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by Lise Nordgård on 2018-10-16 at 20:30

Evaluation of ocean surface currents derived from Sentinel-1 A/W Doppler shift with comparison to HF-radar and ocean surface drifters observations: Artem Moiseev and Harald Johnsen Machine Learning for Earth Observation: Katalin Blix Sea Ice Mapping from Sentinel-1: Johannes Lohse, Doulgeris, A., Dierking, A. Segmentation of wide-swath SAR images: Anca Cristea, Doulgeris, A.P., Eltoft, T. L-band […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-10-15 at 20:38

“This semester, Camilla and Martine are at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Caltech working together with JPL researcher Cathleen E. Jones and Benjamin Holt with WP3 related research.” «Model of the upcoming spacecraft NISAR.&rdquo […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-10-15 at 06:32

The article “Remote Sensing of Water Quality Parameters over Lake Balaton by Using Sentinel-3 OLCI” by Katalin Blix, Kàrloly Pàlffy, Viktor R. Tòth and Torbjørn Eltoft has been been published in the journal Water. Abstract The Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI) onboard Sentinel 3A satellite was launched in February 2016. Level 2 (L2) products hav […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-09-14 at 11:58

CIRFA has been operating for approx. 2 ½ years, and is now starting to get results suitable for testing in more operational settings. Feedback on our research topics and results from a wider group of users and stakeholders is therefore of value. Representatives from various relevant user organizations has been invited to contribute and giv […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-09-07 at 10:41

CIRFA welcomes you to a seminar where Senior Research Scientist Harald Johnsen from NORUT will talk about: “Ocean Current from Spaceborn Radars – challenges and opportunities” Topics to cover: Ocean current & Science Gaps & Users wishes Ocean surface current from space – possibilities and limitations Next generation ocean current missions (SKIM, Stereoid, SeaSTAR), principles and […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-08-31 at 09:57

If you can`t see the registration form, please click here: https://skjema.uio.no/100863. […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-08-22 at 07:33

The article “Numerical Analysis of Microwave Scattering from Layered Sea Ice Based on the Finite Element Method”, by Xu Xu, Camilla Brekke, Anthony P. Doulgeris and Frank Melandsø has recently been published in Remote Sensing. Abstract: A two-dimensional scattering model based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) is built for simulating the microwave scattering of […]

by Thomas Kræmer on 2018-08-21 at 10:45

CIRFA welcomes you to a seminar presented by CIRFA PhD student Katalin Blix on the topic: Machine Learning Gaussian Process Regression for Remote Sensing Applications The powerful Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) method has been shown to perform excellently in comparison to other machine learning techniques and parametric approaches. GPR has several advantageous properties besides its […]

by Thomas Kræmer on 2018-08-14 at 13:48

Andrea Marinoni We welcome Dr. Andrea Marinoni who has now officially started his new position at CIRFA and  UiT – the Arctic University of Norway. He has been busy from day one preparing for teaching, supervising students and getting to know the ins and outs of CIRFA. We expect his expertise will be relevant across CIRFAs […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-06-12 at 08:03

Time: 17-18 October 2018 Place: Sommarøy Arctic Hotel, Troms. Registration: Registration here! PROGRAM Wednesday 17 October 10:00     Bus from SIVA Innovasjonssenter 10:15     Bus from Prostneset/city centre 10:30     Bus from Tromsø airport TIME TITLE 12:00-12:45 Lunch 12:45-13:00 Welcome and introduction to conference, Torbjørn Eltoft Session 1 (Chair: Torbjørn Eltoft) 13:00-13:20 «Status for Wp 1: Ocean remot […]