Ted Scambos research group
Antarctic climate change research through field work and remote sensing
Ted Scambos research group
Antarctic climate change research through field work and remote sensing
Climate change in the polar regions is a critical component of how global climate change will affect humanity in the coming decades to centuries. The Scambos Research group aims to understand the processes at work in the polar regions, particularly Antarctica, as warming air and ocean conditions affect the ice sheet. Remote sensing of ice flow, snow roughness, and surface temperature and melt have yielded exciting insights into Antarctic processes in several regions across the ice sheet. In addition to satellite sensors, the group has build several novel instrument installations to monitor weather, ice motion, and ice and ocean conditions through year-round in situ measurements.
Leap Project
These are maps and tables of new data acquisitions underway, using Landsat 8 and 9 to cover several key polar areas year-round (exploiting the thermal channels as well as low-sunlight sensitivity of the sensors). The new acquisitions are called LEAP — Landsat Extended Acquisition of the Poles