Divyesh Manohar Varade

@iitjammu.ac.in

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Jammu

Divyesh Manohar Varade

EDUCATION

Ph.D.
MSc
B.E.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, GIS, Cryosphere, Hydrology, Disaster Management
53

Scopus Publications

940

Scholar Citations

19

Scholar h-index

26

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Ice-flux divergence and strain rates reveal compressive-flow hotspots on Gangotri glacier
    A Islam, D Varade, LK Patel, A Nanda, S Swarnkar, R Sinha
    Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 104482 , 2026
    2026
  • Glacier dynamics, proglacial lake expansion, and GLOF risk assessment in the lato basin, Trans-Himalayan Ladakh
    R Ahmed, J Jadhav, RA Mir, H Singh, L Van Tricht, ST Ahmad, RA Mir, ...
    Frontiers in Earth Science 14, 1740374 , 2026
    2026
  • Hydro-meteorological and Infrastructural Damage Analysis of the Recent Ramban Cloudburst Event in the North-Western Himalayan Region of Jammu and Kashmir, India
    S Awasthi, A Jose, S Barbhuiya, AK Taloor, D Varade, AK Rai, V Gupta, ...
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 106126 , 2026
    2026
  • Flash Snow Drought: Escalating Risks to Mountain Water Resources at local scale
    H Singh, M Mehraj, D Varade
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Understanding the Role of Snowmelt Processes on Soil Moisture Storage and Vegetation Dynamics acrossTopographic Gradients of Himalayan Catchments
    A Nanda, A Bharti, D Varade
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Network Based Dual Channel Convolutional Neural Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification
    B Kumar, M Khan, Mustafa, D Varade
    Advances in Space Research , 2026
    2026
  • A Maxout-Enhanced Robust Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model for Flood Mapping using Sentinel-1 SAR Data
    S Awasthi, G Parthiyal, D Varade, K Jain
    Physics and Chemistry of the Earth , 2026
    2026
  • Unlocking hydrological insights: Spatial data analysis for modeling and management
    A Raia, A Bhardwajb, A Ahmedc, RA Mird, D Varaded, P Kumara
    Advances in Hydrology: Spatial Intelligence, Climate Change, and Sustainable … , 2025
    2025
  • Intensified occurrences of snow droughts are related to the snow cover dynamics in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
    H Singh, D Varade, V Gupta
    Scientific Reports 15 (1), 36101 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Inversion of snow geophysical parameters using the VHR PAZ X-band dual polarimetric SAR data: first known experiments in the Himalayan region
    H Singh, D Varade
    International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 141 … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Understanding the Gangotri glacier dynamics: Implications from a fully distributed inversion of equivalent water-volume change
    A Islam, D Varade, A Nanda, S Swarnkar, R Sinha
    EGUsphere 2025, 1-40 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Glacial lake outburst flood risk assessment of a rapidly expanding glacial lake in the Ladakh region of Western Himalaya, using hydrodynamic modeling
    AF Rather, R Ahmed, JK Bansal, RA Mir, P Ahmed, IH Malik, D Varade
    Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 15 (1), 2413893 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 15
  • Surface Soil Moisture Retrieval based on Model-Based Decomposition of Dual-Polarimetric Sentinel-1 Data
    C Aparna, D Varade
    2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 1-4 , 2024
    2024
  • Estimation of Snow Density and Permittivity Using ALOS PALSAR-2 Fully Polarimetry
    H Singh, D Varade
    2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 1-4 , 2024
    2024
  • Investigation of Climate Extremes in Jabalpur District of Madhya Pradesh: Trends and Future Implications
    PK Thakur, DM Gururani, A Agrawal, S Dubey, D Varade, P Kumari
    Geospatial Technologies, 356-380 , 2024
    2024
  • Ensemble modelling of ice volume dynamics of Chhota Shigri Glacier in Himachal Pradesh from 2017 to 2022
    D Sinha, H Singh, D Varade
    Journal of Water and Climate Change 15 (7), 3190-3209 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Prediction of Stress Fields in Particulate Polymer Composites Using Micromechanics-Based Artificial Intelligence Model.
    S Gupta, T Mukhopadhyay, D Varade, V Kushvaha
    Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Volume 1. SEC 2023. Lecture … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Utilizing statistical and MCDM techniques in indexing morphometric parameters towards improved watershed management in the Nandhour-Kalish drainage system
    DM Gururani, D Varade, H Joshi, H Singh, Y Kumar, V Kumar
    Journal of Water and Climate Change 15 (5), 2501-2517 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Stress Field Prediction in Particulate Polymer Composite Materials Using Paired Image-To-Image Translation Approach
    S Gupta, V Kushvaha, D Varade
    Advances in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. ISTAM 2022. Lecture Notes in … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Polymer Composite Materials Using Paired Image-To-Image Translation
    S Gupta, V Kushvaha, D Varade
    Advances in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics: Proceedings of ISTAM 2022, 285 , 2024
    2024

