• A 20-Year MODIS-Based Snow Cover Dataset for Svalbard and Its Link to Phenological Timing and Sea Ice Variability 

      Vickers, Hannah; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Malnes, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The climate in Svalbard has been warming dramatically compared with the global average for the last few decades. Seasonal snow cover, which is sensitive to temperature and precipitation changes, is therefore expected to ...
    • Arctic Sea level Budget Assessment During the GRACE/Argo Time Period 

      Raj, Roshin Pappukutty; Andersen, Ole Baltazar; Johannessen, Johnny Andre; Benjamin, Gutknech; Chatterjee, Sourav; rose, stine; Bonaduce, Antonio; Horwath, Martin; Ranndal, Heidi; Richter, Kristin; Palanisamy, Hindumathi; Ludwigsen, Carsten; Bertino, Laurent; Nilsen, Jan Even Øie; Knudsen, Per; Hogg, Anna E.; Cazenave, Anny; Benveniste, Jérôme (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Sea level change is an important indicator of climate change. Our study focuses on the sea level budget assessment of the Arctic Ocean using: (1) the newly reprocessed satellite altimeter data with major changes in the ...
    • Changes in Onset of Vegetation Growth on Svalbard, 2000–2020 

      Karlsen, Stein Rune; Elvebakk, Arve; Tømmervik, Hans; Belda, Santiago; Stendardi, Laura (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The global temperature is increasing, and this is affecting the vegetation phenology in many parts of the world. The most prominent changes occur at northern latitudes such as our study area, which is Svalbard, located ...
    • Combined Use of Aerial Photogrammetry and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Detecting Geomorphological Changes in Hornsund, Svalbard 

      Błaszczyk, Małgorzata; Laska, Michał; Sivertsen, Agnar Holten; Jawak, Shridhar D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Arctic is a region undergoing continuous and significant changes in land relief due to different glaciological, geomorphological and hydrogeological processes. To study those phenomena, digital elevation models (DEMs) ...
    • Evaluation of Multi-Satellite Precipitation Datasets and Their Error Propagation in Hydrological Modeling in a Monsoon-Prone Region 

      Chen, Jie; Li, ZiYi; Li, Lu; Wang, Jialing; Qi, Wenyan; Xu, Chong-Yu; Kim, Jong-Suk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This study comprehensively evaluates eight satellite-based precipitation datasets in streamflow simulations on a monsoon-climate watershed in China. Two mutually independent datasets—one dense-gauge and one gauge-interpolated ...
    • Long-Term Water Surface Area Monitoring and Derived Water Level Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) at Altevatn, a Medium-Sized Arctic Lake 

      Vickers, Hannah; Malnes, Eirik; Høgda, Kjell Arild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Monitoring water storage in lakes and reservoirs is critical to water resource management, especially in a changing climate. Satellite microwave remote sensing offers a weather and light-independent solution for mapping ...
    • Mapping Atmospheric Exposure of the Intertidal Zone with Sentinel-1 CSAR in Northern Norway 

      Haarpaintner, Jörg; Davids, Corine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The intertidal zone (ITZ) is a highly dynamic and diverse coastal ecosystem under pressure that provides important eco-services. Being periodically under water makes it challenging to monitor, and the only possibility to ...
    • Measurement of snow water equivalent using drone-mounted ultra-wide-band radar 

      Jenssen, Rolf Ole R.; Jacobsen, Svein Ketil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted radar for obtaining snowpack parameters has seen considerable advances over recent years. However, a robust method of snow density estimation still needs further development. ...
    • Multi-Sensor Analysis of Snow Seasonality and a Preliminary Assessment of SAR Backscatter Sensitivity to Arctic Vegetation: Limits and Capabilities 

