Dr Shaktiman Singh
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Lecturer
- About
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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
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 stupa: a solution to improve Himalayan-Karakoram mountain community resilience to water scarcity. Funding agency: The Aberdeen Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under Global Challenge Research Internal Fund: Pump Prime grant
- 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).
- Publications
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Tackling 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
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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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: PapersMartian 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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