Recently a new method, based on a Fourier decomposition in the zonal direction, for studying the atmospheric energy transport contribution by planetary and cyclone scale waves has been proposed. Recent studies based on this show that planetary waves contribute more than cyclone scale waves to the atmospheric energy transport into the Arctic. The planetary waves contribute to the Arctic amplification ...

Moving icebergs represent a major problem for shipping, as well as for oil and gas installations in ice infested waters. To be able to take actions against hazardous icebergs, it is necessary to develop models for prediction of iceberg drift trajectories. Many models have been developed in order to do so, using different approaches. These approaches can be divided into two main categories, dynamic ...

Having the flu is something that everyone is familiar with, and the influenza season hits every year. The intensity and timing vary from year to year driven by climatic conditions and antigenic evolution, through mechanisms that are only partially understood. Most research agree that the virus originates in East and South-East (E-SE) Asia and spread throughout the world through human movement. In ...

A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) achieves a high azimuth resolution by illuminating targets with multiple pulses and using the Doppler history to synthesize a large antenna. When combining the pulses, it is normally assumed that the targets are stationary, and that their reflectivity is independent of time. The topic of this thesis is the processing of SAR images where the the targets have a ...

This thesis compares polarimetric features from quad-polarimetric (quad-pol) SAR (synthetic aperture radar) data and emulated dual-polarimetric (dual-pol) SAR data to investigate the information captured over sea ice areas located in the Barents Sea. The polarimetric features of entropy (H) and mean alpha, and the H/mean alpha-plot is compared, as well as the cross-polarizarion ratio and the damping ...

This thesis focuses on the use of multi-polarization synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for characterization of marine oil spills. In particular, the potential of detecting internal zones within oil slicks in SAR scenes are investigated by a direct within-slick segmentation scheme, along with a sensitivity study of SAR measurements to the evolving nature of oil slicks. A simple, k-means clustering ...

The Arctic climate has changed considerably in the last few decades. Hence, a large fraction of the current studies of the Arctic climate relies on global atmospheric reanalyses, due to the shortage of meteorological observations in the Arctic. However, global climate models have shown to struggle with simulating the current conditions in the Arctic region. Thus, the objective of this thesis is to ...

The price of solar energy is declining, and will continue to decline the coming years. This will make it easier for households and companies to utilize solar energy. Because of this, several solar map projects have been established in the recent years. The aim of this study is to create a solar map of Tromsøya, and thoroughly explain the process in doing so. The process chosen for making the map is ...

The power company Troms Kraft is interested in the feasibility of a large-scale hybrid system in Skibotndalen in Troms. There are two existing hydro power stations in the area, and this thesis concerns the addition of an electric solar power plant of 20 MW and a wind power plant of 21 MW to these stations. As measured solar radiation is not available for one whole year at the location, solarradiation ...

This master thesis has focused its efforts to investigate the link between glacial erosion and focused fluid flow in the SW Barents Sea, on the shallow bank area of Tromsøflaket where the Ringvassøy-Loppa Fault Complex borders the Tromsø basin in west, and the Loppa High in east. Here, large, elongated depressions are identified on the buried Upper Regional Unconformity (URU) and may resemble tunnel ...