About the Authors

Romana Jamshed

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Esha Naeem

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Adnan Ahmad Tahir

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

adnantahir@cuiatd.edu.pk (AAT); Sher.Muhammad@icimod.org (SM)

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Irshad

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Faizan-ur-Rehman Qaisar

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Awais Arifeen

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Sher Muhammad

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

adnantahir@cuiatd.edu.pk (AAT); Sher.Muhammad@icimod.org (SM)

Affiliation International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal

Wu Kunpeng

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Muhammad Abrar Faiz

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Water Conservancy & Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Sher Muhammad (one of the co-authors) is an Academic Editor in “PLOS Climate”. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.