Gis And Remote Sensing Specialist
Current• Developed regional annual land cover (2000-2018) of HKH region and national land cover map of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal countries, Koshi river basin, Kailash Sacred Landscape and Kangchenjunga transboundary landscape of ICIMOD;• Developed high resolution satellite images based tree crown map applying object-based image analysis;• Performed land cover and land change modelling and participated in field missions to the collection of ground samples for land cover mapping and accuracy assessment;• Designed biodiversity corridor, habitat suitability and forest fragmentation for landscape management; • Mapped ecosystems service in different transboundary landscapes and protected areas;• Developed a flood inundation monitoring system and provided operational support to regional member countries during 2017, 2018, 2020 flood response. Published the method in Journal of Remote Sensing;• Conducted geospatial-based erosion, sedimentation, and river morphological study for river basin management; • Preparing report and concept paper on various themes specific to remote sensing for integrated mountain development;• Providing technical input for disaster management as a Principal Investigators (PI) of 4th ALOS Research of JAXA, Japan; • Prepared training manuals on land cover mapping, glacial mapping and flood hazard and flood shelter suitability mapping and conducted training in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, and Nepal;