Webinar series: An anchor point to a drifting world!

Last updated: March 8, 2021

This webinar mini series has been initiated by the SIOS remote sensing service as a response to the new challenges posed by COVID-19 and will take place approximately every month.

Several speakers will present recent observations and opportunities in relation to remote sensing platforms, leaving room for discussion and creating a social experience within the research community.

The aim of this webinar series is to keep you updated, provide a social experience, help to engage the Svalbard research community, and offer you an anchor point to a drifting world!

If you would like to contribute as a speaker or recommend a speaker to the webinar or have further questions, please contact our remote sensing officer: remotesensing@sios-svalbard.org

There will be no webinar in April

Instead we conduct a training course series on data management topics. Have a look at the programme here: https://sios-svalbard.org/DMcourses

Webinar#8: 8 March 2021, 10 - 11:30 (CET)

International women's day special

Programme:

10:00 - 10:05 Shridhar Jawak (SIOS Remote Sensing Officer): Welcome and updates from SIOS-KC

10:05 – 10:15 Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board): European Polar Board - 25 years at the forefront of European Polar research

10:15 - 10:25 Anna Maria Trofaier (ESA Climate Office): Climate Science and Arctic Research in the Age of Satellites

10:25 - 10:35 Maria Jensen (University centre in Svalbard): Coastal change on Svalbard – ambitions, challenges and needs for data coordination

10:35 - 10:45 Jenny Baeseman (Baeseman Consulting LLC): Svalbard: A hotspot for international Arctic science collaboration

10:45 - 10:55 Verena Mohaupt (Alfred Wegener Institute): Logistics challenges during MOSAiC

--- 5 min break and Q + A ---

11:00 - 11:30 Panel discussion: How to improve gender balance and diversity within SIOS?

Webinar#7: 12 February 2021, 10 - 11:30 (CET)

Projects in the frame of the SIOS Research Infrastructure Access programme

Programme:

10:00 - 10:05 Shridhar Jawak (SIOS Remote Sensing Officer) - Welcome and updates from SIOS-KC - PDF

10:05 – 10:10 Inger Jennings (SIOS Access and Logistics officer) - Introduction to the webinar

10:10 - 11:25 Talks from participants in the access programme:

Katharina Jentzsch (AWI) - Near real-time observations of snow water equivalent for SIOS on Svalbard - PDF
Christoph Thomas (Uni of Bayreuth) - NYTEFOX: NY-alesund TurbulencE Fiber-Optic eXperiment - PDF
Andreas Alexander (UiO) - Innovate GLOF: Interdisciplinary observations of the Setevatnet glacier lake outburst flood - PDF
Luke Cockerton (Uni of Northumbria) - ArcticBioAir: The role of microorganisms in Arctic cloud formation (through biogenic ice nucleation) and its influence on albedo and climate - PDF
Roseline C Thakur (INAR, Uni of Helsinki) - New Particle formation in Arctic- The knowns and the unknowns - PDF

11:25 - 11:30 Final questions and closing remarks

Webinar#6: 27 November 2020, 10:00 - 11:30 (CET)

Marine science in Svalbard - global to local perspective

PROGRAMME:

10:00 - 10:10 Shridhar Jawak (SIOS Remote Sensing Officer):
Welcome and introduction to the webinar - PDF

10:10 - 10:25 Mark Payne (DTU)
Ocean predictability, observations and links to UN Decade of the Ocean - PDF

10:25 - 10:40 Alejandro Orfila (IMEDEA)
Observational networks in Europe - PDF

10:40 - 10:55 Anton Korosov (NERSC)
Sea ice remote sensing

--- 5 min break for leg stretching and refill of tea ---

11:00 - 11:10 Franco Coren (OGS)
Information talk about the icebreaker Laura Bassi (characteristics of the ship and tentative logistical plans for 2021)

11:10 - 11:30 Panel Discussion on the outcomes of the SIOS marine infrastructure network workshop and the next steps for the network - PDF
Moderator: Inger Jennings (SIOS Logistics and Access Officer)
Panel: Manuel Bensi, Arild Sundfjord, Frank Nilsen and Agnieszka Beszczyńska-Möller

Webinar#5: 23 October 2020, 15:00 - 16:30 (CEST)

Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) cusp rocket missions in Svalbard and their relevance to atmospheric studies

PROGRAMME:

15:00 - 15:10 Shridhar Jawak (SIOS Remote Sensing Officer):
Welcome, updates from SIOS-KC and introduction to the webinar - PDF

