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…
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…
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…
The article “Machine Learning Automatic Model Selection Algorithm for Oceanic Chlorophyll-a Content Retrieval” by Katalin Blix and Torbjørn Eltoft has been published in Remote Sensing as part of the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour. Abstract: Ocean Color remote sensing has a great importance in monitoring of aquatic environments. The number of optical imaging sensors onboard satellites…
The article “Effect of Wind Direction and Incidence Angle on Polarimetric SAR Observations of Slicked and Unslicked Sea Surfaces” has been accepted for publication in Remote Sensing of Environment. The authors are Stine Skrunes (UiT), Camilla Brekke (UiT), Cathleen E. Jones (JPL), Martine M. Espeseth (UiT), and Benjamin Holt (JPL). Abstract: The objective of this…
Katalin Blix and Torbjørn Eltoft’s paper on “Evaluation of feature ranking and regression methods for oceanic chlorophyll-a estimation” has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Abstract: This paper evaluates two alternative regression techniques for oceanic Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) content estimation. One of the investigated…
The article “Algal hot spots in a changing Arctic Ocean: Sea-ice ridges and the snow-ice interface” has been accepted for publishing by Frontiers in Marine Sciences. The authors are Mar Fernández-Méndez (NPI), Lasse M. Olsen (NPI), Hanna M. Kauko (NPI), Amelie Meyer (NPI), Anja Rösel (NPI), Ioanna Merkouriadi (NPI), Christopher J. Mundy (Univ.Manitoba, Canada), Jens…
The article “Arctic Sea Ice Characterization using Spaceborne Fully Polarimetric L-, C- and X-Band SAR with Validation by Airborne Measurements” has been accepted for publishing by IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. The paper is a result of an ongoing collaboration between CIRFA and DLR researchers, Suman Singha (DLR), A. Malin Johansson (UiT), Nick Hughes (MET.no),…
Congratulations to Martine Espeseth, Camilla Brekke and Malin Johansson with the article titled “Assessment of RISAT-1 and Radarsat-2 for Sea Ice Observations from a Hybrid-Polarity Perspective”, published as an Open Access paper in the journal Remote Sensing. Abstract: Utilizing several Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions will provide a data set with higher temporal resolution. It…
The paper “Iceberg detection in open and ice-infested waters using C-band polarimetric synthetic aperture radar” by Vahid Akbari and Camilla Brekke is published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Abstract: Icebergs can cause a significant threat to shipping, offshore oil and gas production facilities, and subsea pipelines. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a…