In cooperation with Planet, the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invited project scientific proposals from the global Arctic science community to demonstrate the usability of high-resolution data in Svalbard.

We are proud to announce that 3 of winning projects were prepared by scientists from The Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences.

You find the 11 successful proposals below:

Project title: Combining high-resolution PlanetScope and SAR data for snow cover and glacier dynamics mapping in Svalbard (Brøgger peninsula) 

Acronym: P3S (PlanetScope and SAR for Snow monitoring)

PI: Jean-Pierre DEDIEU

Institution: Institute for Geosciences and Environmental Research (IGE), University Grenoble Alpes/CNRS/Grenoble INP/INRAE/IRD, France.

Project title: Mapping Cryospheric Hazards towards a Spatio-temporal Multi-hazard Artificial Intelligence-based Susceptibility Modelling

Acronym: MACROS

PI: Ionut Cristi NICU

Institution: Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU), Norway

Project title: Walrus from Space: Assessing the feasibility of using PlanetScope and SkySat satellite images to monitor walrus in the Svalbard Archipelago

Acronym: WALSAT

PI: Hannah Cubaynes

Institution: British Antarctic Survey, U.K

Project title: Drivers of Surge Activation at Borebreen

Acronym: BorebreenSurge

PI: William David Harcourt

Institution: University of Aberdeen, U.K

Project title: BrøggerPlanet: Integrating Land Cover Classification and DEM Differencing to Monitor Permafrost Changes in the Brøgger Peninsula, Svalbard 

Acronym: BrøggerPlanet

PI: Julia Boike

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

Project title: High-resolution Satellite-based Mapping of Snow Distribution and Snowmelt on Svalbard

Acronym: PlanetSnow

PI: Bartlomiej Luks

Institution: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Project title: Hansbreen’s seismicity

Acronym: HANSEIS

PI: Wojciech Gajek

Institution: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Project title: Arctic Monitoring of Shipping exhAust Plumes 

Acronym: ASAP

PI: Anu-Maija Sundsröm

Institution: Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

Project title: Predicting snow melt variation in relation to vegetation patterns and the timing of goose nesting.

Acronym: SnowMelt

PI: Maarten Loonen

Institution: University of Groningen, Arctic Centre, The Netherlands

Project title: Comprehensive Inventory of Glacier Facies in Svalbard using Planet Satellite Constellations.

Acronym: COPIOUS

PI: Sagar Filipe Wankhede

Institution: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Project title: high-resoLution imAgery foR mappinG nEar-Shore Sea icE (LARGESSE)

Acronym: LARGESSE

PI: Zuzanna Swirad

Institution: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

We are pleased to announce that out of 11 winning projects, 3 were prepared by scientists from the IGF PAN