Webinar series: An anchor point to a drifting world!
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
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?
