Surface-based Ku-band radar altimetry investigations indicate that the radar signal is typically backscattered from well above the snow–sea ice interface. However, this would induce a bias in satellite altimeter sea ice thickness retrievals not reflected by buoy validation. Our study presents a mechanism to potentially explain this paradox: probabilistic quasi-specular radar scattering from the ...

Motivasjonen for denne oppgaven er en aktiv, smertefri og ufarlig metode for deteksjon av brystkreft ved bruk av ultrabredbånd mikrobølgeradar. Montering av lavstøyforsterker direkte etter mottakerantennen har en positiv effekt på signal-til-støyforholdet i radar-systemet, og en vesentlig del av oppgaven er å måle lavstøyforsterkeren gir. Grunnleggende teori om mikrobølger, antenner, forsterkere, ...

In this article, we investigate the feasibility to align synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery based on a compensation for sea ice drift occurring between temporally shifted image acquisitions. The image alignment is a requirement for improving sea ice classification by combining multifrequency SAR images acquired at different times. Images obtained at different radar frequencies provide ...

We have performed a large statistical study of the peak emission altitude of green O(1D2–1S0) (557.7 nm) and blue 1 N (427.8 nm) aurora using observations from a network of all-sky cameras stationed across northern Finland and Sweden recorded during seven winter seasons from 2000 to 2007. Both emissions were found to typically peak at about 114 km. The distribution of blue peak altitudes is more ...

Tidligere Bryne videregående skole (vgs.) og Time vgs. ble i 2015 slått sammen til nye Bryne vgs. I den anledning ble det bygget tre nye skolebygg med et moderne og komplekst energisystem. Skolen er et pilotprosjekt i tråd med Rogaland fylkeskommune sin miljøpolitikk og er bygget med fokus på bærekraftige prinsipper, lavt energiforbruk og bruk av energikilder med begrenset CO2 utslipp. Skolens varme ...

The aquaculture industry is expanding to meet the daily requirements of humanity from high-quality seafood. In this regard, intensive aquaculture systems are suggested, resulting in high production but being challenged with immunosuppression and disease invaders. Antibiotics were used for a long time to protect and treat aquatic animals; however, continuous use led to severe food safety issues, ...

Dust particles are one of the major constituents of the interplanetary medium in our solar system. They are presumably formed by fragmentation processes of meteoroids and for a certain range of sizes and parameters the dust particles move radially outwards from the Sun. The Radio plasma Wave (RPW) instrument on Solar Orbiter can measure dust particles that impact the spacecraft. By measuring the ...

In the present master thesis the dynamical behavior of the Mini-Dusty rockets will be analyzed with the aim to obtain accurate information on the absolute coning and orientation history during the flight, and in particular around all the critical phases.

The CIRFA-Cruise 2022 with <i>RV Kronprins Haakon</i> to the north-eastern coast of Greenland in the period April 22nd to May 9th 2022 was organised to perform measurements and make observations which allow for validation of sea ice remote sensing information and forecast products resulting from work in the Centre for Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic Operations(CIRFA), a Centre ...

The island of Husøy, in Northern Senja, Norway, faces numerous voltage quality difficulties, which arise from the consequent surge in electricity demand by the local growing fishing industry. Collaborating with the local distribution system operator (DSO), Arva, the current study explores the implementation of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) using a peak-shaving strategy to alleviate high-demand ...