Project 108: Velocity change of Helheim Glacier from multi-source remote sensing data

Contact Information:

Assoc. Prof. Xianwei Wang   

Email: xianwei.wang@sjtu.edu.cn

Project Description and Objectives:

Polar glaciers are changing rapidly under the background of climate warming and ocean change. The glacier and ice shelf calving front may change under different forces, such as surface water penetration, warm ocean water intrusion, tidal forcing, etc. Understanding the rapid change and variability of polar glaciers is important to forecast global sea level rise.

This project aims to extract the long-time series’ glacier velocity change using satellite, terrestrial and interferometric remote sensing data. Some algorithms will be developed to extract glacier velocity. The background mechanism of glacier change will be investigated by using physical oceanographic data and computer modeling.

Eligibility Requirements:

Programming skills with Python

Data analysis skills with ArcGIS, and ENVI

Good English speaking and writing skills

Main Tasks:

Develop algorithms to extract glacier velocity using remote sensing data

Investigate the relationship of velocity change with ocean change

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School: https://soo.sjtu.edu.cn