Sea ice in Switzerland

During the 10th EARSeL Workshop on Land Ice and Snow / Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere: methods and applications from regional to global scale in Bern, Switzerland 6-8 February CIRFA’s…

CIRFA seminar (26 Jan): Oil-on-water in California

Full title: An oil-on-water field campaign in the Coal Oil Point seep field off the coast of Santa Barbara, California: A Comparison between in-situ volumetric oil-to-water ratios and Synthetic Aperture…

Join us at the Arctic Frontiers!

Arctic Frontiers are happening in Tromsø, Norway from 30 January to 2 February. Our researchers present talks in the session: Modelling and monitoring challenges to maritime safety in a changing…

Congratulations, Dr. Salman Khaleghian!

Salman successfully defended his PhD Thesis with the title: 'Scalable computing for Earth observation - Application on Sea Ice analysis' here at UiT on 15 December 2022. On the photo…

CIRFA Seminar: Xmas special!

WHEN: 8 December 2022, 14:00-15:00. WHERE: Forskningsparken, meeting room B289 or via Teams (Click here to join the meeting) Dear CIRFA Team and friends, we welcome you to this week`s talk by our…

The CIRFA cruise report is published!

The CIRFA cruise report is available as open access document with doi. To our knowledge, this was Norway`s the first ship-based research expedition with focus on remote sensing and ground validation.…

CIRFA continues until the end of 2023

Dear CIRFA team, partners and friends, We are delighted to share the news with you that NFR has granted CIRFA a project extension until 31 December 2023. This means that we can use…

CIRFA Seminar: Automatic detection of low-backscatter targets in the Arctic using Wide Swath Sentinel-1 imagery

WHEN: 10 November 2022, 14:00-15:00. WHERE: CIRFA corridor or via Teams (Click here to join the meeting) Dear CIRFA Team and friends, we welcome you to this week`s talk by Anca Cristea about Automatic detection…

CIRFA Seminar: Filling in the gaps – using small drones to add context in sea ice research

WHEN: 27 October 2022, 14:00-15:00. WHERE: CIRFA corridor or via Teams (Click here to join the meeting) Dear CIRFA Team and friends, we welcome you to tomorrow`s talk by Adam Steer about “Filling in…

A new model for estimating mean transport velocity in the marginal ice zone

Left: Jean Rabault and Malte Muller (MET-Oslo) on the sea ice. Right: Drifter deployed in an ice floe. Image credit: Malte Muller. Background: Edge of thin level sea ice. Image…