In cooperation with Planet, the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invited project scientific proposals from the global Arctic science community to demonstrate the usability of high-resolution data in Svalbard.

We are proud to announce that 3 of winning projects were prepared by scientists from The Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences.

You find the 11 successful proposals below:

Project title: Combining high-resolution PlanetScope and SAR data for snow cover and glacier dynamics mapping in Svalbard (Brøgger peninsula) 
Acronym: P3S (PlanetScope and SAR for Snow monitoring)
PI: Jean-Pierre DEDIEU
Institution: Institute for Geosciences and Environmental Research (IGE), University Grenoble Alpes/CNRS/Grenoble INP/INRAE/IRD, France.

Project title: Mapping Cryospheric Hazards towards a Spatio-temporal Multi-hazard Artificial Intelligence-based Susceptibility Modelling
Acronym: MACROS
PI: Ionut Cristi NICU
Institution: Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU), Norway

Project title: Walrus from Space: Assessing the feasibility of using PlanetScope and SkySat satellite images to monitor walrus in the Svalbard Archipelago
Acronym: WALSAT
PI: Hannah Cubaynes
Institution: British Antarctic Survey, U.K

Project title: Drivers of Surge Activation at Borebreen
Acronym: BorebreenSurge
PI: William David Harcourt
Institution: University of Aberdeen, U.K

Project title: BrøggerPlanet: Integrating Land Cover Classification and DEM Differencing to Monitor Permafrost Changes in the Brøgger Peninsula, Svalbard 
Acronym: BrøggerPlanet
PI: Julia Boike
Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

Project title: High-resolution Satellite-based Mapping of Snow Distribution and Snowmelt on Svalbard
Acronym: PlanetSnow
PI: Bartlomiej Luks
Institution: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Project title: Hansbreen's seismicity
Acronym: HANSEIS
PI: Wojciech Gajek
Institution: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Project title: Arctic Monitoring of Shipping exhAust Plumes 
Acronym: ASAP
PI: Anu-Maija Sundsröm
Institution: Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

Project title: Predicting snow melt variation in relation to vegetation patterns and the timing of goose nesting.
Acronym: SnowMelt
PI: Maarten Loonen
Institution: University of Groningen, Arctic Centre, The Netherlands

Project title: Comprehensive Inventory of Glacier Facies in Svalbard using Planet Satellite Constellations.
Acronym: COPIOUS
PI: Sagar Filipe Wankhede
Institution: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Project title: high-resoLution imAgery foR mappinG nEar-Shore Sea icE (LARGESSE)
Acronym: LARGESSE
PI: Zuzanna Swirad

Institution: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

We are pleased to announce that out of 11 winning projects, 3 were prepared by scientists from the IGF PAN