The future behaviour of glaciers in High Mountain Asia in response to climate warming Theme(s): Cryosphere, Data Assimilation, Glaciology, Machine Learning, Modelling, Remote Sensing Primary Supervisor: Dr Daniel Goldberg <Dan.Goldberg@ed.ac.uk> Institution: University of Edinburgh (School of Geosciences )
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)
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)
How much did human influences contribute to the 2020 Stonehaven derailment? Theme(s): Advanced Computing, Atmosphere and Climate, Interferometry, Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Primary Supervisor: Simon Tett <Simon.Tett@ed.ac.uk> Institution: University of Edinburgh (School of Geosciences )
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)
