CIRFA is is a Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI) and is funded by the Research Council of Norway (grant number 237906) together with 6 research partners and 12 industry partners.
CIRFA shall do research on methods and technologies that can reliably detect, monitor, integrate and interpret multi-sensor data describing the physical environment of the Arctic, and efficiently assimilate this information into models to perform predictions of sea ice state, meteorological and oceanographic conditions, on both short and long timescales. Read more
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CIRFA seminar 12 October: Xu and Grahn - Analysis of scattering from sea ice, and interpreting sea ice SAR data
CIRFA welcomes you to a seminar where PhD students Xu Xu and Jakob Grahn will give you talks about analysis of scattering from sea ice and interpreting sea ice SAR data. Date: Thursday 12 October, 14h00-15h00 [add to calendar] Venue: CIRFA, SIVA Innovation Centre (Forskningsparken), Tromsø [map] Analysis of Scattering from Sea Ice based on Read MoreRead More »Remote Sensing: A Method to Improve High-Resolution Sea Ice Drift Retrievals in the Presence of Deformation Zones.
Wolfgang Dierking and his colleague Jakob Griebel from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) published a paper in “Remote Sensing” on the improved detection of narrow deformation structures in sea ice (with Jakob as first author). The major idea is to avoid blurring of discontinuities in the field of sea ice drift. Abstract: Retrievals of sea Read MoreRead More »CIRFA Annual Conference 2017
CIRFA looks forward to welcoming you to its second Annual Conference, at Sommarøy Arctic Hotel, on 18-19 October, 2017. List of participants Programme: Wednesday 18 October 10:00 Bus from SIVA Innovasjonssenter [map] 10:15 Bus from Prostneset/city centre [map] 10:30 Bus from Tromsø Airport 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 14:05 Session 1 12:45-13:10 Welcome address Torbjørn Eltoft, UiT The Arctic University of Read MoreRead More »CIRFA seminar 21 September: Observation of the Taylor Energy Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico using NASA’s UAVSAR L-band Airborne SAR Instrument
Date: Thursday 21 September, 13:30-14:30 – NB! New time! Venue: CIRFA, Forskningsparken 3, 3rd floor, Tromsø Observation of the Taylor Energy Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico using NASA’s UAVSAR L-band Airborne SAR Instrument Cathleen E. Jones NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology & UiT The Arctic University of Norway Abstract: Although radar has Read MoreRead More »Extended deadline: Tenure-Track Associate Professor in Earth Observation and Remote Sensing at CIRFA - apply by 19 September
We are looking for a talented candidate with great scientific potential, to strengthen and further develop the existing research at CIRFA and the Department of Physics and Technology. To support the candidate, we will contribute with an attractive start-up package including financial support and doctoral positions. Normally, tenure-track positions are for candidates who obtained their Read MoreRead More »The Cryosphere: Sea ice local surface topography from single-pass satellite InSAR measurements: a feasibility study.
The article “Sea ice local surface topography from single-pass satellite InSAR measurements: a feasibility study” by Wolfgang Dierking, Oliver Lang and Thomas Busche has been published in the journal The Cryoshpere. Abstract: Quantitative parameters characterizing the sea ice surface topography are needed in geophysical investigations such as studies on atmosphere–ice interactions or sea ice mechanics. Read MoreRead More »CIRFA seminar 31 August: Iceberg detection and sea ice classification
CIRFA welcomes you to a seminar on the topics of iceberg detection and sea ice classification. Date: Thursday 31 August, 14h30-15h30 Venue: CIRFA, SIVA Innovation Centre (Forskningsparken), Tromsø [map] Presentations by Vahid Akbari and Cornelius Quigley. Iceberg Detection in Open Water and Sea Ice using C-Band Radar Polarimetry. Vahid Akbari, Postdoctoral researcher, UiT the Arctic Read MoreRead More »New paper in JGR Oceans: Impact of data assimilation on Eulerian versus Lagrangian estimates of upper ocean transport
The paper “Impact of data assimilation on Eulerian versus Lagrangian estimates of upper ocean transport” by Ann Kristin Sperrevik, Johannes Röhrs and Kai Håkon Christensen at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute has recently been accepted in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. Abstract: Using four-dimensional variational analysis, we produce an estimate of the state of a Read MoreRead More »She is watching the ocean from space in the high North - Interview with Katalin Blix
Katalin Blix was interviewed earlier this spring in her local newspaper Hajdú-Bihari Napló in Hungary by the journalist Peter Egerhazi. Below is a summary of the interview: The former geologist uses machine learning to analyze satellite images. This spring, an international expedition to one of the most breathtaking part of the world, started in Lofoten Read MoreRead More »Registration for CIRFA Annual Conference 2017
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