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by Lise Nordgård on 2019-01-03 at 08:38

Andrea Marinoni was invited to give e key-note speech at the 3rd DBAR conference in Tengchong, P.R. China, Dec. 5-7, 2018 (http://dbar2018.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1). DBAR18 conference hosted several specialized sessions examining the applications of big Earth data for sustainable development in different fields, such as environmental change, disaster mitigation, water resources, agriculture food security, natural and cultura […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-12-20 at 08:55

Dear CIRFA-partners, colleagues, and collaborators. The year 2018 is approaching the end, and here is a brief summary report. 2018 has been a busy year, with many interesting activities and achievements. As we get more experience and feedback, the Centre is gradually finding its course, both with respect to its research and innovation goals. T […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-12-14 at 10:23

The Department of Physics and Technology announces a vacant position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the area of multi-sensor and deep learning for applications in large-scale remote sensing sea ice mapping at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Science and Technology. The position is funded by the project From Copernicus Big Data to […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-12-11 at 10:27

CIRFA welcomes you to a seminar where Tore Hattermann from Akvaplan-niva will talk about “The role of (sub-)mesoscale dynamics in high-resolution sea ice drift forecasts”. Date: Thursday 13 December at 14:00-15:00 Venue: CIRFA, SIVA Innovation Centre (Forskningsparken), Tromsø [map] Online: https://connect.uninett.no/cirfa-seminar/ WELCOME! […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-11-18 at 19:50

We are currently experiencing problems with signing into the CIRFA intranet. We are working on solving this. In the meantime, you may contact lise.nordgard@uit.no if you require access to documents. […]

by Lise Nordgård on 2018-11-18 at 19:42

Anthony Doulgeris has just been appointed as a new associate editor for the regular IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (GRSL) Journal. GRSL is a quarterly publication for short papers (maximum length 5 pages) addressing new ideas and formative concepts in remote sensing as well as important new and timely results and concepts. Papers should […]

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 2018-06-12 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 […]