Email: jan.blachowski@pwr.edu.pl

Unit: Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology » Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics

ul. Na Grobli 15, 50-421 Wrocław
building L-1 (Geocentrum), room 365
phone +48 71 320 6875

Office hours (Winter semester 2024/2025)

• Monday 12.15-13.00
• Wednesday 13.15-15.00

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Research interests

• modeling and analysis of natural and anthropogenic systems in geographic information systems (GIS), deformation of mining and post-mining areas, mining surveying, satellite remote sensing, spatial statistics, spatial information infrastructure

 

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Main functions

• Head of the Geodesy and Geoinformatics Department
• Head of the Geospatial Modeling and Analysis Laboratory
• Member of the Academia Professorum Iuniorum (2024-2025 term)

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Recent research projects

• National Centre for research and Development Polish German Cooperation Call project Closed-Loop Impact Monitoring for Environmentally and Socially Acceptable Energy Transition in Rural Regions (WPN/4/67/CLEAR/2022), 8.2022-7.2025, consortium PWr, TUBAF, Info-Solutions, FPM GmbH, (Principal Investigator),
• National Research Centre (NCN) OPUS-22 project Genesis and course of anthropogenic and natural deformations of the terrain in post-mining areas of the former brown coal mine "Babina". Stage 2: The influence of hydrogeological conditions on the process of land deformations in post-mining areas (2021/43/B/ST10/02157), 11.2021-11.2025 (Principal Investigator),
• National Research Centre (NCN) OPUS-17 project Genesis and course of anthropogenic and natural deformations of the terrain in post-mining areas of the former brown coal mine "Babina" (2019/33/B/ST10/02975), 2.2020-11.2023 (Principal Investigator),
• Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Bekker project Studies of mining impacts on the surrounding environment - developng the methodology of description and prediction of deformations based on machine learning, 4.2022-11.2022, research stay at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim,
• Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Bilateral Cooperation with Germany project Smart System for Underground Impact Geomonitoring, cooperation with the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, 1.2022-12.2023 (Principal Investigator),
• Interreg Central Europe project Healing Places, 04.2019-06.2022 (Investigator),
• Horizon 2020 project Mining and Metallurgy Regions of EU “MIREU" (GA776811), 12.2017-4.2021 (Representative of the Lower Silesia region),
• EIT KIC Raw Materials Educational Project European MSc in Geomatics for Sustainable Mineral Resource Management, 4.2018-6.2020 (Head of the Polish partner),
• National Research Centre (NCN) OPUS-4 project Development of a numerical method of mining ground deformation modelling in complex geological and mining conditions, (2012/07/B/ST10/04297). 7.2013-1.2016 (Principal Investigator).

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Research stays and visits

• 2022, 8 months, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norwegia,
• 2021, 1 week, Institute of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, Faculty of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Niemcy,
• 2019, 1 week, ISPRS Summer School: Geospatial technologies for natural environment management and monitoring, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław; Polska,
• 2017, 1 week, Faculty of Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turcja,
• 2016, 1 week, Faculty of Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turcja,
• 2014, 2 weeks, Visiting scholar, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Drezno, Niemcy,
• 2013, 2 weeks, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norwegia,
• 2012, 3 months, Canadian Centre for Geodetic Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Kanada,
• 2011, 2 weeks, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norwegia,
• 2009, 5 months, Visiting researcher, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norwegia,
• 2007, 2 weeks, Royal Town Planning Institute – West Midlands Branch, Wielka Brytania,
• 2006, 3 weeks, Referat Europäische Raumordnung Regionalentwicklung, Department of Land Development and Geodesy, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Drezno, Niemcy,
• 2005, 1 week, European Advanced School on Tectonics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Triest, Włochy.

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Recent papers

2024

• Wajs J., Blachowski J., Walerysak N., Becker M., Monitoring of Post-Mining Subsidence Using Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning Approach. Archives of Mining Sciences, 69:3, doi:10.24425/ams.2024.151444.
• Owczarz K., Blachowski J., Random Forest Based Identification of Factors Influencing Ground Deformation Due to Mining Seismicity. Remote Sens., 16(15) 2742, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152742.
• Strzałka A. Malicki J., Blachowski J., Least-cost-path and closest facility analysis for generating district heating networks on a communal level. Applied Sciences, vol. 14, no 2, 763, https://doi.org/10.3390/app14020763.

