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Educational activities/young scientist promotion at the Scientific Foundation “Nansen Centre”

Educational activities/young scientist promotion at the Scientific Foundation “Nansen Centre”. Leonid P. Bobylev Director Dmitry V. Kovalevsky Research Director Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg. 29 April 2010.

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Educational activities/young scientist promotion at the Scientific Foundation “Nansen Centre”

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  1. Educational activities/young scientist promotion at the Scientific Foundation “Nansen Centre” Leonid P. Bobylev Director Dmitry V. Kovalevsky Research Director Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre St. Petersburg, Russia

  2. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Fridtjof NANSEN 1861-1930 Nansen was an outstanding scientist. Thanks to his original studies and challenging expeditions our knowledge about Arctic has crutually increased. The results of his works laid the foundation for currently important research in the Arctic Ocean He was also a great humanist organizing repatriation for prisoners of war and refugees in Europe. He organized help for millions of Russians during the starvation after the revolution and war For his contribution to the peacemaking and humanistic deeds, in 1922 Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize For his personal benefaction and mobilization of the world community to mitigate the sufferings of the  population of Russia  in the early 20th century, Nansen is greatly respected and forever thankfully remembered in our country----------------------------------

  3. Founders St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre • Bergen University Research Foundation (UNIFOB),Norway • Max-PlanckSociety, Munich, Germany • Nansen Environmentaland Remote Sensing Center,Bergen, Norway • Northern Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Science,Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia • Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety,Russian Academy of Science,Saint-Petersburg, Russia • St. Petersburg State University,Russia • Altarum,Ann Arbor, MI, USA (until 1 January 2005)

  4. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 NIERSC Vision and Strategy Vision To understand, monitor and predict climate and environmental changes in the high northern latitudes for serving the society • Mission • To develop Nansen International Centre to be a significant national and • international contributor to the studying climate and environmental changes in • the high northern latitudes • NIERSC focuses on the five major related research areas: • Climate Variability and Change in High Northern Latitudes • Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction • 3 Aquatic Ecosystems in Response to Global Change • Socioeconomic Impact of Climate Change • Applied Meteorological and Oceanographic Research for Industrial Activities

  5. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Education and Training In 1994 NIERSC founders established Nansen Fellowship Program for Russian PhD-Students and young scientists Main goal: To provide conditions for Russian PhD-students and young scientists for successful development of their own research on the challenging topics in the area of environmental sciences, climate and remote sensing Implementation mechanisms: Providing PhD-students and young scientists with conditions at the Nansen Centre sufficient for successful work (working places, powerful computers, fast INTERNET connection etc) Providing PhD-students with additional stipend and supervision from NIERSC and its founders staff Promoting and organizing training and research visit programs at Western research institutions Involvement into international research projects Results: 20 successfully defended PhD dissertations 110 additional grants for St. Petersburg University PhD-students

  6. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Nansen Fellowship Program Nansen Centre Agreements RSHU SPbSU AARI Supervisor Supervisor Ph.D. Student

  7. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 -30 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 30 1 Climate Variability and Change in High Northern Latitudes Research Leader: Dr. Leonid Bobylev • Personnel: • 7 scientists, 1DrSc,6 PhDs • 5 PhD-students • Publications: • 4 books • 13 refereed papers • Defended Thesis:9 Recent Ice Sheet Growth in the Interior of Greenland. Ola M. Johannessen, Kirill S. Khvorostovsky, Martin W. Miles, Leonid P. Bobylev.Science, 2005 -30 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 30 Cm/year

  8. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 15% water land TOTAL ICE COVER = MULTI-YEAR ICE + FIRST-YEAR ICE St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Monitoring Arctic sea ice using satellite passive microwaves Arctic climate change: observed and modeled temperature and sea-ice variability. O. M. Johannessen, L. Bengtsson, M. Miles, S. Kuzmina , V. Semenov, G. Alekseev, A. Nagurny, V. Zakharov, L. Bobylev, L. Pettersson, K. Hasselmann and H.Cattle. Tellus, 2004

