Research articles (peer reviewed)

Selected publications

  1. Shirzaei, M, Vahedifard, F, Sadhasivam, N, Ohenhen, L, Dasho, O, Tiwari, A, … & AghaKouchak, A. (2025). Aging dams, political instability, poor human decisions and climate change: recipe for human disaster. npj Natural Hazards, 2(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00056-1

  2. Shirzaei, M, Sadhasivam, N, Werth, S, Lucy, J, Etzler, W, Matin, M, Madani, K (2024). Helene Disaster: The Threat of Poor Management and Climate Change to Human Lives and Assets, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, doi: 10.53328/INR24MSIR001. (link)

  3. Sadhasivam, N, Chang, L, Tanyas, H (2024). An integrated approach for mapping slow-moving hillslopes and characterizing their activity using InSAR, slope units and a novel 2-D deformation scheme. Nat Hazards 120, 3919–3941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06353-8

  4. Ahmad SM, Sadhasivam N, Lisa M, Lombardo L, Emil MK, Fadel I, van Westen CJ, Ahmed A. & Tanyas H (2022) Standing on the shoulder of a giant landslide: A six-year long InSAR look at a slow-moving hillslope in the western Karakoram. Geomorphology, 444, 108959. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108959

  5. He K, Lombardo L, Chang L, Sadhasivam N, Hu X, Fang Z, & Tanyas H (2022) Investigating earthquake legacy effect on hillslope deformation using InSAR-derived time series. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/esp.5746

  6. Sadhasivam N, Sheik Mohideen AR & Alankar B (2020) Optimisation of landfill sites for solid waste disposal in Thiruverumbur taluk of Tiruchirappalli district, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79(23), pp.1‑20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09264-0

  7. Panahi M, Sadhasivam N, Pourghasemi HR, Rezaie F & Lee S (2020) Spatial prediction of groundwater potential mapping based on convolutional neural network (CNN) and support vector regression (SVR). Journal of Hydrology, 588, p.125033. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125033

  8. Sadhasivam N, Bhardwaj A, Pourghasemi HR & Kamaraj NP (2020) Morphometric attributes‑based soil erosion susceptibility mapping in Dnyanganga watershed of India using individual and ensemble models. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79(14), pp.1‑28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09102-3

  9. Nitheshnirmal S, Thilagaraj P, Rahaman S A, & Jegankumar R (2019). Erosion risk assessment through morphometric indices for prioritisation of Arjuna watershed using ALOS-PALSAR DEM. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5(3), pp. 907-924. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-019-00578-y

  10. Pourghasemi HR, Sadhasivam N, Kariminejad N & Collins AL (2020) Gully erosion spatial modelling: Role of machine learning algorithms in selection of the best controlling factors and modelling process. Geoscience Frontiers, 11(6), pp.2207‑2219. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2020.03.005

  11. Pourghasemi HR, Yousefi S, Sadhasivam N & Eskandari S (2020) Assessing, mapping, and optimizing the locations of sediment control check dams construction. Science of the Total Environment, 739, p.139954. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139954