2023

• Buczyńska A., Blachowski J. (2023) Proposal of a new mining and geology Impact Factor (MaGIF) index for the study of post-mining environment. Catena., vol. 232, 107463.
• Blachowski J., Dynowski A., Buczyńska A., Ellefmo S.L., Walerysiak N., (2023) Integrated Spatiotemporal Analysis of Vegetation Condition in a Complex Post-Mining Area: Lignite Mine Case Study. Remote Sensing, 15, 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15123067.
• Blachowski J., Becker M., Kujawa P., Koźma J., Warchala E., Dynowski A., Pawlik M., Wajs J., Buczyńska A., (2023) Transformation processes in lignite post-mining landscape - erosion of anthropogenic formations in the former "Przyjazn Narodow - Szyb Babina" mine (Poland). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, vol. 173, no 4, pp. 565-580.
• Blachowski J., Ellefmo S., (2023) Mining ground deformation estimation based on pre-processed InSAR open data - a Norwegian case study. Minerals, vol. 13, no 3, pp. 1-16.
• Trybała P., Szrek J., Remondino F., Kujawa P., Wodecki J., Blachowski J., Zimroz R., MIN3D dataset: multI-seNsor 3D mapping with an unmanned ground vehicle. PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, s. 1-18.
• Trybała P., Szrek J., Ziętek B., Dębogórski B., Blachowski J., Wodecki J., Zimroz R., Analysis of lidar actuator system influence on the quality of dense 3d point cloud obtained with SLAM. Sensors, vol. 23, no 2, art. 721, pp. 1-19.
• Buczyńska A., Blachowski J., Bugajska N., (2023) Analysis of post-mining vegetation development using remote sensing and spatial regression approach: a case study of former Babina mine (Western Poland). Remote Sensing,. vol. 15, no 3, pp. 1-23.

2022

• Blachowski J., Warchala E., Koźma J., Buczyńska A., Bugajska N., Becker M., Janicki D., Kujawa P., Kwaśny L., Wajs J., Targosz P., Wojdyła M., (2022) Geophysical research of secondary deformations in the post mining area of the Glaciotectonic Muskau Arch Geopark - preliminary results. Applied Sciences, vol. 12, no 3, pp. 1-17.
• Gładka A., Blachowski J., Rymaszewska J., Zatoński T., (2022) Investigating relationship between particulate matter air concentrations and suicides using geographic information system, Psychology Health & Medicine, vol. 27, no 10, pp. 2238-2245.
• Trybała P., John A., Köhler Ch., Benndorf J., Blachowski J., (2022) Towards a mine 3D dense mapping mobile robot: a system design and preliminary accuracy evaluation. Markscheidewesen, vol. 129, no 1, pp. 18-24.

 

2021

• Bęcek K., Ibrahim K., Bayik C., Abdikan S., Kutoğlu S.H., Głąbicki D., Blachowski J. (2021) Identifying land subsidence using global digital elevation models. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth
  Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 14, pp. 8989-8998.
• Blachowski J., Chojwa M., (2021) Assessing the cooling effect of four urban parks of different
  sizes in a temperate continental climate zone: Wroclaw (Poland). Forests, vol. 12, nr 8.
• Bezyk Y., Sówka I., Górka M., Blachowski J., (2021) GIS-Based approach to spatio-temporal interpolation of atmospheric CO2 concentrations in limited monitoring dataset. Atmosphere, 12:3.
• Trybała P., Blachowski J., Błażej R., Zimroz R., (2021) Damage detection based on 3D point cloud data processing from laser scanning of conveyor belt surface. Remote Sensing. vol. 13, no 1, pp. 1-19.

2020

• Owczarz K., Blachowski J., (2020) Analysis of the geometry of surface deformations caused by induced tremors in the area of underground copper mining. W: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences : XXIV ISPRS Congress, 31.08-02.09.2020, Nice, France / eds. N. Paparoditis [i in.], pp. 149-156.
• Blachowski J., Buczyńska A., (2020) Spatial and multicriteria analysis of dimension stones and crushed rocks quarrying in the context of sustainable regional development: case study of Lower Silesia (Poland). Sustainability, vol. 12, no 7, art. 3022, pp. 1-22.
• Blachowski J., Buczyńska A., (2020) Analysis of rock raw materials transport and its implications for regional development and planning. Case study of Lower Silesia (Poland). Sustainability, vol. 12, no 8, art. 3165, pp. 1-14.
• Grzempowski P., Badura J., Milczarek W., Blachowski J., Głowacki T., Zając M., (2020) Determination of the long-term ground surface displacements using a PSI technique - case study on Wrocław (Poland). Applied Sciences. vol. 10, no 10, art. 3343, pp. 1-18.