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Assessment of Land Deformation and the Associated Causes along a Rapidly Developing Himalayan Foothill Region Using Multi-Temporal Sentinel-1 SAR Datasets
    S Awasthi, D Varade, S Bhattacharjee, H Singh, S Sahab, K Jain
    Land 11 (11), 1-21 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 198
  • Recent advances in the remote sensing of alpine snow: A review
    S Awasthi, D Varade
    GIScience & Remote Sensing 58 (6), 852-888 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 76
  • Assessment of potential present and future glacial lake outburst flood hazard in the Hunza valley: A case study of Shisper and Mochowar glacier
    H Singh, D Varade, MVW de Vries, K Adhikari, M Rawat, S Awasthi, ...
    Science of the Total Environment 868, 161717 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 63
  • Analyzing urbanization induced groundwater stress and land deformation using time-series Sentinel-1 datasets applying PSInSAR approach
    S Awasthi, K Jain, S Bhattacharjee, V Gupta, D Varade, H Singh, ...
    Science of The Total Environment, 157103 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 52
  • Estimation of Snow Depth in the Hindu Kush Himalayas of Afghanistan during Peak Winter and Early Melt Season
    M Abdul, Basir, D Varade, S Shimada
    Remote Sensing 12 (7), 2788 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 32
  • Snow Depth in Dhundi: An Estimate based on Weighted Bias Corrected Differential Phase Observations of Dual Polarimetric Bi-temporal Sentinel-1 Data
    D Varade, AK Maurya, O Dikshit, G Singh, S Manickam
    International Journal of Remote Sensing 41 (8), 3031-3053 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 31
  • Identification of Snow using Fully Polarimetric SAR data based on Entropy and Anisotropy
    D Varade, G Singh, O Dikshit, S Manickam
    Water Resources Research 57 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 29
  • Modelling of early winter snow density using fully polarimetric C-band SAR data in the Indian Himalayas
    D Varade, S Manickam, O Dikshit, G Singh, Snehmani
    Remote Sensing of Environment 240 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 28
  • Development of a Novel Approach for Snow Wetness Estimation Using Hybrid Polarimetric RISAT-1 SAR Datasets in North-Western Himalayan Region
    S Awasthi, D Varade, P Thakur, Kumar, K Ajeet, H Singh, K Jain, ...
    Journal of Hydrology, 128252 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 26
  • Unsupervised hyperspectral band selection using ranking based on a denoising error matching approach
    D Varade, AK Maurya, O Dikshit
    International Journal of Remote Sensing 40 (20), 8031-8053 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 26
  • Development of spectral indexes in hyperspectral imagery for land cover assessment
    DM Varade, AK Maurya, O Dikshit
    IETE Technical Review , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 25
  • Cloudburst Events in the Indian Himalayas: A Historical Geospatial Perspective
    H Singh, D Varade, PK Mishra
    International Handbook of Disaster Research 1, 1-21 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 24
  • Potential of multispectral reflectance for assessment of snow geophysical parameters in Solang valley in the lower Indian Himalayas
    D Varade, O Dikshit
    GIScience and Remote Sensing, 1-21 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 23
  • Estimation of surface snow wetness using Sentinel-2 multispectral data
    D Varade, O Dikshit
    ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 23
  • Assessment of urban sprawls, amenities, and indifferences of LST and AOD in sub-urban area: a case study of Jammu
    D Varade, H Singh, P Singh, Abhinav, S Awasthi
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 22
  • Assessment of winter season land surface temperature in the Himalayan regions around the Kullu area in India using landsat-8 data
    D Varade, O Dikshit
    Geocarto International 35 (6), 641-662 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 22
  • Dry/wet snow mapping based on the synergistic use of dual polarimetric SAR and multispectral data
    D Varade, O Dikshit, S Manickam
    Journal of Mountain Science 16 (6), 1435-1451 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 22
  • Potential of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A composite for land use land cover analysis
    D Varade, A Sure, O Dikshit
    Geocarto International 34 (14), 1552-1567 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 21
  • Unsupervised band selection of hyperspectral data based on mutual information derived from weighted cluster entropy for snow classification
    D Varade, AK Maurya, O Dikshit
    Geocarto International, 1-23 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 19
  • Improved Assessment of Atmospheric Water Vapor Content in the Himalayan Regions Around the Kullu Valley in India Using Landsat‐8 Data
    D Varade, O Dikshit
    Water Resources Research 55 (1), 462-475 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 19