The overall ambition of CIRFA is that the centre will become a knowledge hub for research and development on Arctic surveillance technologies, with leading expertise in disciplines such as remote sensing, signal processing, radar technology, RPAS technology, numerical modelling and data assimilation. CIRFA builds on broad competence in remote sensing, and takes advantage of the considerable infrastructure, that has been built up in Tromsø over the recent decades. The core CIRFA team consists of leading senior scientists, PhDs and Post Docs in addition to industry representatives and innovation experts.
CIRFA is hosted by the Department of Physics and Technology at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. CIRFA is one of 17 Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI) granted in 2014. The purpose of an SFI is to build up and strengthen Norwegian research groups that work in close collaboration with partners from innovative industry and public enterprises. The Research Council of Norway (RCN project number 237906), together with the partners, Troms fylkeskommune, and the host institution, provides the funding for the centre.
CIRFA Seminar: The CIRFA cruise
Join us for this weeks` CIRFA seminar given by center leader Torbjørn Eltoft. This presentation summarises the activities during our research expedition to Belgica Bank with RV Kronprins Haakon.Read More »Summer job and master thesis opportunity
Are you interested in remote sensing? You think sea ice is cool? You are looking for practical experience or an exciting master thesis project? Read on! 😉Read More »CIRFA Seminar: Impact of sea ice transport on Beaufort Gyre liquid freshwater content
Join us for this weeks` CIRFA seminar given by Morven Muilwijk on the Impact of sea ice transport on Beaufort Gyre liquid freshwater content!Read More »Postdoc Martina Idzanovic´s path into ocean modelling
Follow Postdoc Martina Idzanovic´s path into ocean modelling. It lead her from Croatia to Germany and Norway, and she is now improving MET Norway’s capability in ocean-current forecasting for providing, e.g., better trajectory forecasts as used in search and rescue.Read More »Two PhD-student positions on ice mechanics in Aalto University
The Aalto University ice mechanics group is looking for two doctoral students. Both positions are related to offshore wind and sea ice. Read More »CIRFA is invited to a course with UiT`s Skolelabb
How are remote sensing data used and why is programming important? This week, CIRFA is invited to give a presentation about remote sensing of the ocean surface at course for teachers that is arranged by UiT`s Skolelabb.Read More »New method to estimate sea ice thickness
The height difference between the sea ice surface and sea level, known as the freeboard, can be converted to an estimate for the ice thickness. Researcher Jack Landy found that up to 20% improvement in sea ice freeboard indicates that his new method could upgrade current and historic altimetry-derived Arctic sea ice thickness records.Read More »New paper on "Deep Semisupervised Teacher–Student Model Based on Label Propagation for Sea Ice Classification"
PhD candidate Salman Khaleghian has a new paper published on how deep learning methods help with sea ice classification based on Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar data. Read More »CIRFA Seminar Thursday 25. November
We are pleased to invite you to this weeks` CIRFA seminar given by post doc Debanshu Ratha. Title: The Geodesic Distance-Based Approach to PolSAR Data Analysis and its Potential for Sea-Ice Applications. When: 25 November 2021, 14:00-15:00. Where: Teams Click here to join the meeting Abstract: To monitor activities and phenomenon in the Arctic region,…Read More »His fascination for the Arctic took visiting PhD student Jozef Rusin from Scotland to Arctic Norway
Jozef Rusin`s fascination for the Arctic has taken him from a small village in Scotland all the way to Arctic Norway. As a visiting PhD student, he is learning from CIRFA and incorporates the new knowledge to his PhD project with SIRANO.Read More »Project details
Title
Centre for Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic Operations (CIRFA)
Duration
2015 – 2023
Objectives
The primary objectives of CIRFAare to meet the challenges of increasing maritime activity in icy waters, support environmental monitoring, and train tomorrow’s specialists.
To accomplish this, we combine Norwegian and international expertise in earth observation and numerical modelling for research-based education and technology development. We focus on detecting, characterising, mapping and forecasting of sea ice, icebergs, ocean surface currents, wind, snow and marine pollution.
CIRFA is one of 17 Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI) granted in 2014 by the Research Council of Norway (RCN project number 237906) and together with its research and user partners. CIRFA is hosted by the Department of Physics and Technology at UiT the Arctic University of Norway.
