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, data assimilation and numerical modelling. 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.
Poster Session Program - CIRFA Annual Conference 2018
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…Read More »CIRFA Annual Conference 2018
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 remote…Read More »Camilla and Martine at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Caltech
“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.”Read More »New Publication!
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 have…Read More »Registration CIRFA Annual conference 2018
If you can`t see the registration form, please click here: https://skjema.uio.no/100863.Read More »User Reference Group
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 give…Read More »CIRFA seminar Thursday 13. September, 14:00-15:00
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…Read More »New Publication!
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…Read More »CIRFA seminar 30. August, 14:00 -- 15:00
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…Read More »New associate professor: Dr. Andrea Marinoni
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…Read More »