B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- shaktiman.singh@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
2020-2020: Honorary Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK
2017-2018: Research Associate, Sharda University, India
2016-2017: DAAD Binational Fellow, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2012-2016: Research Fellow, Sharda University, India
2011-2012: Project Officer, Centre for Environment Education, India
2011-2011: Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
External Memberships
- Reviewer for Second Order Draft (SOD) of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6): Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
- Editor of BMC Research Notes, Part of Springer Nature.
- Guest editor for a special issue ‘Application of MODIS Data for Environmental Research’ in the open-access journal Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
- Guest editor for a special issue ‘Advances in Land Surface Hydrological Processes’ in the open-access journal Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338).
- Research
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Research Overview
- Glaciology
- Glacio-hydrology
- Remote sensing and GIS
- Extreme weather events
- Environmental data analyses
Research Specialisms
- Climate Change
- Environmental Geography
- Geographical Information Systems
- Glaciology and Cryospheric Systems
- Hydrology
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.
Current Research
- Spatiotemporal variation of land surface temperature in comparison to air temperature
- Usability of satellite-based land-surface temperature in glacio-hydrological models
- Frequency and intensity of extreme weather events
- In-situ and remotely-sensed monitoring of snow, glaciers, and permafrost
- Development and application of glacio-hydrological and geospatial models
- Past glacio-hydrological processes on Martian land-surface
- Field campaigns for glaciological and Martian analogue research
Funding and Grants
- Project title: Ice stupas: operational challenges and prospective solutions. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the NERC discipline hopping for environmental solutions.
- Project title: Studying hazardous ice avalanches, University of Aberdeen Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact.
- Project title: Assessing the impact of 3D terrain data resolution on thermomechanical modelling of ice avalanches. Funding agency: GRants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact.
- Project title: Tackling the global change challenges to water security in Tajikistan, the water tower of Central Asia. Funding Agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the GCRF Pump Prime
- Project title: Ice stupa: a solution to improve Himalayan-Karakoram mountain community resilience to water scarcity. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under GCRF Pump Prime
- Project title: The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events in Scandinavian Lapland. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
- Project title: The glacio-hydrological comparison of the glaciers in Scandinavia and Himalaya. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
- Project title: Robust infrastructure – Adapting railway maintenance to climate change(CliMaint). Funding Agency: VINNOVA Sweden’s Innovation Agency
- Project title: Development of glacio-hydrological model for application in glaciated catchments in the Himalaya. Head Institute: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 year, January start
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Courses
- Publications
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Surface and subsurface flow of a glacierised catchment in the cold-arid region of Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya
Journal of Hydrology, vol. 635, 131063Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRising winter temperatures might augment increasing wheat yield in Gangetic Plains
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol. 150, pp. 1531–1544Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMultitemporal glacier inventory revealing four decades of glacier changes in the Ladakh region
Earth System Science Data, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 4171–4185Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimulation and risk assessment of a possible glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the Bhilangna Valley, central Himalaya, India
Journal of Earth System Science, vol. 131, no. 3, 184Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-022-01940-y
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Tree-Ring-Based Hydrological Records Reconstructions of the Himalayan Rivers: Challenges and Opportunities
Springer Climate. Rani, S., Kumar, R. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 47-72, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92782-0_3
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Multivariate statistical analysis and geospatial approach for evaluating hydro‑geochemical characteristics of meltwater from Shaune Garang glacier, Himachal Pradesh, India
Acta GeophysicaContributions to Journals: ArticlesTackling the global change challenges to water security in Tajikistan, the water tower of Central Asia
EGU General Assembly 2022Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6024
Modelling Permafrost Distribution in Western Himalaya Using Remote Sensing and Field Observations
Remote Sensing, vol. 13, no. 21, 4403Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSurface mass balance analysis at Naradu Glacier, Western Himalaya, India
Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 12710Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSmall lava caves as possible exploratory targets on Mars: Analogies drawn from UAV imaging of an Icelandic lava field
Remote Sensing, vol. 12, no. 12, 1970Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12121970
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14659/1/Sam_etal_MDPIRS_small_lava_caves_VOR.pdf
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UAV Imaging of Small Caves in Icelandic Lava Field as Possible Mars Analogues
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020LPICo2197.1053S
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Martian Caves as Special Region Candidates
Contributions to Conferences: PapersHydro-geochemical characteristics of glacial meltwater from Naradu Glacier catchment, Western Himalaya
Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 78, 683Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8687-0
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Quantifying the Congruence between Air and Land Surface Temperatures for Various Climatic and Elevation Zones of Western Himalaya
Remote Sensing, vol. 11, no. 24, 2889Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/24/2889
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242889
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14247/3/Singh_et_al_RS_QuantifyingTheCongruence_VoR.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14247/2/remotesensing_11_02889_2_.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14247/4/remotesensing_11_02889_3_.pdf
Hydro-geochemical analysis of meltwater draining from Bilare Banga glacier, Western Himalaya
Acta Geophysica, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 651-660Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-019-00262-w
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Dynamics of suspended sediment load with respect to summer discharge and temperatures in Shaune Garang glacierized catchment, Western Himalaya
Acta Geophysica, vol. 66, pp. 1109-1120Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-018-0184-4
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Changing climate and glacio-hydrology: A case study of Shaune Garang basin, Himachal Pradesh
International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 258-272Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHST.2018.093596
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A review on remotely sensed land surface temperature anomaly as an earthquake precursor
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 63, pp. 158-166Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHimalayan glaciers experienced significant mass loss during later phases of little ice age
Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 10305Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMODIS-based estimates of strong snow surface temperature anomaly related to high altitude earthquakes of 2015
Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 188, pp. 1-8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment of a Glacio-hydrological Model for Discharge and Mass Balance Reconstruction
Water Resources Management, vol. 30, pp. 3475-3492Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-016-1364-0
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Changing climate and glacio-hydrology in Indian Himalayan Region: A review
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 393-410Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.393
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Automated detection and temporal monitoring of crevasses using remote sensing and their implications for glacier dynamics
Annals of Glaciology, vol. 57, no. 71, pp. 81-91Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRemote sensing flow velocity of debris-covered glaciers using Landsat 8 data
Progress in Physical Geography, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 305-321Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133315593894
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A lake detection algorithm (LDA) using Landsat 8 data: A comparative approach in glacial environment
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 38, pp. 150-163Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2015.01.004
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Applicability of Landsat 8 data for characterizing glacier facies and supraglacial debris
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 38, pp. 51-64Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.12.011
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Indian Himalayan capacity and adaptation programme: Capacity-building in Himalayan glaciology
Current Science, vol. 106, no. 3, pp. 346Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates