal.
Sharma, S., Hamal, K., Pokharel, B., Fosu, B., Wang, S.-Y.S., Gillies, R.R., Aryal, D., Shrestha, A., Marahatta, S., & Hussain, A. Climate Dynamics, 61(7), 3845–3856.
Amplified drought trends in Nepal increase the potential for Himalayan wildfires.
Pokharel, B., Sharma, S., Hamal, K., Stuivenvolt-Allen, J., Wang, S.-Y.S., LaPlante, M., Gillies, R.R., Khanal, S., Wehner, M., & Rhoades, A. Climatic Change, 176(2), 17.
Climatology, variability, and trend of the winter precipitation over Nepal.
Dawadi, B., Sharma, S., & Reynard, E. Earth Systems and Environment, 7(2), 381–391.
Climate change and its impacts on glaciers and glacial lakes in the Nepal Himalayas.
Khadka, N., Chen, X., Sharma, S., Shrestha, B. Regional Environmental Change, 23, 143.
Adaptive statistical spatial downscaling of precipitation supported by high-resolution atmospheric simulation data for mountainous areas of Nepal.
Yang, H., Yang, K., Qin, J., Ding, B., Jiang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhou, X., Wang, Y., & Sharma, S. Journal of Meteorological Research, 37(4), 508–520.
2022
An outlook on the applicability of satellite precipitation products for monitoring extreme precipitation events in the Nepal Himalaya.
Talchabhadel, R., Sharma, S., Khadka, N., Hamal, K., Karki, S., & Thapa, B.R. Weather, 77(5).
Effects on ecosystem services value due to land use and land cover change (1990–2020) in the transboundary Karnali River Basin, Central Himalayas.
Shrestha, B., Zhang, L., Sharma, S., Shrestha, S., & Khadka, N. SN Applied Sciences, 4(5), 137.
Interannual variability of spring fire in southern Nepal.
Hamal, K., Ghimire, S.K., Khadka, A., Dawadi, B., & Sharma, S. Atmospheric Science Letters, 23(9), e1096.
Rapidly expanding glacial lakes in the Nepal Himalaya.
Khadka, N., Ghimire, S.K., Sharma, S., & Hamal, K. Jalawaayu, 2(1), 45–55.
Revisiting the 1993 extreme precipitation in central Nepal: synoptic feature and numerical simulation.
Pokharel, B., Hamal, K., Zhao, L., Aryal, D., Rajbhandari, D.P., Marahatta, S., & Sharma, S. Jalawaayu, 2(1), 33–44.
Wavelet coherence of monsoon and large-scale climate variabilities with precipitation in Pakistan.
Hussain, A., Cao, J., Ali, S., Ullah, W., Muhammad, S., Hussain, I., Abbas, H., Hamal, K., Sharma, S., & Akhtar, M. International Journal of Climatology, 42(16), 9950–9966.
2021
Drought characteristics over the Nepal Himalaya and their relationship with climatic indices.
Sharma, S., Hamal, K., Khadka, N., Shrestha, D., Aryal, D., & Thakuri, S. Meteorological Applications, 28(2), e1988.
Elevation dependency of precipitation over the southern slope of central Himalaya.
Sharma, S., Khadka, N., Nepal, B., Ghimire, S.K., Luintel, N., & Hamal, K. Jalawaayu, 1(1), 1–14.
Projected drought conditions in the southern slope of Central Himalaya using CMIP6 models.
Sharma, S., Hamal, K., Khadka, N., Ali, M., Subedi, M., Hussain, G., & Dawadi, B. Earth Systems and Environment, 5(3).
Detection of spatial rainfall variation over the Andean region demonstrated by satellite-based observations.
Shrestha, D., Sharma, S., Talchabhadel, R., Deshar, R., Hamal, K., Khadka, N., & Nakamura, K. Atmosphere, 12(9), 1204.
Spatial performance of multiple reanalysis precipitation datasets on the southern slope of central Himalaya.
Chen, Y., Sharma, S., Zhou, X., Yang, K., Li, X., Niu, X., Hu, X., & Khadka, N. Atmospheric Research, 250, 105365.
