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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Development 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