Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsGeodesy,Remote Sensing
KeywordsGLOF Hazards, Glacier climate interaction, Ice-Debris Landform, glacier Dynamics, glacier mass balance
Honours and awards

2014: Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship

2008: MHRD Doctoral Fellowship

2003: MHRD Post Graduation Fellowship

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityKolkata
InstitutionJIS University
InstituteDepartment of Earth Sciences and Remote Sensing
HomepageDepartment of Earth Sciences & Remote Sensing, 81, Nilgunj Rd, Jagarata Pally, Deshpriya Nagar

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Manfred F. BuchroithnerInstitut für Kartographie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Prof. Dr. Elmar CsaplovicsInstitut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2014

Programme(s)

2013Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Bhattacharya A, Paul A, Mukherjee K, Ghuffar S, Khatun J, Bolch T: Multi-decadal geodetic mass balance, climate sensitivity, and projected glacier response in the Chandra–Bhaga Basin, Western Indian Himalaya (1971–2100). In: Science of Total Environment, 1014, 2026, 181261
2026Mattea E, Bhattacharya A, Ghuffar S, Khatun J, Barandun M, Hoelzle M. Multi-sensor analysis of predicted and observed glacier instabilities in the Hissar-Alay of Central Asia. In: Remote Sensing, 18, 2026, 699
2025Sun Z, Liu L, Fan C, Hu Y, Baldacchino F, Bhattacharya A, Wood E, Bolch T: Unveiling large-scale velocity characteristics of rock glaciers in the Tibet-Pamir-Karakoram region using InSAR. In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 142, 2025, 104733
2025Zemp M, Jakob L, Dussaillant I, Nussbaumer SU, Gourmelen N, Dubber S, Geruo A, Abdullahi S, Andreassen LM, Berthier E, Bhattacharya A, Blazquez A, Vock LFB, Bolch T, Box J, Braun MH, Brun F, Cicero E, Colgan W, Eckert N, Farinotti D, Florentine C, Floricioiu D, Gardner A, Harig C, Hassan J, Hugonnet R, Huss M, Johannesson T, Liang ACC, Ke CQ, Khan SA, King O, Kneib M, Krieger L, Maussion F, Mattea E, McNabb R, Menounos B, Miles E, Moholdt G, Palsson F, Pfeffer J, Piermattei L, Plummer S, Richter A, Sasgen I, Schuster L, Seehaus T, Shen X, Sommer C, Sutterley T, Treichler D, Velicogna I, Wouters B, Zekollari H, Zheng W. Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023. In: Nature, 639, 2025, 382–388
2025Mattea E, Berthier E, Dehecq A, Bolch T, Bhattacharya A, Ghuffar S, Barandun M, Hoelzle, M Five decades of Abramov glacier dynamics reconstructed with multi-sensor optical remote sensing. In: The Cryosphere, 19, 2025, 219-247
2025Remya SN, Nandan V, Bhattacharya A, Srinivasalu P, Mukherjee K, Govindha Raj B, Yackel J, Bolch T: Glacier Calving and Moraine Collapse Triggered the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in South Lhonak Lake, Indian Himalaya. In: Environmental Research Communications, 7, 2025, 115026
2025Mukherjee K, Bhattacharya A, Ghuffar S, King O, Paul A, Bolch T, Menounos B. Variabilities in Climate Sensitivities and Mass Balance of Four High Mountain Asian Glaciers. In: Global and Planetary Change. 255, 2025, 105044
2024Piermattei L, Zemp M, Sommer C, Brun F, Braun M, Andreassen LM, Belart MCJ, Berthier E, Bhattacharya A, Vock LB, Bolch T, Dehecq A, Dussaillant I, Falaschi D, Florentine C, Floricioiu D, Ginzler C, Hugonnet R, Huss M, Kääb A, Klug C, Knuth F, Krieger L, Frenierre JL, McNabb R, McNeil C, Sass L, Seehaus T, Shean D, Treichler D, Wendt A, Yang R Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data. . In: The Cryosphere. 18, 2024, 3195-3230,
2023Falaschi D, Bhattacharya A, Guillet G, Huang L, King O, Mukherjee K, Rastner P, Yao T, Bolch T Annual to seasonal glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia derived from Pléiades stereo images: examples from the Pamir and the Tibetan Plateau. . In: The Cryosphere, 17, 2023, 5435-5458
2023King O, Ghuffar S, Bhattacharya A, Ruzhen Y, Yau TD, Bolch T Glaciological and climatological drivers of heterogeneous glacier mass loss in the Tanggula Shan (Central-Eastern Tibetan Plateau), since the 1960s. . In: Journal of Glaciology, 69, 2023, 1149-1166
2023Bhattacharya A, Mukherjee K, King O, Karmakar S, Kropáček Jan, Remya SN, Kulkarni AV, Bolch T Influence of climate and non-climatic attributes on declining glacier mass budget and surging in Alaknanda Basin and its surroundings. . In: Global and Planetary Change 230, 2023, 104260
2022Ghuffar S, Bolch T, Rupnik E, Bhattacharya A A pipeline for automated processing of Corona KH-4 (1962-1972) stereo imagery. In: IEEE Transaction on Geosciences & Remote Sensing, 60, 2022, 1-14
