Development and exploitation of a high-resolution sea level product in the coastal ocean Theme(s): Advanced Computing, Altimetry, Climate, Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Sea Level Primary Supervisor: Chris Banks <chris.banks@noc.ac.uk> Institution: National Oceanography Centre
Fragmentation impacts on tropical forests’ vegetation structure Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Forest Primary Supervisor: Guy Ziv Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Using remote sensing tools to study ocean health and whale strandings Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Geographic Information Systems, Machine Learning, Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data Primary Supervisor: Jen Jackson <jeck@bas.ac.uk> Institution: British Antarctic Survey (Ecosystems)
Development of Novel Rainfall Nowcasting Techniques for Southeast Asia Theme(s): Machine Learning, Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data Primary Supervisor: Dr Cathryn Birch <C.E.Birch@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Impact of humanitarian mine clearances on tropical forest carbon storage Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Forest, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data Primary Supervisor: Gary R Watmough
Monitoring the Amazon’s Secondary Forests Through Earth Observations Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Forest, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data Primary Supervisor: David Galbraith <d.r.galbraith@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Dust storms in the Sahara and Sahel: Nowcasting and its application to understanding dust emission and transport Theme(s): Air Quality, Atmosphere and Climate, Atmospheric Physics, Climate, Earth Observation, Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data Primary Supervisor: Dr John Marsham <J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (Met Office joint chair) (School of Earth and Environment)
How fragmented are the world’s savannas? Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Remote Sensing, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Vegetation Primary Supervisor: Casey Ryan Institution: University of Edinburgh (School of GeoSciences)
Submarine volcanism from satellite imagery Theme(s): Machine Learning, Ocean colour, Optical, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Susanna Ebmeier Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
On the identification of soil saturation excess from satellite data Theme(s): Floods, Machine Learning, Multispectral Primary Supervisor: Dr Encarni Medina-Lopez <Encarni.Medina-Lopez@ed.ac.uk> Institution: University of Edinburgh (School of Engineering)
