MSc, PhD, AFHEA
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- lydia.sam@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Reconstruction and Characterisation of Slope Failure Events
On 7 February 2021, a flash flood triggered by a rock-ice avalanche caused significant damage of life and property in the Indian Himalaya. Using satellite datasets, digital terrain models and simulations, we report the flow characteristics of two avalanches within a 5-year interval at the slope failure site. Prior to both the events, we observed changes in surface velocity. This study highlights that we should consider antecedent conditions, for holistic assessment of hazards.
External Memberships
- Editor of Springer Nature Applied Sciences journal by Springer Nature
- Editor of BMC Research Notes, Part of Springer Nature.
- Editor of Frontiers Research Topic Advances in Mars Research and Exploration
- Editor for the open access journal Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292) Remote Sensing/ Impact Factor (2018): 4.118. Also editor of special Issues:
- Invited guest editor for a special issue ‘Advances in Land Surface Hydrological Processes’ in open access journal Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338).
- Research
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Research Overview
- Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications
- Landforms and surface processes
- Glaciology; including alpine glacier dynamics, glacial geomorphology, glacial hazards and glaciers-climate interaction
- High-resolution terrain modelling and interpretation
- Use of Unmanned aerial systems (UAS)/drones for environmental monitoring and Mars analogue research
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.
Geography and Environment
Accepting PhDs
Geology and Geophysics
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Remote Sensing
- Geographical Information Systems
- Glaciology and Cryospheric Systems
- Geography
- Planetary Science
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.
Funding and Grants
- Global Challange Research Internal Fund: Pump Prime grant for the project 'Ice stupa: a solution to improve Himalayan-Karakoram mountain community resilience to water scarcity'. During August 2020 - July 2021. Funding agency: The Aberdeen Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen
- 'Geostatistical analysis of spatiotemporal trends of COVID-19 spread in UK'. NERC-Funded QUADRAT Research Experience Placement
- 'Assessing the long-term impact of climatic variables on coastal changes in Scotland using geospatial tools'. NERC-Funded QUADRAT Research Experience Placement
- 'Robust infrastructure – Adapting railway maintenance to climate change(CliMaint)'. Funding Agency: VINNOVA Sweden’s Innovation Agency
- Teaching
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Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
GG5540/GG5563 (CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF GIS): Course Coordinator and Tutor
GG3069 (REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS): Co-course coordinator and Tutor
GG5910 (DISSERTATION PROJECT IN GIS): Supervision
GL5206/5207 (THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DATA): Tutor
GL5546 (APPLIED, INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH GEOPHYSICS): Guest Lecturer
- Publications
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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
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23807/1/Gui_etal_JEM_Revealing_the_evolution_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] https://abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/0acd6881-8425-45da-96f4-4e833d873be6
Segment Anything Model (SAM) for Automatic Crater Detection
EGU General Assembly 2024, pp. 21146Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21146
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24022/1/EGU24-21146-print.pdf
Methods and insights on enabling geovisualisation for coastal communities of the North Shore of Vancouver
Coastal Studies & Society, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 3-32Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvaluating the Efficacy of Segment Anything Model for Delineating Agriculture and Urban Green Spaces in Multiresolution Aerial and Spaceborne Remote Sensing Images
Remote Sensing, vol. 16, no. 2, 414Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA flexible deep learning crater detection scheme using Segment Anything Model (SAM)
Icarus, vol. 408, 115797Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe 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: ArticlesRising winter temperatures might augment increasing wheat yield in Gangetic Plains
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol. 150, pp. 1531–1544Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA discussion on the plausible role of ice streams in carving Martian outflow channels: Revisiting the earliest hypothesis by Lucchitta et al. (1981)
Progress in Physical Geography, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 809-818Contributions 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: Articles
