NERCI Publications in 2023

1. Arunachalam M., Saravanavel J. and K. Ajith Joseph., 2023. PCA-based Approach for Mapping Social Vulnerability to Hazards in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, East Coast of India. Annals of GIS. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2023.2226189 .

2. Arunachalam, M., Joshua, R.M., Kochuparampil, A.J. and J. Saravanavel., 2023. ArcOLITIRS: A Toolbox for Radiometric Calibration and Surface Temperature Estimation from Landsat 8 Products in ArcGIS Environment. J. of Indian Soc Remote Sens. 51, 453–468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01636-2.

3. Kulk, Gemma, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt, Grinson George, Anagha Kunhimuthappan Suresan, Nandini Menon, Hayley Evers-King, and Anas Abdulaziz. 2023. “Using Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing for Flood Mapping: A Case Study in Lake Vembanad, India” Remote Sensing 15, no. 21: 5139. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15215139

4. Heinze, C. et al., and 50 co-authors (including Nandini Menon N, Ranith R and Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu). 2023. Reviews and Synthesis: Abrupt ocean biogeochemical change under human-made climatic forcing – warming, acidification, and deoxygenation. Biogeosciences (Accepted – bg-2023-182).

5. Abdulaziz, Anas, Sathyendranath, S, Vijayakumar, S, Menon, Nandini, George, G, Kulk, G, Raj K. D, Ranith, R, Tharakan, B, C, Jasmin, V. Jithin & Platt, Trevor. (2023). The Distribution of Fecal Contamination in an Urbanized Tropical Lake and Incidence of Acute Diarrheal Disease. ACS ES&T Water. 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00255.

6. Rameshkumar. P, P.S. Thirumalaiselvan, Mini Raman, L. Remya, R. Jayakumar, M. Sakthivel, G. Tamilmani, M. Sankar, K.K. Anikuttan, N. Nandini Menon, Raju Saravanan, T.T. Ravikumar, Iyyapparaja Narasimapallavan, N. Krishnaveni, V. Muniasamy, S.M. Batcha, A. Gopalakrishnan. 2023. Monitoring of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) of Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) along the Gulf of Mannar, India using in-situ and satellite observations and its impact on wild and maricultured finfishes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 188, 114611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114611.

7. Maurya Pramod, Manikandan Balakrishnan, Ranith Raj, Lakshadeep Naik, Llewellyn Fernandes, Nitin Dabholkar, Shivanand Prabhudesai, Jeyaraman Ravindran, Yogesh
Agarwadekar, and Gajanan Navelkar. 2023. Augmented coral reef monitoring using a stationary reef monitoring system. Ecological Informatics 74: 101972.

8. Sebastian T, Sreenath, KR, Sreeram, MP, Ranith R. 2023. Dwindling seagrasses: A multi-temporal analysis on Google Earth Engine. Ecological Informatics, 74, 101964.

9. Bindu.G, Ajith Joseph, Chandu.P J, Lasse H Pettersson, 2023, 'Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment', Text Book, ISBN978-81-95-1447-2-3.

Thesis Publications

1. Abhijith V S (2023). Assessment of ecosystem health of Kochi with urbanisation and changing climatic patterns of Kochi (Unpublished master's thesis). Kerala Agricultural University, Faculty of Agriculture. 163pp.

2. Varghese, K. P. (2023). Sustainability of improved urban mobility patterns across west and central Kochi (Unpublished master's thesis). Kerala Agricultural University, Faculty of Agriculture.119pp.

3. Vipina, A. (2023). Evaluating the effects of local climatic zones on urban heat island intensity in Kochi: a spatiotemporal study (Unpublished master's thesis). Mangalore University.68pp.

4. Vishakha, S. (2023). Unveiling the spatial patterns of urban environmental quality in Kochi metropolitan city, India: an AHP-GIS multi-criteria modelling approach (Unpublished master's thesis). Mangalore University.65pp.

5. Nasneen, A. (Year of submission). Development of interactive map for multi hazard susceptibility zonation at Pothukal Panchayath, Malappuram Kerala (Unpublished master's thesis). Mangalore University.

6. Bharadwaj, P. S. (2023). Assessing the impact of seagrass cover change on the carbon sequestration capability of the ecosystem and mapping the seagrass ecosystem in Palk Bay (Unpublished master's thesis). Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University.

