Research Topics
Research Topics
An overview of topics we are currently working on is given in the following sections.
Sea ice thickness
- Thin ice thickness from SMOS and SMAP
- Leads in sea ice from SAR
- Sea ice topography from TanDEM-X
- Ice thickness from melt pond spectral properties
Sea ice concentration and type
- Sea ice concentration from merged passive microwave and optical observations
- Correction of atmospheric influence for sea ice concentration from near 90-GHz observations
- Multiyear sea ice concentration from combined microwave radiometer and scatterometer observations
Sea ice dynamics
- Changes in sea ice dynamics and implications for the climate system
- Pan-Arctic sea ice—atmosphere neutral drag coefficient estimation
- Monthly pan-Arctic sea ice atmosphere drag coefficient
Melt ponds and sea ice albedo
- Melt pond fraction from medium resolution optical sensors
- Spatial heterogeneity of Arctic surface reflective properties
Snow on sea ice
- Snow depth from passive microwave observations
Atmospheric parameters
- Detecting polar lows and polar mesocyclones using microwave satellite sensors
- Water vapour in high latitudes from combined passive microwave sensors
Optimal estimation
- Optimal estimation of surface and atmospheric parameters using passive microwave data in the Arctic
Thermal infrared imaging
- Imaging of sea ice surface temperatures on-ice and helicopter-borne during Campaigns