2019

• Kaźmierczak U., Blachowski J., Górniak-Zimroz J., (2019) Multi-criteria analysis of potential applications of waste from rock minerals mining. Applied Sciences, vol. 9, no 3, pp. 1-15.
• Blachowski J., Kopeć A., Milczarek W., Owczarz K., (2019) Evolution of secondary deformations captured by satellite radar interferometry: case study of an abandoned coal basin in SW Poland. Sustainability, vol. 11, no 3, pp. 1-21.
• Owczarz K., Blachowski J. (2020) Badania przemieszczeń powierzchni spowodowanych wstrząsami górniczymi z zastosowaniem satelitarnej interferometrii radarowej na przykładzie LGOM. Przegląd Górniczy. 2019, nr 1, s. 53-61.
• Owczarz K., Blachowski J., (2019) Application of satellite radar interferometry in study of the relation between surface deformation and seismic event of the 15th September 2018 in the Rudna copper mine, Poland. W: 20. Geokinematischer Tag des Institutes für Markscheidewesen und Geodäsie, am 16. und 17. Mai 2019 in Freiberg / ed. Jörg Benndorf. Schriftenreihe des Institutes für Markscheidewesen und Geodäsie an der Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, pp. 93-104.

2018

• Blachowski J., Jiránková E., Lazecký M., Kadlečík P., Milczarek W. (2018) Application of satellite radar interferometry (PSInSAR) in analysis of secondary surface deformations in mining areas. Case studies from Czech Republic and Poland. Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, vol. 15, no 2, pp. 173-185.
• Kaźmierczak U., Blachowski J., Górniak-Zimroz J., Wirth H., (2018) Quantitative and qualitative research on the waste from the mining of rock raw materials in Lower Silesia. Minerals, vol. 8, no 9, pp. 1-16.
• Blachowski J., Kaźmierczak U., Górniak-Zimroz J., (2018) Spatial and quantitative analysis of waste from rock raw minerals mining: a case study of Lower Silesia region in Poland. Sustainability, vol. 10, no 12, art. 4493, pp. 1-21.
• Blachowski J., Łuczak J., Zagrodnik P., Participatory GIS in design of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology campus web map and spatial analysis of campus area quality. E3S Web of Conferences 29, 00025

2017

• Milczarek W., Blachowski J., Grzempowski P., Application of PSInSAR for assessment of surface deformations in post-mining area - case study of the former Walbrzych Hard Coal Basin (SW Poland). Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, 14:1 (185), 41-52, 2017, DOI: 10.13168/AGG.2016.0026, IF = 0,561.

2016

• Blachowski J., Application of GIS spatial regression methods in assessment of land subsidence in complicated mining conditions - case study of the Walbrzych coal mine (SW Poland). Natural Hazards, 84:997-1014, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2470-2, (online 21.07.2016) IF = 1,746.
• Blachowski J., Rybakiewicz W., Warczewski W., Malczewski P., Application of multicriteria analysis in GIS for optimal planning of house development areas. Case study of Wroclaw functional area. Roczniki Geomatyki - Annals of Geomatics, Tom XIV, 5(75), 561-571.

2015

• Blachowski J., Methodology for assessment of the accessibility of a brown coal deposit with Analytical Hierarchy Process and Weighted Linear Combination. Environmental Earth Science, 74:5, 4119-4131, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4461-0, IF = 1,765.

2014

• Blachowski J., Milczarek W., Analysis of surface changes in the Walbrzych hard coal mining grounds (SW Poland) between 1886 and 2009. Geological Quarterly, 58:2, 353-368, DOI: 10.7306/gq.1162 IF = 1,000.
• Szurek M., Blachowski J., Nowacka A., (2014) GIS-based method for wind farm location multi-criteria analysis. Mining Science, 21, 65-81.

Full list of papers in the DONA database