Journal and Conference Papers
Sharma, Bharat, Kumar, J., Ganguly, A. R., & Hoffman, F. M. (2023). Carbon cycle extremes accelerate weakening of the land carbon sink in the late 21st century. Biogeosciences, 20, 1829–1841, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1829-2023. Download
Sharma, Bharat, Kumar, J., Collier, N., Ganguly, A. R., & Hoffman, F. M. (2022). Quantifying Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attributing Their Causes Under Climate and Land Use & Land Cover Change from 1850 to 2300. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2021JG006738. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006738. Download
Sharma, Bharat, Kumar, J., Ganguly, A. R., & Hoffman, F. M. (2022). Using Image Processing Techniques to Identify and Quantify Spatiotemporal Carbon Cycle Extremes. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW), Orlando, FL, USA, 2022, pp. 1136-1143. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDMW58026.2022.00148. Download. Presentation link.
Maedah Rahimitouranposhti, Sharma, Bharat, Mustafa Can Camur, Olufemi A. Omitaomu, and Xueping Li. (2024). Investigating Resiliency of Transportation Network Under Targeted and Potential Climate Change Disruptions. 104th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Accepted in TRB. Manuscript in Review for TRR journal
Massoud, E. C., Collier, N., Sharma, Bharat, and Hoffman, F. M. Enhancing Photosysnthesis Simulation Performance in ESMs with Machine Learning-Assisted Solvers (2024). Manuscript accepted in International Workshop on Big Data Analytics with Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data.
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Auroop R. Ganguly, and Forrest M. Hoffman. (2024). Investigating Variability in the Intensity, Direction, and Spatial Distribution of Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attribution to Climate Drivers Using Observations and CMIP6 Earth System Models. Manuscript in Preparation
Sharma R. K., Khandelwal, T. and Sharma, Bharat*. (2013). Compaction and Subgrade Characteristics of Clay
Soil Modified with Beas Sand, Fly Ash, and Waste Ceramic. Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology.
STM Journals. Volume 3, Issue 2, ISSN: 2249–8753.
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Khandelwal, T., Sharma, Bharat*, Thareja, P. and Sharma R. K. (2013). Comparative Study of various Commer-
cially Available Programs in Slope Stability and Simulation of Dynamic Loading. Recent Trends in Civil Engineering
& Technology. STM Journals. Volume 3, Issue 2, ISSN: 2249–8753.
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Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisors and Mentors : Dr. Auroop R. Ganguly, Dr. Jitendra Kumar, and Dr. Forrest M. Hoffman
Sharma, Bharat, “Analysis Of Global Carbon Cycle Extremes, Their Compound Climate Drivers, And Implications For Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.” 2022. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/analysis-global-carbon-cycle-extremes-their/docview/2760002697/se-2.
Sharma, Bharat. “Analysis of Global Carbon Cycle Extremes, their Compound Climate Drivers, and Implications for Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.” Order No. 29995192, Northeastern University, 2022.
Book Chapters
Warner, M., Sharma, Bharat, Bhatia, U., and Ganguly, A. (2019). Evaluation of Cascading Infrastructure Failures and Optimal Recovery from a Network Science Perspective. In: Ghanbarnejad F., Saha Roy R, Karimi F., Delvenne JC., Mitra B. (eds) Dynamics On and Of Complex Networks III. DOOCN 2017. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14683-2_3. Download
Data/Software Publications
Codes for Carbon Cycle Extremes Accelerate Weakening of the Land Carbon Sink in the Late 21st Century, 2023,
Codes/Software for the paper “Quantifying Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attributing Their Causes Under Climate and Land Use & Land Cover Change from 1850 to 2300”, 2022, 
Selected fields used in the study, Quantifying Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attributing Their Causes Under Climate and Land Use & Land Cover Change from 1850 to 2300, from CESM1(BGC) fully-coupled runs from 1850 to 2300, comprising of historical (1850-2005), Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (2005-2100), and Extension Concentration Pathway 8.5 (2101-2300). 
