MOOC-CRYO
Prime company: Imperative Space (GovEd Ltd) (GB)Thie MOOC aims to provide an introduction to the latest EO methods and the next generation of satellite platforms to monitoring the dynamic behaviour of the Earth’s cryosphere.
Tags: cryosphere, science
ARKTALAS HOAVVA PROJECT
Prime company: NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER (NO)The multi-disciplinary, long-term, satellite-based Earth Observations (EO) form a tremendous synergy of data and information products that should to be more systematically and consistently explored, from the short synoptic time scales to the longer decadal time scales. This lays the rationale for the ESA funded Arktalas Hoavva study project. A stepwise multi-modal analyses framework approach …
4DANTARCTICA
Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (GB)Ice sheets are a key component of the Earth system, impacting on global sea level, ocean circulation and bio-geochemical processes. Significant quantities of liquid water are being produced and transported at the ice sheet surface, base, and beneath its floating sections, and this water is in turn interacting with the ice sheet itself. Surface meltwater …
A year trapped in Arctic ice for climate science
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average, with consequences felt across the whole planet. A better scientific understanding of the complexities of the fragile Arctic environment is critical for policy decisions on climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and for setting up a framework for managing Arctic development sustainably. The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory …
SMOS supports investigations of Antarctica’s ice-sheet internal temperature
Lack of in-situ measurements of ice temperature (boreholes) limit our capabilities to understand ice sheet dynamics. Researchers combined L-band (1.4 GHz) passive microwave observations from SMOS over Antarctica with glaciological and emission models to infer information on glaciological properties of the ice sheet at various depths, including temperature. Comparison with existing models showed that differences …
CryoSMOS
Prime company: IFAC-CNR ISTITUTO DI FISICA APPLICATA ” NELLO CARRARA” (IT)In recent years the possibility of using L-band space-borne radiometers for monitoring the Cryosphere has been investigated using data available from new space missions ((ESA SMOS and NASA Aquarius and SMAP). The interest in L-band relies on the very low absorption of ice at L-band and the low scattering by particles that are very small …
Using a datacube to assess changes in the Earth System
ESA’s Earth System Data Lab is a new virtual lab to access a wide array of Earth observations across space, time and variables. It consists of two elements: the data cube and an interface to execute different analyses on the data cube. Young researchers selected in the Early Adopters Call launched in 2018 used the …
Snow grain size from Sentinel-3
Applying a novel analytical theory, scientists have a fast new way of retrieving snow grain size – and albedo – from Sentinel-3 data. Read more about the importance of snow grain size and the results obtained in the Pre-Operational Sentinel-3 snow and ice products (SICE) project in ESA EO portal featured story.
Understanding fjord circulation with Sentinel-2
Observing phenomena occurring in remote locations at high latitudes is not an easy task. Apart from the scarcity of in-situ measurements available in locations such as Greenland, satellite observations with optical sensors are often hindered by the presence of clouds and lack of sunlight during wintertime. That is why scientists look at ways to combine …
Jack Landy
“The fellowship was a really important step in my career, giving me the freedom and time to pursue a higher-risk Earth Observation research goal. It was great to be part of a cohort with other ESA fellows, to learn about their work and exchange ideas. The support and guidance from my ESA project contacts was …