Stein Sandven

Job Position: 
Director
 
Department: 
Polar Environmental Remote Sensing
 
Group: 
Polar Environment Remote Sensing Group
 
E-mail: 
 
Phone: 
+47 993 68 440
 
Field of Research: 
acoustics
oceanography
remote sensing
sea ice
 

Main Research Area

Arctic and Marine Remote Sensing Studies
Climate Processes, Variability and Change
Stein Sandven

The research activities are mainly in the areas of remote sensing of sea ice and oceanographic processes including ocean acoustics.   In sea ice research data from different types of satellite sensors are used for studies of sea ice classification, drift, thickness and processes such as leads, polynyas and ridges. Validation of sea ice remote sensing data uses data from in situ observations. The research is focused on development of operational observing systems for the Arctic seas using both satellite, in situ, and underwater sensors.

Project leader of the following projects

  1. MAIRES: Monitoring Arctic land and sea ice using Russian and European satellites
  2. PRODEX CRYOSAT: CryoSat postlaunch validation study for sea ice
  3. CISAR: CryoSat land and sea ice studies in the Arctic
  4. SIDARUS: Sea ice downstream services for Arctic and Antarctic Users and Stakeholders
  5. SIOS-PP: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
  6. NETMAR: Open service network for Marine Environmental Data
  7. AWAKE: Arctic Climate and Environment of the Nordic Seas and the Svalbard – Greenland Area
  8. WIFAR: Waves-in-Ice Forecasting for Arctic Operators
  9. ACOBAR: Acoustic Technology for Observing the interior of the Arctic Ocean
  10. MONRUK: Monitoring the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan using Synthetic Aperture Radar

Peer Review Publications and Books

13 total publications.

2012

  1. Skern-Mauritzen, M, Sandven, S, Pavlova, O, Lydersen, C, Freitas, C, Kovacs, KM, Andersen, M, Aars, J . 2012 . Importance of fast ice and glacier fronts for female polar bears and their cubs during spring in Svabard,Norway . 16 . Inter-Research . Marine Ecology Progress Series . 447

2011

  1. Dumont, D, Squire, V, Sandven, S, Sagen, H, Bertino, L . 2011 . Forecasting Waves-in-ice for Arctic Operators . 1 . Touch Briefings . Exploration and Production: Oil and Gas Review . 9
  2. Smedsrud, LH, Sirevaag, A, Kloster, K, Sorteberg, A, Sandven, S . 2011 . Recent wind driven high sea ice area export in the Fram Strait contributes to Arctic sea ice decline . 4 . 821 - 829 . The Cryosphere . 5

2010

  1. Alexandrov, V, Sandven, S, Wåhlin, J, Johannessen, OM . 2010 . The relation between sea ice thickness and freeboard in the Arctic . Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union . The Cryosphere . 4

2008

  1. Bobylev, L, Shalina, EE, Johannessen, OM, Zabolotskikh, E, Sandven, S, Babina, OO . 2008 . Arctic sea ice transformation revealed from satellite passive microwave data . 1 . 38-47 . Arctic and Antarctic research Institute . Problemy Arktiki i Antarktiki (Problems of the Arctic and Antarctic) . 78
  2. Alexandrov, V, Sandven, S, Volkov, VA, Babiker, M, Kloster, K . 2008 . Detection of Arctic icebergs on the base of satellite information . 3 . 44-55 . Earth Research from Space

2005

  1. Bogdanov, AA, Sandven, S, Johannessen, OM, Alexandrov, V, Bobylev, L . 2005 . Multisensor approach to automated classification of sea ice image data . 7 . 1648-1664 . IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society . IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing . 43

2002

  1. Johannessen, JA, Sandven, S, Durand, D . 2002 . Earth Science - Oceanography . 1585-1622 . A Century of Space Science . 2
  2. Alexandrov, V, Bogdanov, AA, Filatov, NN, Johannessen, OM, Bobylev, L, Sandven, S, Alexandrov, MV . 2002 . Radar signatures distinctive features of ice of the Gulf of Finland, Ladoga and Onega Lakes as retrieved from ERS images . 3 . 1-10 . Earth Observation and Remote Sensing

1997

  1. Johannessen, OM, Sandven, S, Kloster, K, Pettersson, LH, Melentyev, VV, Bobylev, L, Kondratyev, KY . 1997 . ERS-1/2 SAR monitoring of dangerous ice phenomena along the western part of the Northern Sea Route . 12 . 2477-2481 . Taylor & Francis . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 18

1992

  1. Johannessen, OM, Campbell, WJ, Sandven, S, Gloersen, P, Johannessen, JA, Josberger, EG, Haugan, PM . 1992 . Microwave study programs of air-ice-ocean interactive processes in the seasonal ice zone of the Greenland and Barents seas . 261-289 . American Geophysical Union . Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice, American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph . 68

1987

  1. Sandven, S, Johannessen, OM . 1987 . High-frequency internal wave observations in the Marginal Ice Zone . C7 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 92
  2. Johannessen, JA, Johannessen, OM, Campbell, WJ, Josberger, EG, Sandven, S, Gascard, JC, Davidson, K . 1987 . Mesoscale Eddies in the Fram Strait Marginal Ice Zone During the 1983 and 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment . C7 . 6754-6772 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 92

