Monitoring Climate From Space
Week 3: Techniques and Technology - Part 2
Ways of looking - part 2. Ocean and Ice.
A special introduction video on the role of satellite technology in monitoring the world’s oceans by Professor Anny Cazenave.
This video explains the importance of monitoring the oceans from space and provides an overview of the types of data that we can gather.
In this video Dr Helen Snaith highlights the importance of measuring and monitoring the state of the ocean from space, focusing in particular on ocean circulation and currents
This video explores why it is so important to monitor phytoplankton distribution from space using the technique of ‘ocean colour’ remote sensing, and provides an overview of how this is achieved using satellite technology.
Professor Konrad presents a special introduction to the role of satellite technology in monitoring the cryosphere.
In this video Professor Andrew Shepherd explains the importance of monitoring the cryosphere from space, and introduces the range of satellite microwave techniques. Professor Shepherd also explores some of the first highly detailed datasets that CryoSat-2 has collected.
This video highlights the relationship between climate change and sea level rise, and shows how measurements from satellites help us assess the cryospheric contributions to sea level.
In this video, Professor Andrew Shepherd explores how improvements in Earth observation technology are increasingly advancing our ability to make accurate measurements of ice thickness and volume in the polar regions.
Week 3 interactive exercise
