As part of the Earth Observation (EO) Science for Society - Scientific Exploitation element of EOEP-5 program, the European Space Agency (ESA) organised a training course on remote sensing of the Cryosphere in June 2018 (co-organised by SIOS). The course was intended to train the next generation of scientists and specialists to exploit EO data for science and applications.
- Time: 11 - 16 June 2018
- Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
- Recordings: Not available
COURSE PROGRAMME
- 11 June 2018
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Measuring the state of the cryosphere from space
Recent dynamic behaviour of Svalbard glaciers
Mapping glaciers with optical satellite data: Special Svalbard challenges (hands-on)
Cryospheric applications of Landsat-8
Icebreaker at SvalSat facility
- 12 June 2018
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EO for measuring glacier topography and elevation change
Ice surface velocities using optical methods
Ice surface velocities using SAR
Feature tracking and ice surface velocities (hands-on)
Sea ice conditions using SAR
Keynote talk: Applications of full polarimetric SAR to monitoring sea ice, leads and oil spills
- 13 June 2018
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Altimetry theory
Sea ice altimetry
Sea ice growth and decay
Recognition of fast and drift ice using SAR (hands-on)
Sea ice thickness using altimetry (hands-on)
Land ice altimetry
- 14 June 2018
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Excursion: Boat trip to Tunabreen
- 15 June 2018
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Measuring the Ocean - in situ and from space
Ice-ocean interactions
Gravimetry theory
Application of GRACE to the Cryosphere
Albedo measurements with Sentinel-3 (hands-on)
- 16 June 2018
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Freeze/thaw cycles and rain-on-snow events
Snow mapping using SAR
EO for monitoring mountain hazards
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
- Target audience
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Postgraduate-level, PhD students, post-doctoral research scientists and users from Europe and Canada interested in applications of remote sensing of the cryosphere (participants from other countries subject to availability of places).
- Course objectives
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Objectives
- To train the next generation of scientists on Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere.
- To provide an advanced understanding of theoretical principles, processing algorithms, data products and their use in applications.
- To give hands-on practice with tools and methods for satellite data exploitation as well as fieldwork experience for in situ cryosphere-related data collection.
- To provide insights of EO chanllenges/opportunities within the polar context for further studies.
Contents
The course will provide advanced scientific knowledge on theory and applications for Cryosphere remote sensing. It will be organised around 5 main topics:
- State of the art of EO of the Cryosphere and presentation of the Sentinel ESA/National and Third Party Cryosphere missions and Svalbard geographical importance within EO data system.
- Theoretical fundamentals of spaceborne optical, thermal and SAR remote remote sensing.
- Lectures on EO Cryosphere applications.
- Practicals using toolboxes for data exploitation, processing and product demonstrations.
- Fieldwork for in situ data collection.
- Lecturers
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- Adrian Luckman (Swansea University/UNIS)
- Frank Paul (University of Zurich)
- Allen Pope (NSIDC/IASC)
- Robert McNabb (University of Oslo)
- Alexandra Messerli (NPI)
- Thomas Schellenberger (University of Oslo)
- Stein Sandven (NERSC/UNIS)
- Camilla Brekke (UiT the Arctic University of Norway)
- Ron Kwok (JPL)
- Penelope Wagner (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
- Geir Moholdt (NPI)
- David Small (University of Zurich)
- Andreas Kääb (University of Oslo)
& others
- Task force
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The organising committee comprised:
- Yves-Louis Desnos (ESA)
- Sara Aparício (ESA)
- Ulla Vayrynen (Serco c/o ESA)
- Stein Sandven (UNIS)
- Adrian Luckman (UNIS)
- Frank Nilsen (UNIS)
- Ane Bjørsvik (UNIS)
- Anna Maria Trofaier (SIOS/UNIS)
- Anja Strømme (Norwegian Space Agency/UNIS)
- Vigdis Lonar Barth (Norwegian Space Agency)
