From the invention of the atomic force microscope (AFM) in 1986, tremendous efforts have been put into developing this tool. The AFM has long been considered as one of the top choices to probe the nanoscale world with the ability to achieve nanoscale resolution imaging of surfaces under different environments. Advances in instrumentation combined with the exploitation of sophisticated data analysis ...

Super-resolution microscopy techniques improve the resolution of the optical microscope beyond the diffraction limit of light. A range of different techniques demands different optical configurations and clever illuminating strategies to enhance the resolution. This has led to the development of advanced instrumentation, where the super-resolution mechanisms are adding both cost and bulk to the ...

<p>The marine pathogen <i>Aliivibrio salmonicida</i> is the causative agent of cold-water vibriosis, affecting mainly farmed salmonid fish when water temperatures are below 10°C. Even though cold-water vibriosis is no longer threatening Norwegian aquaculture, the reemergence of the disease is still a possibility. Therefore, it is crucial to gain knowledge and understanding of the pathogenicity ...

This work utilizes Machine Learning (ML) regression and feature ranking techniques for water quality monitoring from remotely sensed data. The investigated regression methods include the Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), Suport Vector Regression (SVR) and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR). Feature relevance in the GPR model is as- sessed by the probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis (SA) approach.This ...

Climate change, health of the residents and ecosystems in the Arctic region are impacted by local and long-range transported air pollution. Local emissions in the Arctic are important, but overlooked issue. Despite there have been extensive modelling and measurement studies of long-range transport of short-lived climate forcers to Svalbard, the effect of local emissions from diesel and coal power ...

The drainage of meltwater beneath ice sheets exerts a fundamental control on ice flow variability, by regulating the lubrication of the ice-bed interface, and determining subglacial sediment shear strengths. This thesis investigates meltwater drainage of the Fennoscandian and Barents Sea ice sheets through the combined application of geomorphologically based reconstruction and modelling of subglacial ...

In this thesis we present a scientific investigation of the spectral and bidirectional reflectance properties of two lichen species, <i>Flavocetraria nivalis</i> and <i>Cladina stellaris</i>, and one moss, <i>Racomitrium lanuginosum</i>. The spectral and bidirectional characterizations were based on high-quality laboratory measurements made in the European Goniometer facility, at the Joint Research ...

<p>The cryosphere of Arctic regions is undergoing rapid change due to century-scale global warming superimposed on millennial-scale natural climatic perturbations that started at the end of the last glacial cycle approximately 20,000 years ago [Slaymaker and Kelly, 2009]. The cryosphere refers to areas where low temperatures freeze water and form ice in the ocean (sea ice), on land (glaciers, ...

There has been a growing interest in accurately estimating surface solar radiation at high latitude locations. From a Scandinavian perspective, the installed solar photovoltaic share is increasing, primarily because of the declining cost of these systems, the introduction of various economic incentives and societal push to generate one’s own clean power. In the coming years, it is anticipated that ...

In this thesis, we explore the stability and the breakdown of stability of biological systems. The main examples are the blood system and invasion of cancer. However, the models presented in the thesis apply to several other examples. Biological systems are characterised by both competition and cooperation. Cooperation is based on an unsolvable dilemma: Even though mutual cooperation leads to ...