Severe weather over Southeast Asia Theme(s): Atmospheric Physics, Meteorology, Modelling, Satellite Data Primary Supervisor: Dr Juliane Schwendike Institution: University of Leeds
Investigating the potential for catastrophic collapse of Greenland’s ‘land’-terminating glacier margins Theme(s): Climate, Glaciology, Hydrology, Modelling, Remote Sensing, Sea Level Primary Supervisor: Peter Nienow <Peter.Nienow@ed.ac.uk> Institution: University of Edinburgh
Improving the representation of the stratosphere in meteorological reanalyses Theme(s): Advanced Computing, Atmosphere and Climate Primary Supervisor: Martyn Chipperfield <M.Chipperfield@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
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)
‘Tipping the Balance’ – Understanding coastal change using novel multi-platform ground and space-based remote sensing methods Theme(s): Advanced Computing, Earth Observation, Oceanography Primary Supervisor: Paul Bell <psb@noc.ac.uk> Institution: National Oceanography Centre (Marine Physics & Ocean Climate)
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
Next generation tools for understanding habitat change Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Machine Learning, Multispectral, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Vegetation Primary Supervisor: David Williams <d.r.williams@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds
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)
Falling Basins: revealing hidden faults from patterns of land subsidence from water extraction using Earth Observation data Theme(s): Geographic Information Systems, Hydrology, Interferometry, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr. John Elliott <j.elliott@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth & Environment)