Dr Harold Lovell
Biography
I am a glaciologist with research and teaching interests in glaciers and glacial environments, climate and environmental change, and GIS and remote sensing.
I joined the University of Portsmouth as a lecturer in GIS and Remote Sensing in February 2014 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in December 2015.
- BSc Geography (University of Plymouth), 2005-2008 [Dissertation supervisor: David Croot]
- MSc (by research) (Durham University), 2009-2010 [Supervisors: Chris Stokes, Mike Bentley]
- PhD (Queen Mary, University of London), 2010-2014 [Supervisors: Sven Lukas, Doug Benn, Bryn Hubbard]
Research interests
I use a combination of satellite data and fieldwork in my research in the following key areas of glaciology:
- Surging glaciers
- Glacier hazards in high mountain regions
- The timings and dynamics of former ice masses
Teaching responsibilities
I am the MSc Geographical Information Systems Course Leader.
I teach the following topics at all levels from first year undergradaute (Level 4) to masters (Level 7):
- GIS
- Earth observation and remote sensing
- Environmental change
- Glaciers and glacial environments
- Glacier hazards
- Surveying and cartography
- Academic study skills
Research outputs
2025
Exploring gender quality trends within the QRA to establish our current baseline
Boyall, L., Fletcher, W., Garrett, E., Hart, J., Jenkins, H., Lane, T., Lovell, H., Palmer, A., Roberts, D. H., Roucoux, K., Sutherland, J., Williams, S.
6 Mar 2025, In: Quaternary Newsletter. 164
Restricted cirque glaciers in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, during the Nahanagan Stadial (Greenland Stadial-1 / Younger Dryas)
Barrows, T., Boston, C., Colhoun, E. A., Fink, D., Knight, L., Lovell, H., Pepin, N.
5 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Quaternary Science, 18p.
Understanding temperature variations in mountainous regions: The relationship between satellite-derived land surface temperature and in situ near-surface air temperature
Lovell, H., Mo, Y., Pepin, N.
1 Mar 2025, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 318, 19p., 114574
2024
Dynamic LIA advances hastened the demise of small valley glaciers in central Svalbard
Hodson, A. J., Håkansson, L., Lovell, H., Mannerfelt, E. S.
14 Nov 2024, In: Arctic Science, 19p.
Terrestrial glacial geomorphology of surge-type and non-surge-type glaciers on Svalbard
Calvo-Ryan, R., Davies, B. J., Lovell, H., Małecki, J., McCerery, R., Pearce, D., Woodward, J.
26 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Maps. 20, 1, 14p., 2362277
A GIS-based approach to site vegetated buffer strips for erosion control within an agricultural catchment in southern England
Hudson, C., Lovell, H., Pearson, A., Schaefer, M., Soar, P.
12 May 2024, In: Hydrological Processes. 38, 5, 17p., e15165