Other Publications and Works

2012

  1. Zakhvatkina, NY, Alexandrov, VY, Johannessen, OM, Sandven, S, Frolov, IY . 2012 . Classification of Sea Ice Types in ENVISAT Synthetic Aperture Radar Images . 1 - 14 . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  2. Robson, B . 2012 . A Remote Sensing Investigation into the evolution of Folgefonna Glacier over the last 150 years . 130 . University of Bergen, Department of Geography
  3. Pettersson, LH, Sandven, S . 2012 . ArcticROOS Ocean Observing System . 81 . Brussels, October 12-14, 2011 . International Polar Foundation/Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation . Arctic Futures Symposium 2011

2011

  1. Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Haugen, SA, Worcester, PF, Beszczynska-Möller, A, Kemp, J, Morozov, A . 2011 . Design and specification of the ACOBAR acoustic array in the Fram Strait . D1.2 . NERSC . ACOBAR Deliverable D1.2
  2. Kloster, K, Sandven, S . 2011 . Ice Motion and Ice Area Flux in the Fram Strait at 79N using ASAR and Passive Microwave for Feb. 2004 – July 2010 . 322 . 11 . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . NERSC . NERSC Technical report
  3. Sandven, S, Dagestad, K-F, Babiker, M, Korosov, A . 2011 . MAREBASE (Maritime Resources of the Barents Sea: Satellite data driven monitoring in the context of increase of commercial efficiency of the fishery) final report . 321 . NERSC . NERSC Tech.Rep.
  4. Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Beszczynska-Möller, A . 2011 . Orgelpiper måler havtemperaturen i Arktis . 04/3 . 75 . Teknisk Ukeblad . 158
  5. Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Fahrbach, E, Beszczynska-Möller, A, Klatt, O, Worcester, PF, Morozov, A . 2011 . AOEM deliverable D9 - Final report on design of the acoustic network for acoustic tomography, underwater navigation and passive listening in the Fram Strait . - . Report under the Arctic demo mission AOEM under the ESONET -NoE
  6. Taroudakis, M, Skarsoulis, E, Papadakis, P, Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Jesus, S, Soares, C, Felisberto, P . 2011 . Ocean Acoustic Observatories - Concept and spesifications . - . Special report under the ESONET - NOE - WP3
  7. Bobylev, L, Johannessen, OM, Shalina, EV, Alexandrov, V, Sandven, S . 2011 . Changes of Arctic sea ice cover in the end of 20th - beginning of 21st Centuries from satellite remote sensing data and other types of measurements . 18 . Paulsen . Oceanograpy and Sea Ice

2010

  1. Sandven, S, Hamre, T, Babiker, M, Kloster, K, Hansen, MW, Wåhlin, J, Kudryavtsev, V, Myasoedov, AG, Alexandrov, V, Melentyev, VV, Zakhvatkina, NY, Yarygina, AO, Feoktistov, AA, Novikova, NN, Denisov, PV, Malinovsky, V, Spivak, L . 2010 . MONRUK SAR data analysis report: Monitoring the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan using Synthetic Aperture Radar . 310 . NERSC . NERSC Technical report no. 310
  2. Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Beszczynska-Möller, A, Boebel, O, Duda, TF, Freitag, L, Gascard, JC, Gavrilov, AN, Lee, CM, Mellinger, DK, Mikhalevsky, P, Moore, S, Morozov, A, Rixen, M, Skarsoulis, E, Stafford, K, Tveit, E, Worcester, PF . 2010 . Acoustic technologies for observing the interior of the Arctic Ocean . Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009 . ESA Publication WPP-306 . Ocean Obs´09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society
  3. Johannessen, OM, Sandven, S . 2010 . Arctic Regional ocean observing system (ARCTIC ROOS) . Oslo, 8-12 June, 2010 . IPY - Oslo Science Conference
  4. Haugen, SA, Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Bertino, L, Sakov, P, Counillon, F . 2010 . Use of acoustic Travel Times for ocean model validation, and assimilation . Oslo, 8-12 June, 2010 . International Polar Year Science Conference
  5. Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Skarsoulis, E, Worcester, PF, Beszczynska-Möller, A, Bertino, L, Haugen, SA, Dzieciuch, MA, Piperakis, G, Kalogerakis, M, Dumont, D . 2010 . The fram Strait tomography system for ocean model validation, assimilation, and inversion . Oslo, 8-12 June, 2010 . IPY - Oslo Science Conference
  6. Sandven, S, Kloster, K, Geyer, F, Dumont, D, Babiker, M . 2010 . Sea ice drift and area flux in the Fram Strait from SAR data . Oslo, 8-12 June, 2010 . IPY - Oslo Science Conference
  7. Sagen, H, Dumont, D, Beszczynska-Möller, A, Haugen, SA, Sandven, S . 2010 . DAMOCLES deliverable D4.1-06 - Report describing the validation experiment of FRAM strait model . D4.1-06 . DAMOCLES deliverable D4.1-06
  8. Haugen, SA, Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Dzieciuch, MA, Worcester, PF, Skarsoulis, E, Piperakis, G, Kalogerakis, M . 2010 . Results from the Fram Strait acoustic tomography experiment and system evaluation . D8.2-06 . DAMOCLES deliverable D8.2-06
  9. Sagen, H, Sandven, S, Worcester, PF, Kemp, J . 2010 . Report on Tomography Array ready for deployment . D3.2 . ACOBAR Deliverable D3.2
  10. Sagen, H, Haugen, SA, Sandven, S . 2010 . Results of assimilation of acoustic measurements into TOPAZ-3 . D4.2-05 . DAMOCLES deliverable D4.2-05