Lochan Prasad Devkota

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Lochan Prasad Devkota is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lochan Prasad Devkota has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Lochan Prasad Devkota's work include Climate variability and models (7 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (5 papers). Lochan Prasad Devkota is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (7 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (5 papers). Lochan Prasad Devkota collaborates with scholars based in Nepal, China and Tajikistan. Lochan Prasad Devkota's co-authors include Tandong Yao, Fan Zhang, Yaoming Ma, Weicai Wang, Daniel Joswiak, Lonnie G. Thompson, Baiqing Xu, Shresth Tayal, Tianxiang Luo and Volker Mosbrugger and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Pollution, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Climate Dynamics.

In The Last Decade

Lochan Prasad Devkota

17 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Third Pole Environment (TPE)

2012 751 citations Tandong Yao, Lonnie G. Thompson et al. Environmental Development profile →

Peers

Lochan Prasad Devkota

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Tuija Ruoho-Airola Finland

Shresth Tayal India

Mauro Cirano Brazil

Yifei Zhao China

Zongxing Li China

Hidetaka Takeoka Japan

John C. Lehrter United States

Antoni Jordi Spain

Tuija Ruoho-Airola Finland

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165 ×0.9

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217 ×1.2

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255 ×1.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Lochan Prasad Devkota

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lochan Prasad Devkota

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19 of 19 papers shown

Devkota, Lochan Prasad, et al.. (2023). Spatio-Temporal Variability of Rainfall Over Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. 11(1). 10–19. 2 indexed citations

Dhital, Yam Prasad, et al.. (2020). Observations of heavy rainfall and extreme flood events over Banke-Bardiya districts of Nepal in 2016–2017. Progress in Disaster Science. 6. 100074–100074. 13 indexed citations

Dawadi, Binod, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Climate Change and People's Perception on Climate Change and its Impacts in Solu Khola Catchment of the Mt. Everest Region of Eastern Nepal. Applied ecology and environmental sciences. 7(6). 206–215. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Tandong, et al.. (2019). Precipitation characteristics of two complex mountain river basins on the southern slopes of the central Himalayas. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 138(1-2). 1159–1178. 19 indexed citations

Devkota, Lochan Prasad, et al.. (2016). Impact of Climate Change on River Discharge and Rainfall Pattern: A Case Study from Marshyangdi River basin, Nepal. 9(1). 60–73. 8 indexed citations

Adhikari, Tirtha Raj & Lochan Prasad Devkota. (2016). Climatic Water Balance of Annapurna, Langtang and Khumbu regions of Nepal Himalaya. 8(1). 47–57.

Aryal, Deepak, et al.. (2015). A Severe Hailstorm at Pokhara: CAPE Stability Index Calculations. 3(5). 142–153. 3 indexed citations

Amatya, Pukar, Yaoming Ma, Cunbo Han, Binbin Wang, & Lochan Prasad Devkota. (2015). Mapping regional distribution of land surface heat fluxes on the southern side of the central Himalayas using TESEBS. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 124(3-4). 835–846. 10 indexed citations

Amatya, Pukar, Yaoming Ma, Cunbo Han, Binbin Wang, & Lochan Prasad Devkota. (2015). Recent trends (2003–2013) of land surface heat fluxes on the southern side of the central Himalayas, Nepal. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(23). 13 indexed citations

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Yu, Wusheng, Tandong Yao, Lide Tian, et al.. (2015). Short-term variability in the dates of the Indian monsoon onset and retreat on the southern and northern slopes of the central Himalayas as determined by precipitation stable isotopes. Climate Dynamics. 47(1-2). 159–172. 61 indexed citations

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Kayastha, Rijan Bhakta, et al.. (2014). Estimation of discharge from Langtang River basin, Rasuwa, Nepal, using a glacio-hydrological model. Annals of Glaciology. 55(66). 223–230. 36 indexed citations

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Gong, Ping, Xiaoping Wang, Shenghai Li, et al.. (2014). Atmospheric transport and accumulation of organochlorine compounds on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, Nepal. Environmental Pollution. 192. 44–51. 32 indexed citations

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Amatya, Pukar, Yaoming Ma, Cunbo Han, Binbin Wang, & Lochan Prasad Devkota. (2014). Estimation of net radiation flux distribution on the southern slopes of the central Himalayas using MODIS data. Atmospheric Research. 154. 146–154. 21 indexed citations

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Yao, Tandong, Wusheng Yu, Li Ding, et al.. (2014). Stable isotopic compositions of precipitation events from Kathmandu, southern slope of the Himalayas. Chinese Science Bulletin. 59(34). 4838–4846. 10 indexed citations

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Yao, Tandong, Lonnie G. Thompson, Volker Mosbrugger, et al.. (2012). Third Pole Environment (TPE). Environmental Development. 3. 52–64. 751 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Fan, Xuedong Yan, Chen Zeng, et al.. (2012). Influence of Traffic Activity on Heavy Metal Concentrations of Roadside Farmland Soil in Mountainous Areas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 9(5). 1715–1731. 110 indexed citations

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Zhang, Man, et al.. (2012). Heavy-Metal Distribution and Concentration of Roadside Soil in the Kathmandu Region, Nepal. Advanced Science Letters. 7(1). 571–575.

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Yan, Xuedong, Fan Zhang, Chen Zeng, et al.. (2012). Relationship between Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils and Grasses of Roadside Farmland in Nepal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 9(9). 3209–3226. 87 indexed citations

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Dawadi, Binod, Eryuan Liang, Lide Tian, Lochan Prasad Devkota, & Tandong Yao. (2012). Pre-monsoon precipitation signal in tree rings of timberline Betula utilis in the central Himalayas. Quaternary International. 283. 72–77. 90 indexed citations

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