15:10 - 15:25 Jøran Moen (UNIS):
GCI-Cusp history and its relevance to Svalbard studies - PDF

--- 5 min break for questions and leg stretching---

15:30 - 15:45 Andres Spicher (University of Oslo):
GCI-Cusp: an observing system for the dynamics of the upper polar atmosphere above Svalbard - PDF

--- 5 min break for questions and arm stretching ---

15:50 - 16:05 Douglas Rowland (NASA):
The VISIONS-2 rocket mission: exploring atmospheric escape in the Earth's cusp - PDF

--- 5 min break for questions and back stretching ---

16:10 - 16:25 Kolbjørn Blix (Andøya Space Centre):
Grand Challenge Initiative - M/LT project - PDF

--- Questions and end of webinar ---

Webinar#4: 31 August - 4 September 2020

Special edition: Lectures during the online Terrestrial Remote Sensing Training Course

Webinar#3: 4-5 June 2020

Special edition: Online conference on remote sensing in Svalbard

Webinar#2: 24 April 2020

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/130712621

PROGRAMME:

12:45 - 13:00 Shridhar Jawak (SIOS Remote Sensing Officer):
Welcome, updates from SIOS-KC and introduction to the webinar - PDF, video

13:00 - 13:30 Richard Ashley Morris (NPI):
Remote sensing of Svalbard mass balance, 2011-2017 - PDF, video

13:30 - 14:00 Hannah Ming Siu Vickers (NORCE):
A 20-Year MODIS-Based Snow Cover Dataset for Svalbard and Its Link to Phenological Timing and Sea Ice Variability - PDF, video

14:00 - 14:30 Lukasz Stachnik (University of Wroclaw):
Carbon cycle in a perspective of glacier recession - marine or terrestrial control? - PDF, video

14:30 - 15:00 Panel Discussion on SIOS data management - PDF
Moderator: Dariusz Ignatiuk (SIOS Science Integration & Data Officer)
Panel: Øystein Godøy, Stein Tronstad, Angelo Viola, Bartłomiej Luks

Discussion topics:

What benefits can scientists have from open data policy?
How to motivate the scientists to share data?
What are the concerns and obstacles to make data free and open?
How to better link researchers with data managers?
How does SDMS contribute to the open science and data sharing?

Webinar#1: 27 March 2020

PROGRAMME:

12:45 - 13:00 Shridhar Jawak (SIOS Remote Sensing Officer)
Welcome and introduction to the webinar - PDF, video

13:00 - 13:30 Agnar Sivertsen (NORCE):
Airborne remote sensing in Svalbard (with emphasis on recently launched SIOS’s opportunity) - PDF, video

13:30 - 14:00 Ann Mari Fjæraa (NILU):
New Pandora Spectrometer instrument and opportunities for atmospheric Cal/Val in Arctic areas - PDF, video

<14:00 - 14:30 Veijo Pohjola (Uppsala University):
Glaciological & microbiological observations of Lomonosovfonna perennial firn aquifer

14:30 - 15:00 Roberto Salzano (CNR):
The support of terrestrial photography on cryospheric studies in Svalbard islands - PDF, video

15:00 - 15:30 Jack Kohler (NPI):
Svalbard glacier mass balance from annual Arctic DEMs 2013-2017 - PDF, video

15:30 - 16:00
Panel discussion: “Damage mitigation for the Svalbard scientific community”
Moderated by Veijo Pohjola, Co-Chair, RSWG
Panel: Heikki Lihavainen (atmospheric measurements), Jack Kohler (glaciology), Agnar Sivertsen (remote sensing), Roberto Salzano (terrestrial remote sensing), Ann Mari Fjæraa (cal/val)

The panel discussion will focus on what kind of data and field activities are being affected due to current situation. The remote sensing community will respond on how they can help in this situation.

What are possible effects of the current situation on Svalbard research in general?
How would EO/RS based studies get affected?
How to control the damage because of cancelled field campaigns and data loss by using remote sensing observations?
Can we fill all the data gaps in observations using remote sensing?
What can be done to fill the gap of missing ground truthing this year?

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Webinar series: An anchor point to a drifting world!

There will be no webinar in April

International women's day special

Projects in the frame of the SIOS Research Infrastructure Access programme

Marine science in Svalbard - global to local perspective

Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) cusp rocket missions in Svalbard and their relevance to atmospheric studies