2nd ESA Advanced Training Course on Cryosphere Remote Sensing 2018

Educational materials from the 2d ESA Advanced Training Course on Cryosphere Remote Sensing 2018 held at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, from 11-16 June 2018. Download specific blocks here below.

Day 1 – Monday 11 June 2018:

• Intro: Measuring the state of the cryosphere from space, YLDesnos (8 MB)
• Recent dynamic behaviour of Svalbard glaciers (theory), ALuckman (5 MB)
• Mapping glaciers with optical satellite data: Special Svalbard challenges (practical), FPaul (4 MB)
• Cryospheric Applications of Landsat 8 (theory), APope (16 MB)

Day 2 – Tuesday 12 June 2018:

• EO for measuring glacier topography & elevation changes (theory), RMcNabb (2 MB)
• Ice surface velocities using optical methods (theory), AMesserli (1 MB)
• Ice surface velocities using SAR (theory), TSchellenberger (4 MB)
• Optical Remote sensing of the Cryosphere: Focus on velocity mapping (practical), AMesserli (5 MB)
• Ice surface velocities using SAR (practical), TSchellenberger (2 MB)
• Sea ice conditions using SAR (theory), SSandven (13 MB)
• Keynote 1: Applications of full-polarimetric SAR to monitoring sea ice, leads and oil spills, CBrekke (7 MB)

Day 3 – Wednesday 13 June 2018:

• Altimetry Theory, OBAndersen (7 MB)
• Sea ice altimetry (theory), RKwok (4 MB)
• Sea ice growth and decay (theory), SHendricks (6 MB)
• Recognition of fast and drift ice using SAR (practical), PMWagner (373 KB)
• Sea ice thickness using altimetry (practical), ERinne (789 KB)
• Land ice altimetry (theory), GMoholdt (7 MB)

Day 4 – Thursday 14 June 2018 : Excursion

Day 5 – Friday 15 June 2018:  

• Albedo measurements with Sentinel-3 (practical), JBox (63 KB)

Day 6 – Saturday 16 June 2018: 

• Freeze/thaw cycles and rain-on-snow events (theory), ABartsch (6 MB)
• Snow mapping using SAR (theory), DSmall (12 MB)
• EO for monitoring mountain hazards (theory), AKääb (19 MB)
• Keynote 4: Remote sensing of Larsen C Ice Shelf: Surface melt, Rift, and A-68 calving, ALuckman (5 MB)