Tag: living planet fellowship
Zooming in on drought from space
Summer 2022 in Northern Italy has been extremely dry, as high resolution (1 km) soil moisture maps based on Sentinel-1 show. This is particularly clear when comparing to a “normal” year such as 2020. Read the full story.
Taking the dazzle out of CryoSat yields a first
A paper published in Nature describes a new approach for removing the pesky problem of dazzle from surface meltwater to yield the first ever continuous, year-round, altimetry measurements of sea-ice thickness in the Arctic Ocean. Artificial intelligence techniques have been applied to CryoSat data in the Arctic to distinguish, during the summer period, the melting …
Kristin Böttcher
“The fellowship provided me with the opportunity to concentrate on my own research work. Additionally, the research visit to ESA was an excellent opportunity to closely experience how the agency operates and to connect with other research fellows. “ After the fellowship Kristin continued working at the Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland. Her research focuses …
Tim Trent
Tim is currently a research fellow working within the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) based at the University of Leicester. In addition to his research role, he also co-chairs the international GEWEX Water Vapour Assessment (G-VAP) working group. Output from this group features in the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
Phytoplankton and fisheries under regional warming in the global oceans – POSEIDON
Prime company: NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSIT (GR)Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by John Gittings. POSEIDON aims to understand the response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming and extreme events (e.g., marine heatwaves). Long-term trends (> 23 years) in phytoplankton ecological indicators (biomass, size structure and phenology) will be analysed in different regions, encompassing a range of conditions found in the global …
John Gittings
“My ESA fellowship fostered international collaborations through joint research and participation in international conferences and workshops—partnerships that have remained productive beyond the fellowship” After completing his fellowship John A. Gittings today is a postdoctoral researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is currently involved in multiple international projects funded by ESA and …