      Stendardi, Laura; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Malnes, Eirik; Nilsen, Lennart; Tømmervik, Hans; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Notarnicola, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Snow melt timing and the last day of snow cover have a significant impact on vegetation phenology in the Svalbard archipelago. The aim of this study is to assess the seasonal variations of the snow using a multi-sensor ...
    • Quantifying the Intra-Habitat Variation of Seagrass Beds with Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 

      Price, David M.; Felgate, Stacey L.; Huvenne, Veerle A. I.; Strong, James; Carpenter, Stephen; Barry, Chris; Lichtschlag, Anna; Sanders, Richard; Carrias, Abel; Young, Arlene; Andrade, Valdemar; Cobb, Eliceo; Le Bas, Tim; Brittain, Hannah; Evans, Claire (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Accurate knowledge of the spatial extent of seagrass habitats is essential for monitoring and management purposes given their ecological and economic significance. Extent data are typically presented in binary (presence/absence) ...
    • Seasonal InSAR Displacements Documenting the Active Layer Freeze and Thaw Progression in Central-Western Spitsbergen, Svalbard 

      Rouyet, Line; Liu, Lin; Strand, Sarah Marie; Christiansen, Hanne H; Lauknes, Tom Rune; Larsen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In permafrost areas, the active layer undergoes seasonal frost heave and thaw subsidence caused by ice formation and melting. The amplitude and timing of the ground displacement cycles depend on the climatic and ground ...
    • SIOS’s Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and operational activities in response to COVID-19 

      Jawak, Shridhar D.; Andersen, Bo N.; Pohjola, Veijo; Godøy, Øystein; Hübner, Christiane E.; Jennings, Inger; Ignatiuk, Dariusz; Holmen, Kim; Sivertsen, Agnar; Hann, Richard; Tømmervik, Hans; Kääb, Andreas; Błaszczyk, Małgorzata; Salzano, Roberto; Luks, Bartłomiej; Høgda, Kjell Arild; Storvold, Rune; Nilsen, Lennart; Salvatori, Rosamaria; Krishnan, Kottekkatu Padinchati; Chatterjee, Sourav; Lorentzen, Dag Arne; Erlandsson, Rasmus; Lauknes, Tom Rune; Malnes, Eirik; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Enomoto, Hiroyuki; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Zhang, Jie; Marty, Sabine; Nygård, Knut Ove; Lihavainen, Heikki (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) is an international partnership of research institutions studying the environment and climate in and around Svalbard. SIOS is developing an efficient observing system, ...
    • Time-series of cloud-free sentinel-2 ndvi data used in mapping the onset of growth of central spitsbergen, svalbard 

      Karlsen, Stein Rune; Stendardi, Laura; Tømmervik, Hans; Nilsen, Lennart; Arntzen, Ingar; Cooper, Elisabeth J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Arctic is a region that is expected to experience a high increase in temperature. Changes in the timing of phenological phases, such as the onset of growth (as observed by remote sensing), is a sensitive bio-indicator ...
    • Using unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) to map seagrass cover from Sentinel-2 imagery 

      Carpenter, Stephen; Byfield, Val; Felgate, Stacey L.; Price, David M.; Andrade, Valdemar; Cobb, Eliceo; Strong, James; Lichtschlag, Anna; Brittain, Hannah; Barry, Christopher D.; Fitch, Alice; Young, Arlene; Sanders, Richard; Evans, Claire (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Seagrass habitats are ecologically valuable and play an important role in sequestering and storing carbon. There is, thus, a need to estimate seagrass percentage cover in diverse environments in support of climate change ...
    • Yield Estimates by a Two-Step Approach Using Hyperspectral Methods in Grasslands at High Latitudes 

      Murguzur, Francisco Javier Ancin; Taff, Gregory; Davids, Corine; Tømmervik, Hans; Mølmann, Jørgen; Jørgensen, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Ruminant fodder production in agricultural lands in latitudes above the Arctic Circle is constrained by short and hectic growing seasons with a 24-hour photoperiod and low growth temperatures. The use of remote sensing to ...