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.…

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…

The paper “Lake and Fjord Ice Imaging Using a Multifrequency Ground-Based Tomographic SAR System” by Temesgen Gebrie Yitayew, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Torbjørn Eltoft and Stefano Tebaldini has recently been published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Abstract:  The radar backscatter response of snow covered lake and fjord ice is investigated…

The open access paper “Dynamics of the Terra Nova Bay Polynya: The potential of multi-sensor satellite observations”, by Thomas Hollands, Alfred Wegener Institute, and Wolfgang Dierking, Alfred Wegener Institute and CIRFA/UiT, has been published by the journal Remote Sensing of Environment. Abstract:  Research on processes leading to formation, maintenance, and disappearance of polynyas in the…

The paper “Tomographic Imaging of Fjord Ice Using a Very High Resolution Ground-based SAR System”, by Temesgen Gebrie Yitayew, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Torbjørn Eltoft and Stefano Tebaldini, has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGARS). Abstract: The paper presents new experimental results of 3-D imaging using tomographic techniques over a snow covered sea ice medium, sensed with an X-band radar…

The paper: “Measurement and Modeling of Oil Slick Transport” by Cathleen E. Jones, Knut-Frode Dagestad, Øyvind Breivik, Benjamin Holt, Johannes Röhrs, Kai Håkon Christensen, Martine Espeseth, Camilla Brekke and Stine Skrunes has been accepted for publishing by Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans. Abstract: Transport characteristics of oil slicks are reported from a controlled release…