  9. Wind Field and Fluxes Hurricane Evolution Atmospheric BL Radar Scattering Parameterization Surface Currents Weather Forecast Wind Waves Biogenic films Oil spills Storm Surge Marine BL Gas Transfer Surface Waves, Break Waves …… St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 2 Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction Research Leader: Prof. Vladimir Kudryavtsev • Personnel: • 3 scientists, 1 DrSc • 2 PhD-students • Publications: • 16 refereed papers • Defended theses:3 • Group goal is to improve our knowledge on: • Physics of coupled turbulent atmosphere • and ocean boundary layers • Electromagnetic wave scattering form the sea surface • focusing on advance methods of SAR monitoring • of marine environment from space

  10. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Radar Imaging Model The model simulates SAR signatures of various ocean phenomena: surface currents, fronts, surface contaminations (oil spills), waves, wind field, etc SAR Global observation of surface currents and RIM simulations Example of RIM simulation of SAR signatures of sea currents near the coast of France: a) Surface Current; b) Wind; c) and d) Surface roughness; e) Model SAR; f) Observation Hurricane: SAR Observations and modelling Oil spills: Observation and RIM simulation

  11. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 3 Aquatic Ecosystems in Response to Global Change Research Leader: Prof. Dmitry Pozdnyakov • Personnel: • 3 scientists, 1 DrSc, 1 PhD • 2 PhD-students • Publications: • 3 books • 9 refereed papers • Defended theses:6

  12. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Operational Water Quality Retrieval Algorithm Ladoga Lake Artificial Neural Networks + Multivariate optimization Phytoplankton pigments Suspended minerals Dissolved organics Advantages: Coastal and inland waters Geographic area unspecific Satellite sensor unspecific Fast and universal algorithm

  13. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Identification and surveillance of harmful algal bloom dynamics Spatial distribution of E. huxleyi in the Bay of Biscay in May 2005 obtained from MERIS data

  14. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 4 Socioeconomic Impact of Climate Change Research Leader: Dr. Dmitry Kovalevsky • Personnel: • 1 scientist, PhD • Group established on 18 November 2008 Multi-Actor Dynamic Integrated Assessment Model (MADIAM): flow chart and simulation results

  15. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 5 Applied Meteorological and Oceanographic Research for Industrial Activities Research Leader: Dr. Vladimir Volkov • Personnel: • 4 scientists, 1 DrSc, 2 PhDs • 3 PhD-students • Publications: • 4 books • 12 refereed papers • Defended theses:1

  16. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Sea ice monitoring along the Northern Sea Route using satellite SAR N/I Sovetsky Soyuz • Field Campaignes • L’’Astrolabe(1991) • N/I “ Sovetsky Soyuz”(late 1993) • N/I “Vaygach”(February-March 1994) • N/I “Taymyr”(September-October 1994) • C/S ” Kandalaksha”(August 1995) • ICEWATCH Project(January-February 1996) • Ice Routes Project(September 1997 and April 1998) • ARCDEV Project(April 1998) • ICEMON Project(June 2003) Radars/SAR ERS-1 and ERS-2 RADARSAT ENVISAT

  17. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Supporting ice navigation © ESA © Canadian Space Agency Mosaic of RADARSAT ScanSAR images for 23-25 April 1998 with overlaid route of I/B Sovetsky Soyuz Mosaic of ENVISAT ASAR images for 27-28 February 2005. Planning fleet operations between the Barents Sea and Dikson

  18. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 The Lomonosov-Nansen Master Programin Climate Research Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765) Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) Participants: University of Bergen, NERSC, St. Petersburg University, NIERSC Objective:In conformity with the Bologna process to establish and formalize a joint high quality educational Master program in climate research

  19. St. Petersburg 29 April 2010 Thank you for your attention!

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