7. Sebastian, J. (2023). Bathymetry model for shallow water regions using Support Vector Machine technique and multi-spectral imagery of Vembanad Lake-SW coast of India (Unpublished master's thesis). Hafencity University, Hamburg.

Papers published in Proceedings/Seminars/ Symposia

1. Ajith Joseph Kochuparampil, Ullas M. Pillai, Roshin P.Raj, Ola M. Johannessen. 2023. Winter variability of Eddy Kinetic Energy in the SE Arabian Sea and its significance on Chl-a concentration. TPSF Symposia, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK.

2. Ancy C Stoy, A Gopalakrishnan, Grinson George, Nandini Menon, Mini K G, Pranav P, Shubha Sathyendranath.2023. Applying mobile crowd sourcing techniques with citizen scientists for identifying water colour trends in Vembanad Lake, India.

3. Gemma Kulk, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt, Grinson George, Anagha Anudevks, Nandini Menon, Anas Abdulaziz. 2023.Using multi-spectral remote sensing for flood mapping: A case study in Lake Vembanad, India.

4. Grinson George, Nandini Menon N,2023. Prof. Trevor Charles Platt: the difference he made to Indian Science.

5. Jasmin C, Sara Irum, Arathi M, Vinay Bhat, Ranith R, Abdulaziz Anas, Nandini Menon, Grinson George, Shubha Sathyendranath.2023. Distribution of Leptospira sp. In the waterbodies of a tropical region and the incidence of disease outbreaks.

6. Lasse H. Pettersson, Annette Samuelsen, Tore Furevik, Ajith Joseph K., Nandini Menon N. The Nansen Centers, Trevor Platt and Shubha Sathyendranath,2023. – scientific association for capacity building.

7. Nandini Menon N, Ranith R, Rithin Raj M, Grinson George, Anas Abdulaziz, Shubha Sathyendranath.,2023. Exploiting technological advances to develop resilience of coastal communities to extreme weather events.

8. Niya Joseph K, A Gopalakrishnan, Nandini Menon N, Ranith R, Grinson George., 2023. Time series analysis to evaluate the management efficacy of Indian MPAs.

9. Ranith RajamohananPillai, Nandini Menon N, Varunan Theenathayalan, Peter I Miller, Lasse H Pettersson, Shubha Sathyendranath., 2023. Early Warning of Harmful Algal Blooms In Northern Indian Ocean Using Machine Learning Methods.

10. Shubha Sathyendranath, Nandini Menon, Anas Abdulaziz, Grinson George, Gemma Kulk, Jasmin C, Robert J. W. Brewin., 2023. Climate refugees of Kuttanad in Kerala, India and elsewhere: how can science help build resilience against weather extremes.

11. Ranith Rajamohanan Pillai, Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu, Lasse H Pettersson, Nandini Menon N. 2023. Assessing safe operating space and response of coral reefs to bleaching under varying thermal stress. GHRSST24, International SST User’s symposium & GHRSST Science team meeting, Ahmedabad, India.

12. Anand M Vijayan, Ajith Joseph.K, Ranith Rajamohanan Pillai, Lasse H. Pettersson., 2023. A comparison of in-situ SST and Chlorophyll data with GHRSST and MODIS data. GHRSST24 International User’s symposium and GHRSST Science Team meeting. Ahmedabad, India.

13. Jaini Sara Babu and Ajith Joseph K., 2023. A GPS-GPRS tracked surface drifter for monitoring estuarine surface currents. Eighth National Conference of Ocean Society of India., Hyderabad, August 23-25,2023. (Awarded the best poster in Ocean Engineering and Technology).

14. Ullas M. Pillai, Ajith Joseph.K, Roshin P. Raj, Ola M. Johannessen, 2023.Validation of NorESM Experimental Run Output for Sealevel in the North Indian Ocean. Eighth National Conference of Ocean Society of India; OSICON-23; Aug 23-25, 2023.

15.TPSF international symposium, Plymouth, UK – August 2023

Talk Delivered

1. Ajith Joseph.K, An overview of urban sustainability in selected smart cities of Global South, URSA MAJOR Young Scientist School 2023, Sommoroy, Norway.

2. Bindu G, An appraisal of urban sustainability of Kochi, with special emphasis on ecosystem health and urban mobility pattern with the activities of Cochin Smart City Mission Limited (CSML) for transition to zero-emission society URSA MAJOR Young Scientist School 2023, Sommoroy, Norway.