Changing pattern of drought in Nepal and associated atmospheric circulation.
Hamal, K., Sharma, S., Pokharel, B., Shrestha, D., Talchabhadel, R., & Shrestha, A. Atmospheric Research, 262, 105798.
Trends of diurnal temperature range over the southern slope of central Himalaya: retrospective and prospective evaluation.
Hamal, K., Sharma, S., Talchabhadel, R., Ali, M., Dhital, Y.P., Xu, T., & Dawadi, B. Atmosphere, 12, 1683.
Statistical downscaling and projection of future temperature and precipitation change in the Gandaki Basin.
Shrestha, D., Sharma, S., Bhandari, S., & Deshar, R. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 26(1), 16–27.
Assessment of GPM-Era satellite products' ability to detect precipitation extremes over Nepal.
Nepal, B., Shrestha, D., Sharma, S., Shrestha, M.S., & Aryal, D. Atmosphere, 12(2), 254.
Dendrochronological investigation of selected conifers from Karakoram–Himalaya, northern Pakistan.
Ali, M., Fayaz, A., Zhu, H., Ahmed, M., Sigdel, S.R., Huang, R., Sharma, S., Liang, E., Hussain, I., & Yaseen, T. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 53(3).
2020
How accurately can satellite products (TMPA and IMERG) detect precipitation patterns, extremities, and drought across the Nepalese Himalaya?
Sharma, S., Khadka, N., Hamal, K., Shrestha, D., Talchabhadel, R., & Chen, Y. Earth and Space Science, 7(8), e2020EA001315.
Evaluation of GPM-Era satellite precipitation products on the southern slopes of the central Himalayas against rain-gauge data.
Sharma, S., Chen, Y., Zhou, X., Yang, K., Li, X., Niu, X., Hu, X., & Khadka, N. Remote Sensing, 12(11), 1836.
Spatial and temporal analysis of precipitation and its extremities in seven provinces of Nepal (2001–2016).
Sharma, S., Khadka, N., Hamal, K., Baniya, B., Luintel, N., & Joshi, B.B. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 8(2), 64–73.
Dominant pattern of year-to-year variability of summer precipitation in Nepal during 1987–2015.
Sharma, S., Hamal, K., Khadka, N., Joshi, B.B., & Baniya, B. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 142(3), 1071–1084.
Inter-annual variability of winter precipitation over Nepal coupled with ocean–atmospheric patterns during 1987–2015.
Hamal, K., Sharma, S., Baniya, B., Khadka, N., & Zhou, X. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 161.
Evaluation of MERRA-2 precipitation products using gauge observation in Nepal.
Hamal, K., Sharma, S., Khadka, N., Baniya, B., Ali, M., Shrestha, M.S., Xu, T., & Shrestha, D. Hydrology, 7(3), 40.
Assessment of drought impacts on crop yields across Nepal during 1987–2017.
Hamal, K., Sharma, S., Khadka, N., Haile, G.G., Joshi, B.B., Xu, T., & Dawadi, B. Meteorological Applications, 27(5), e1950.
Distinct temperature changes between north and south sides of central–eastern Himalayas since the 1970s.
Yue, S., Yang, K., Lu, H., Chen, Y., Sharma, S., Yang, X., & Shrestha, M.L. International Journal of Climatology, 40(9), 4300–4308.
Dynamics of maximum snow cover area and snow line altitude across Nepal using improved MODIS data, 2003–2018.
Khadka, N., Ghimire, S.K., Chen, X., Thakuri, S., Hamal, K., Shrestha, D., & Sharma, S. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 25(2), 17–24.
Other writing
Selected newspaper and online articles aimed at broader audiences.
- Sharma, S. & Pokharel, B. (2021). Nepal under severe drought condition. The Himalayan Times, 3 March 2021.
- Pokharel, B. & Sharma, S. (2021). Conditions and control measures of air pollution. onlinekhabar, 15 April 2021.
- Sharma, S. & Pokharel, B. (2021). Drought and fire threats. The Himalayan Times, 25 October 2021.