The workshop is free and open to current and future users of operational sea ice and wave forecast services with a particular interest in navigation close to the ice edge or into the Marginal Ice Zone.
WITS will provide operational (Level 3 and 4) observational multi-mission data products derived from upstream satellite earth observation (L2) data. These data products include important sea surface temperature (SST), sea ice and wind variables.
The Ocean and Sea Ice Thematic Assembly Centre (OSI TAC) as an integrated part of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMS) is operated by a consortium comprised of the partners that successfully delivered the OSI TAC service in the MyOcean, MyOcean2 and MyOceanFollow-On projects. The partnership has world-leading expertise in delivering operational services for the marine users, as well as in the associated product and system development.
IceMotion will provide new SAR-derived sea ice motion data based on combined use of feature tracking and Doppler shift data for research and monitoring in ice-covered Polar seas.
Sea-ice motion is an essential variable to observe from EO data, because it strongly influences the distribution of sea-ice on different spatial and temporal scales. Ice drift causes advection of ice from one region to another and export of ice from the Arctic Ocean to the sub-Arctic seas. The proposal will exploit Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from Sentinel-1and Radarsat-2 for sea ice research and prepare for operational use of Sentinel-1 data. The main objective of IceMotion is to develop new SAR-derived sea ice motion data with high resolution (ca.
SPICES will develop new and innovative sea ice products that can be used as indicators of climate change in the polar ocean, as well as for securing operations in ice-infested waters.
The main objective of SPICES project is to develop new methods to retrieve sea ice parameters from existing (and imminent) satellite sensors to provide enhanced products for polar operators and prediction systems, specifically addressing extreme and unexpected conditions. To meet this challenge, we have formed a consortium comprised of the best European researchers in sea ice remote sensing, operational sea-ice modelling, seasonal forecasting, and climate research.
The project will improve the quantification of Arctic sea ice variability, trends and uncertainties over the last 3 decades using passive microwave data from satellites
For the first time 11 passive microwave sea ice algorithms will be compared and validated for Arctic sea ice concentration using brightness temperature data from SMMR, SSM/I since 1978 and recent AMSR-E and SMOS data. Validation will be done by SAR, Scatterometer and optical and infrared satellite data such as AVHRR and Landsat. Sea ice algorithms for thin and thick ice will be implemented using passive microwave, radar and laser altimeters, optical and infrared satellite data and validated by using in-situ observations.
The project is funded under the Polish-Norwegian Research Fund 2009-2011
The project is multidisciplinary, focusing on collection of new data as well as analysis of historical data on atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric processes.
SIOS is a Collaborative Project and Coordination and Support Actions for Construction of New Infrastructures - Preparatory Phase - funded by EU under INFRA-2010-2.2.3.
Developing and implementing satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) monitoring of the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (the RUK area) as a component of GMES.
The overall objective is to develop and implement satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) monitoring of the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (the RUK area) as a component of GMES. Satellite SAR images for the three study areas will be collected in order to develop and validate retrieval algorithms for ocean and sea ice parameters.