Master Thesis
Sharma, Bharat. (2016).
Resilience in Urban Cities: An approach to study interaction between evacuation and
land use & transportation infrastructure.
Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning.
Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Master Thesis (2016)
Bachelor Thesis
Sharma, Bharat et al. (2012). Characteristics Of Soil, Sand, Fly Ash And Ceramics Mix For Use As Subgrade Material.
Department Of Civil Engineering.
National Institute Of Technology Hamirpur, India.
Bachelor Thesis (2012)
Invited Presentations
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Nate Collier, Auroop R. Ganguly, and Forrest M. Hoffman, “Quantifying the Changes in Carbon Cycle Extremes Due to Land Use Change and Attribution to Climate Drivers Through Year 2300”. Reducing Uncertainties in Biogeochemical Interactions through Synthesis and Computation. Feb 19, 2021. Url: bgc-feedbacks.org/research/presentations/.
Conference Presentations
Sharma, Bharat, A. Walker, R. Knox, C. Koven, E. Agee, R. Fisher, R. Oren, R. Norby, D. Ricciuto, X. Wei, and X. Yang 15 Dec 2023. “Investigating the CO2 Response of Secondary-Succession Forests at Duke and Oak Ridge FACE Experiments Simulated with ELM-FATES-CNP.” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CL, USA. ESS Open Archive. doi:10.22541/essoar.170365279.90601011/v1
Elias Massoud, Forrest M Hoffman, Nathan Collier, Anthony Walker, Sharma, Bharat. 11 Dec 2023. “Is Parameter Inference a Disappearing Practice? Comparing Photosynthesis Simulations Using Perturbed Parameter Ensembles and Machine Learning” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CL, USA. ESS Open Archive. doi:10.22541/essoar.170224464.41768762/v1.
Jitendra Kumar, Morgan Steckler, Sharma, Bharat, Russell Limber, William Walter Hargrove, Forrest Hoffman 11 Dec 2023. “Drivers of Phenological Patterns and Variability in Heterogeneous Tropical vegetation” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CL, USA. Link
Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, and Auroop Ganguly. August 2, 2023. “Comparative Analysis of Climate-driven Carbon Cycle Extremes Using Observations and CMIP6 Earth System Models” Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 30 July–4 Aug 2023, SUNTEC, Singapore.
Sharma, Bharat, A. Walker, R. Knox, C. Koven, E. Agee, R. Fisher, R. Oren, R. Norby, D. Ricciuto, X. Wei, and X. Yang May 16, 2023. “Investigating the CO2 Response of Secondary-Succession Forests at Duke and Oak Ridge FACE Experiments Simulated with ELM-FATES-CNP”. 2023 ESS PI Meeting, 16-17 May 2023, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, A. Walker, R. Knox, C. Koven, E. Agee, R. Fisher, R. Oren, R. Norby, D. Ricciuto, X. Wei, and X. Yang Mar 28, 2023. “Investigating the CO2 Response of Secondary-Succession Forests at Duke and Oak Ridge FACE Experiments Simulated with ELM-FATES-CNP”. Anthromes, CO2 , and Terrestrial Carbon, From the deep past to net-zero, 27-30 Mar 2023, Potomac, MD, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Nathan Collier, Auroop R. Ganguly, and Forrest M. Hoffman. Jan 9, 2023. “Increased Intensity of Carbon Cycle Extremes Driven by Land Use and Land Cover Change” (Poster ID 45), Land Use and Land Cover Change—Interactions with Weather and Climate. American Meteorological Society’s 36th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 8-12 Jan 2023, Denver, CO, USA. AMS-poster
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Forrest M. Hoffman, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 15, 2022. “Quantifying Extremes in Net Biospheric Production and Attribution to Compound Climate Drivers” (B42H-1732). New Mechanisms, Feedbacks, and Approaches for Predicting Global Biogeochemical Cycles Under Climate Change and Intervention (B42H), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL, USA. AGU-iposter. AGU-poster
Pragya Kandel, Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, and Forrest M. Hoffman. December 16, 2022. “Drought Susceptibility and Response Across Different Vegetation Types in California” (H55A-04). Evapotranspiration (ET): Advances in in Situ ET Measurements and Remote-Sensing-Based ET Estimation, Mapping, and Evaluation (H55A), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL, USA. AGU-iposter. Received Best Student Presentation Award
