RSWG Mission Statement
A forum bringing together users and producers of ground-, satellite-, airborne- and underwater-based remote sensing resources to facilitate the usage, sharing, and calibration & validation of Arctic observations.
The RSWG directive is to
- Assess the status of the SIOS community’s satellite data and information requirements for Svalbard and the Arctic Ocean, and keep track of any relevant developments within the European Union's Copernicus programme and ESA activities;
- Assess the SIOS community’s needs for producing specific remotely-sensed data sets and decide which SIOS partners will be generating these data products;
- Work in step with the SIOS Data Management Service regarding the integration of the remotely-sensed data products in the SIOS web portal;
- Work with the appropriate agencies to promote Svalbard as a Cal/Val site;
- Serve as a forum where future research directions in Arctic satellite remote sensing are discussed.
The RSWG work programme for 2023
- SIOS-Planet joint cooperation call to support access of high resolution satellite data
- Training course on Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Svalbard (UAV4Svalbard), 4-8 Sept. 2023
- Establishing and testing EO and RS researcher forum on the SIOS website
- Developing a citizen science project for supporting cal/val activities in Svalbard
- Copernicus relay activities, Copernicus user forum activities, facilitating outreach and training activities
- SIOS webinar series and online conference on EO and RS (Sept. 2022)
- Unified platform for satellite data availability for Svalbard
- Conducting annual surveys on user requirements and product inventory documents
- Airborne remote sensing activities
Key achievements in 2022
- SIOS Training course on AI4Svalbard training course was conducted during 5-9 September 2022 in physical mode.
- User requirement survey has been conducted
- SIOS Online conference on EO, RS and GI applications in Svalbard was conducted during 12-14 October 2022
- Data acquired using Dornier aircraft has been shared with PIs of successful projects
- In 2022, RSWG gained 8 new working group members
- Recruited an early career researcher observer on the working group-2022
- Outreach and networking: SIOS RSS and RSWG activities were highlighted in outreach/networking arenas e.g. EGU, AGU and ASSW
News from RSWG
The annual face-to-face meeting of the RSWG took place in Longyearbyen during Polar Night Week 2023. Members discussed the work programme for the year 2023 and how to fulfil it until the end of the year.
Photo: RSWG meeting during Polar Night Week, 17th January 2019. Picture (from top left): Mari Anne Killie, Mikhail Itkin, Shridhar Jawak, Bo Andersen, Malgorzata Blaszczyk, Eirik Malnes, Anton Korosov, Veijo Pohjola, Vito Vitale
Associated task forces-2023
Training course on Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Svalbard (UAV4Svalbard)- 2023
- Clare Webster – University of Oslo
- Richard Hann - NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- William Harcourt, Uni. of St. Andrews
- Sara Aparício, Solenix for ESA
- Zuzanna Swirad, IG-PAS
- Shridhar Jawak, SIOS-KC
