Chandra Giri

Chandra Prasad Giri
Chandra Prasad Giri
	Mangrove workshop in Vietnam
Born	May 13, 1961; Chimchima, Nepal
Citizenship	Naturalized U.S. citizen
Spouse(s)	Tejaswi Giri
Awards	Mahendra Vidya Bhusan and People with Extraordinary Ability
	Scientific career
Institutions	United States Environmental Protection Agency; Duke University; Columbia University; United Nations Environment Programme; Asian Institute of Technology
Thesis	Decision support system for the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal (1997)
Doctoral advisor	Kaew Nualchawee

Chandra Prasad Giri (born May 13, 1961) is a Nepalese-American author, editor and scientist. He specializes in remote sensing and sensor technologies in mapping and monitoring of land cover and mangrove forests. Giri is currently chief of the Sensing and Spatial Analysis branch of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Adjunct Professor at Duke University in North Carolina. Prior to this, he worked as senior scientist at the United States Geological Survey, Columbia University, the Asian Institute of Technology, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Nepal Government.

His work produced the first, most comprehensive and highest resolution mangrove forest database of the world using earth observation satellite data at 30 meters spatial resolution.[1] The overall goal of his research is to assess the present status and historical dynamics of land cover and land use to describe and quantify patterns, trends, rates, causes, and consequences of both natural and anthropogenic changes from local to global scales.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

He is also the author of the book Remote sensing of land use and land cover: Principles and Applications. The book became the best seller among remote sensing publications in 2012. A digital copy is available from Google Book and other sources.

In 2019, Dr. Giri co-wrote a Nepali song entitiled "timi suna na, timi bujha na" The song is available from YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_218uI330o

Background and education

Giri was born in an extremely remote village in the foothills of Mount Everest in Nepal. He got his elementary education at home and from Patheka Elementary School, Khotang, Nepal. He went to Dhulabari Secondary High School for his high school (until grade X) education. Giri was educated in the Tribhuvan University campuses in Dharan, Biragnagr, and Pokhara. This was the only University in Nepal at that time. Giri completed his Intermediate in Science degree from the Central Campus of Technology, Dharan and Bachelor in Science from Mahendra Morang Adarsha Bahumukhi Campus in Biratnagar. He did his Bachelor in Forestry from Institute of Forestry, Pokhara. He was awarded a Masters (1993) and Ph.D. (1997) in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

Research

Giri is an expert in the field of mapping and monitoring of mangrove forests. His work focuses on developing new methods to improve scientific understanding of the distribution and dynamics of land cover/mangrove forests.[9][10][11][12][13]

Giri has led a number of international scientific working groups and deliberations including (i) Lead of the GEO working group in land cover, (ii) Lead of the working group on global mangrove monitoring, (iii) Co-lead, ISPRS working group on global land cover and (iv) founding member of the International Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group.

Giri is also an associate editor for the journal Remote Sensing. He is a recipient of the Mahendra Vidya Bhushan of Nepal, awarded by the King of Nepal.

References

Giri, Chandra, et al. "Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data." Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.1 (2011): 154-159.
Giri, C., et al. "Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics (1975–2005) of the tsunami‐affected region of Asia." Journal of Biogeography 35.3 (2008): 519-528.
Giri, Chandra, et al. "Monitoring mangrove forest dynamics of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh and India using multi-temporal satellite data from 1973 to 2000." Estuarine, coastal and shelf science 73.1 (2007): 91-100.
Giri, Chandra, and Joseph Muhlhausen. "Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics in Madagascar (1975–2005)." Sensors 8.4 (2008): 2104-2117.
Giri, Chandra, Jordan Long, and Larry Tieszen. "Mapping and monitoring Louisiana's mangroves in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill." Journal of Coastal Research 27.6 (2011): 1059-1064.
Giri, Chandra, et al. "Distribution and dynamics of mangrove forests of South Asia." Journal of environmental management 148 (2015): 101-111.
Bhattarai, Bibek, and Chandra Giri. "Assessment of mangrove forests in the Pacific region using Landsat imagery." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 5.1 (2011): 053509-053509.
Giri, Chandra, and Jordan Long. "Is the Geographic Range of Mangrove Forests in the Conterminous United States Really Expanding?." Sensors 16.12 (2016): 2010.
Giri, Chandra, Zhiliang Zhu, and Bradley Reed. "A comparative analysis of the Global Land Cover 2000 and MODIS land cover data sets." Remote sensing of environment 94.1 (2005): 123-132.
Gong, Peng, et al. "Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: First mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data." International Journal of Remote Sensing 34.7 (2013): 2607-2654.
Latifovic, Rasim, et al. "Land cover mapping of North and Central America—global land cover 2000." Remote sensing of environment 89.1 (2004): 116-127.
Aschbacher, J., et al. "Comparison of different sensors and analysis techniques for tropical mangrove forest mapping." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS'95.'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International. Vol. 3. IEEE, 1995.
Stibig, H‐J., et al. "A land‐cover map for South and Southeast Asia derived from SPOT‐VEGETATION data." Journal of Biogeography 34.4 (2007): 625-637.

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[1] Giri, Chandra, et al. "Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data." Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.1 (2011): 154-159.

[2] Giri, C., et al. "Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics (1975–2005) of the tsunami‐affected region of Asia." Journal of Biogeography 35.3 (2008): 519-528.

[3] Giri, Chandra, et al. "Monitoring mangrove forest dynamics of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh and India using multi-temporal satellite data from 1973 to 2000." Estuarine, coastal and shelf science 73.1 (2007): 91-100.

[4] Giri, Chandra, and Joseph Muhlhausen. "Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics in Madagascar (1975–2005)." Sensors 8.4 (2008): 2104-2117.

[5] Giri, Chandra, Jordan Long, and Larry Tieszen. "Mapping and monitoring Louisiana's mangroves in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill." Journal of Coastal Research 27.6 (2011): 1059-1064.

[6] Giri, Chandra, et al. "Distribution and dynamics of mangrove forests of South Asia." Journal of environmental management 148 (2015): 101-111.

[7] Bhattarai, Bibek, and Chandra Giri. "Assessment of mangrove forests in the Pacific region using Landsat imagery." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 5.1 (2011): 053509-053509.

[8] Giri, Chandra, and Jordan Long. "Is the Geographic Range of Mangrove Forests in the Conterminous United States Really Expanding?." Sensors 16.12 (2016): 2010.

[9] Giri, Chandra, Zhiliang Zhu, and Bradley Reed. "A comparative analysis of the Global Land Cover 2000 and MODIS land cover data sets." Remote sensing of environment 94.1 (2005): 123-132.

[10] Gong, Peng, et al. "Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: First mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data." International Journal of Remote Sensing 34.7 (2013): 2607-2654.

[11] Latifovic, Rasim, et al. "Land cover mapping of North and Central America—global land cover 2000." Remote sensing of environment 89.1 (2004): 116-127.

[12] Aschbacher, J., et al. "Comparison of different sensors and analysis techniques for tropical mangrove forest mapping." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS'95.'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International. Vol. 3. IEEE, 1995.

[13] Stibig, H‐J., et al. "A land‐cover map for South and Southeast Asia derived from SPOT‐VEGETATION data." Journal of Biogeography 34.4 (2007): 625-637.