In the Summer of 2021 SENSE had 17 undergraduate students doing ‘Research Experience Placments’ – 6 week internships with SENSE academics.
Pavan Bains
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Detecting water leaks from space
Supervisors:
Samuel Bancroft,
Andy Challinor
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Hannah Barnett
University of Leeds, School of Geography
Characterising glacier surge events using the ASTER DEM archive and Google Earth Engine
Supervisors:
Duncan Quincey,
Liam Taylor
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Ferdinand Becker
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
School of Maths
Investigating the potential of Earth Observation data for Conservation Management
Supervisors:
Ruth King,
Murray Collins,
Stuart King
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Hollie Black
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
Supporting the development of a Children’s vulnerability to climate change index in Uganda
Supervisor:
Gary Watmough
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Katie Brown
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Investigating changing surface melt patterns on the Antarctic Peninsula
Supervisors:
Ben Davison,
Anna Hogg
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Analia Cabello-Cano
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
Capturing the hotspots of Arctic greening and browning trends
Supervisors:
Isla Myers-Smith,
Team Shrub
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Gillian Cheong
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Investigating high resolution ice speed change on the Antarctic Peninsula
Supervisors:
Ben Wallis,
Anna Hogg
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Filip Dorm
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
Capturing the hotspots of Arctic greening and browning trends
Supervisors:
Isla Myers-Smith,
Team Shrub
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Caitlin Frampton
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
Mapping forest height in Ghana to support carbon-based conservation
Supervisor:
Ed Mitchard
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Gareth Haagman
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
Poverty Estimates in Zimbabwe Using High Resolution Satellite Data
Supervisors:
Gary Watmough,
Peter Hargreaves
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Emily Kelly
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Quantifying the impact of the 2015/2016 El Niño event on regional wild-fire-induced ozone air pollution using Earth observation and modelling
Supervisor:
Richard Pope
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Samanta Norbury-Webster
University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences
School of Maths
Investigating the potential of Earth Observation data for Conservation Management
Supervisors:
Ruth King,
Murray Collins,
Stuart King
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Ella Oakley Slater
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Assessing the benefits of trees outside woodlands using earth observations
Supervisors:
Cat Scott,
Hannah Walker,
Anna Gugan
Research project funded by an alumni donor, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Matthew Scholes
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Understanding extreme weather caused by convective storms in south-east Asia
Supervisors:
Simon Peatman,
Julianne Schwendike,
Cathryn Birch
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Tor Sorenson
Liquid over ice: using fogbows to help understand the properties of clouds over Greenland ice sheet
Supervisors:
Heather Guy,
Ryan R. Neely III
This project is funded by the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Ilaria Stollberg
National Oceanography Centre / University of Edinburgh
A multidisciplinary approach to quantifying oceanographic pathways around Antarctica and their impacts on climate
Supervisors:
Amber Annett,
Sian Henley,
Alice Marzocchi
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT
Andrew White
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Dust storms in the Sahara and Sahel: nowcasting and its application to understanding dust emission and transport
Supervisor:
John Marsham
Research project funded by NERC, through SENSE Earth Observation CDT