Shamik Bhattacharya, Forrest M. Hoffman, Sharma, Bharat, Nathan Collier, and Min Xu. December 15, 2022. “Using Statistical Learning Methods to Accelerate Model Parameter Sensitivity Experiments” (B42H-1731). New Mechanisms, Feedbacks, and Approaches for Predicting Global Biogeochemical Cycles Under Climate Change and Intervention (B42H), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL, USA. AGU-poster
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Auroop R. Ganguly, & Forrest M. Hoffman. November 28, 2022. ``Using Image Processing Techniques to Identify and Quantify Spatiotemporal Carbon Cycle Extremes (S10106).’’ 10th Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2022). IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW 2022). Orlando, FL, USA. Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW 2022).
Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra (Jitu) Kumar, Morgan Steckler,Sharma, Bharat,, and William W. Hargrove. April 11, 2022. ``Quantifying Phenological Variations in Tropical Forests Using High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing.’’ 2022 International Association for Landscape Ecology - North America (IALE-NA). Virtual Annual Meeting (April 11–14, 2022), USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Forrest M. Hoffman, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 17, 2021. “Investigating Variability in the Intensity, Direction, and Spatial Distribution of Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attribution to Climate Drivers Using Observations and CMIP6 Earth System Models.” Improving Earth System Predictability (B041), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA. AGU.
Morgan Steckler, Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, William W. Hargrove and Jitendra Kumar. December 14, 2021. “Effects of meteorological and ecological disturbances on tropical vegetation phenology.” Understanding Phenological Responses and Feedbacks in Terrestrial Vegetation: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences (B33D), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Jitendra Kumar, Forrest M. Hoffman, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 12, 2020. “Detection and Attribution of Climate-Driven Extremes in Net Biome Productivity from 1850 through 2100.” Abstrat B019-0009 presented at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (December 1–17, 2020). Virtual.
Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 13, 2018. “Cumulative Impacts of Human-Induced Changes on Carbon Cycle Extremes.” Abstract 368411 presented at the 100th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, In Robert Dickinson Symposium (January 12–16, 2020), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, Nathan Collier, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 13, 2018. “Impact of Changes in Anthropogenic Forcing on the Terrestrial Carbon Budget through the Year 2300.” Abstract B41I-2830 presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (December 10–14, 2018), Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, Nathan Collier, and Auroop Ganguly. June 7, 2018. “Quantifying the Effect of Changes in Climate-Driven Carbon Cycle Extremes on the Terrestrial Carbon Budget through Year 2300.” 15th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) (June 3–8, 2018), Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, Nathan Collier, and Auroop Ganguly. April 11, 2018. “Identification of Spatio-temporal Contiguous Carbon Cycle Extreme Events.” 2018 U.S.-International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Annual Meeting (April 8–12, 2018), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 15, 2017. “Carbon Cycle Extremes in the 22nd and 23rd Century and Attribution to Climate Drivers.” Abstract B53J-02 presented at the 2017 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (December 11–15, 2017), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Sharma, Bharat, Mary E. Warner, Udit Bhatia, and Auroop R. Ganguly. December 15, 2017. “Cascading Interdependencies of Built and Societal Systems.” In: Symposium on Human Dynamics in Smart and Connected Communities: Spatial-Social Networks in GIS. 2017 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting (April 5-9, 2017), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
* Name changed in 2016