2022Bolch T, Yao T, Bhattacharya A, Hu Y, King O, Lin L, Pronk JB, Rastner P, Zhang G: Earth Observation to Investigate Occurrence, Characteristics and Changes of Glaciers, Glacial Lakes and Rock Glaciers in the Poiqu River Basin (Central Himalaya). In: Remote Sensing, 14, 2022,
2022Allen SK, Sattar A, King O, Zhang G, Bhattacharya A, Yao T, Bolch T Glacial Lake outburst flood hazard under current and future conditions: worst-case scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin. In: Natural Hazards & Earth System Science, 22, 2022, 3765-3785
2021Bhattacharya, Atanu and Bolch, T and Mukherjee, K and King, O and Menounos, B and Kapitsa, V and Neckel, N and Yang, W and Yao, T: High Mountain Asian Glacier Response to Climate Revealed by Multi-temporal Satellite observations since the 1960s. In: Nature Communications (Accepted), 2021,
2021Kneib, Marin and Miles, Evan S and Jola, Simone and Buri, Pascal and Herreid, Sam and Bhattacharya, Atanu and Watson, CS and Bolch, Tobias and Quincey, D and Pellicciotti, Francesca: Mapping ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers using multispectral satellite images. In: Remote Sensing of Environment, 253, 2021, 112201
2021King, Owen and Bhattacharya, Atanu and Bolch, Tobias: The presence and influence of glacier surging around the Geladandong ice caps, North East Tibetan Plateau. In: Advances in Climate Change Research, 2021,
2020King, Owen and Bhattacharya, Atanu and Ghuffar, Sajid and Tait, Alex and Guilford, Sam and Elmore, Aurora C and Bolch, Tobias: Six Decades of Glacier Mass Changes around Mt. Everest Are Revealed by Historical and Contemporary Images. In: One Earth, 3, 2020, 608--620
2019King, Owen and Bhattacharya, Atanu and Bhambri, Rakesh and Bolch, Tobias: Glacial lakes exacerbate Himalayan glacier mass loss. In: Scientific reports, 9, 2019, 1--9
2018Mukherjee, Kriti and Bhattacharya, Atanu and Pieczonka, Tino and Ghosh, Susmita and Bolch, Tobias: Glacier mass budget and climate reanalysis data indicate a climatic shift around 2000 in Lahaul-Spiti, western Himalaya. In: Climatic change, 148, 2018, 219--233
2016Bhattacharya, Atanu and Bolch, Tobias and Mukherjee, Kriti and Pieczonka, Tino and Krop{\'a}{\v{c}}ek, JAN and Buchroithner, Manfred F: Overall recession and mass budget of Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalayas, from 1965 to 2015 using remote sensing data. In: Journal of Glaciology, 62, 2016, 1115--1133
2015Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya, Mukherjee K, Manoj Kuri, Malte Vöge, Sharma ML, Arora MK, Rajinder K Bhasin: Potential of SAR Intensity Tracking Technique to Estimate Displacement Rate in a Landslide Prone Area in Haridwar Region, India. In: Natural Hazards, 2015, 2101-2121
2015Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya, Kropáček Jan, Varilová Z, Baron I, Warth G and Hochschild V Remote sensing for characterisation and kinematic analysis of giant slope failures: Debre Sina landslide, Main Ethiopian rift escarpment. In: Remote Sensing , 2015, 16183-16203
2014Mukherjee K, Bhattacharya A, Ghosh, JK, Arora MK: Comparative performance of fractal based and conventional methods for dimensionality reduction of hyperspectral data. In: Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2014, 267-274
2014Atanu Bhattacharya, Manoj K.Arora, Mukat L.Sharma, Malte Vöge, Raginder Bhasin: Surface displacement estimation using space-borne SAR interferometry in a small portion along Himalayan Frontal Fault. In: Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2014, 163-178
2013Atanu Bhattacharya, Malte Vöge, Manoj K. Arora, Mukat L. Sharma & Rajinder K. Bhasin: Surface displacement estimation using multi-temporal SAR Interferometry in a seismically active region of the Himalaya. In: Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 2013, 184-197
2013Bhattacharya A, Arora MK, Sharma ML: Usefulness of Adaptive Filtering in SAR Interferometry for Improved Digital Elevation Model Generation.. In: Journal of Geological society of India, 2013, 153-161
2012Bhattacharya A, Arora MK, Sharma ML: Improved Digital Elevation Model Creation using SAR Interferometry in Plane and Undulating Terrains. In: Himalayan geology, 2012, 29-44
2012Bhattacharya A, Sharma ML, Arora MK: Surface Displacement Estimation along Himalayan Frontal Fault using Differential SAR Interferometry. In: Natural Hazards, 2012, 1105-1126
2012Bhattacharya A, Arora MK, Sharma ML: Usefulness of SAR Interferometry for DEM Generation and Subsidence Estimation in Jharia Coal Field Area. In: Geocarto International, 2012, 57-77
Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya, Mukherjee K: Review on InSAR based displacement monitoring of Indian Himalayas: Issues, Challenges and possible advanced alternatives. In: Geocarto International DOI:10.1080/10106049.2016.1140820, ,