Understanding and Quantifying Congo River channel to wetland water fluxes using hydrodynamic river modelling, remotely sensed terrain elevation and altimetry data. Theme(s): Altimetry, Hydrology, Modelling, Remote Sensing, Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis Primary Supervisor: Mark Trigg <m.trigg@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Civil Engineering)
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)
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)
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)
Understanding the role of Antarctic sea ice in dense water formation and heat and carbon sequestration: from satellite altimetry to ‘big data’ analysis Theme(s): Advanced Computing, Altimetry, Climate, Cryosphere, Machine Learning, Modelling, Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Sea Ice Primary Supervisor: Alice Marzocchi <alice.marzocchi@noc.ac.uk> Institution: National Oceanography Centre
Detecting and modelling transient crustal deformation using Sentinel-1 InSAR and Machine Learning Theme(s): Artificial Intelligence, Interferometry, Machine Learning, Modelling, Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Tim Wright <t.j.wright@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
