Dear Members of the Scientific Community,
We are running a session on "Remote sensing of the Antarctic environment: Multi-disciplinary advances" at the SCAR Open Science Conference 2016 (http://scar2016.com/index.php) to bring together researchers working on remote sensing in the Antarctic environment. The conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), August 2016, and we hope you will consider joining us to present an oral or poster presentation on your research in this session.
Abstract submission is open on the website, with a submission deadline of 14 February 2016.
We would very much like seeing you all at Malaysia.
Kind regards,
Session conveners
Ewe Hong Tat, Malaysia; Hans-Ulrich Peter, Germany; Rob Massom, Australia; Oscar Schofield, USA; Shridhar Jawak, India
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S21. Remote sensing of the Antarctic environment: Multi-disciplinary advances
Recent technological developments in geospatial science over the last decade have motivated major advances in our understanding of the Antarctic continent and surrounding oceans. These developments have included the use of new satellite remote sensing platforms (e.g. WorldView and Landsat series of satellites) and methods to obtain geospatial information, such as, automatic/ semi-automatic extraction of information from remote sensing images, new mapping techniques for ice sheet properties (roughness, thickness and velocity), usage of remotely sensed data for Antarctic glaciological and mass balance studies (e.g. ICESat, ERS‐1/‐2, ENVISAT, RISAT, ALOS PALSAR, TerraSAR-X, Cosmo-SkyMed, Radarsat-2, hyperspectral data etc.), ice sheet flow and geodynamics over short temporal scales, remote sensing of the marine cryosphere (including sea ice and its snow cover) and its interactions with ocean and atmosphere, generation of digital elevation models (DEMs) of Antarctic regions, developments in monitoring bird and animal populations and habitat using remote sensing, applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including disturbance capability and environmental impacts of UAVs on bird and animal populations, and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology to investigate small-scale characteristics and changes. Much of this research is cross-disciplinary in its nature and this has led to noteworthy advances across a range of Antarctic scientific disciplines. This session will focus on such multi-disciplinary research and includes new and emerging research frontiers in Antarctic science. The session is expected to bring an interesting blend of talks by merging snow and ice studies with climate research, ice-ocean interaction, and animal monitoring via remote sensing.
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