Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- anshuman.bhardwaj@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
- Research
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Research Overview
- Remote sensing and GIS (applications in land dynamics, glacio-hydrology and cryosphere, coastal processes, fluvial processes, vegetation mapping, urban studies, and health geographics)
- Landforms and surface processes on Mars
- Glacial and periglacial geomorphology
- Glacial hazards
- Glacier-climate interactions
- Mars analogue research
- High-resolution terrain modelling and interpretation
- Drones for environmental remote sensing
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Geography and Environment, Geology and Geophysics.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.


Research Specialisms
- Remote Sensing
- Geomorphology
- Planetary Science
- Glaciology and Cryospheric Systems
- Geographical Information Systems
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
GG5067/5068 (ORIGINS, EVOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GIS): Course Coordinator and Tutor
GG2510 (MAPPING AND MONITORING THE ENVIRONMENT): Course Coordinator and Tutor
GG3069 (REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS): Tutor
GL5206/5207 (THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DATA): Tutor
GL5546 (APPLIED, INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH GEOPHYSICS): Guest Lecturer
GG5910 (DISSERTATION PROJECT IN GIS): Supervision
GL5910 (Dissertation Project in Geophysics): Supervision
- Publications
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Quantifying pre-collapse dynamics of hanging rock-ice masses using remote sensing datasets
Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17719
Comparative analysis of different machine learning algorithms for urban footprint extraction in diverse urban contexts using high-resolution remote sensing imagery
Journal of Geographical Sciences, vol. 35, pp. 664-696Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-025-2339-y
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Understanding the point mass balance and surface ice velocity for the debris-covered glacier, Panchi II, western Himalaya (India)
Results in Earth Sciences, vol. 3, 100058Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA novel automated labelling algorithm for deep learning-based built-up areas extraction using nighttime lighting data
Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 306, 112702Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA novel automated labelling algorithm for deep learning-based built-up areas extraction using nighttime lighting data
Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 306Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2024.112702
From roofs to renewables: Deep learning and geographic information systems insights into a comprehensive urban solar photovoltaic assessment for Stonehaven
Energy 360, vol. 1, 100006Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRevealing the evolution of spatiotemporal patterns of urban expansion using mathematical modelling and emerging hotspot analysis
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 364, 121477Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479724014634
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121477
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Glacier area change (1993–2019) and its relationship to debris cover, proglacial lakes, and morphological parameters in the Chandra-Bhaga Basin, Western Himalaya, India
Journal of Mountain Science, vol. 21, pp. 1287-1306Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-023-8277-1
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The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission
Journal of Maps, vol. 20, no. 1, 2302361Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSegment Anything Model (SAM) for Automatic Crater Detection
EGU General Assembly 2024, pp. 21146Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts