Sea Level from Space - directed satellite applications catapult knowledge exchange fellowship

Lead Research Organisation: University of Leeds
Department Name: School of Earth and Environment

Abstract

Contemporary sea level rise, and the associated flood and coastal change that accompanies it, is recognized as posing the greatest climate change risk to the UK. The high cost of installing and maintaining flood defences along the 17,800 kilometre length of the UK's coastline makes it essential that decisions are informed by the latest knowledge of what the present and future sea level rise is likely to be. Satellite observations have a critical role to play in this task as they provide the only possible method for continuous monitoring, however, this information is not routinely used by the UK government or local authorities to inform coastal planning strategies. Therefore, the aim of this NERC Knowledge Exchange fellowship is to promote the uptake of mature Earth observation data in the development of tools that help address the challenge of sea level rise in the UK.
 
Description that the most up to date sea level rise numbers may not be used when planning the UK's sea level defenses, but organisations such as the Environment Agency are extremely engaged with the idea of using satellite data to address this challenge.
Exploitation Route this work can be applied to other geographical regions.
Sectors Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport

 
Description local councils flood boards for planning.
First Year Of Impact 2018
Sector Environment
Impact Types Societal,Policy & public services

 
Description ESA Advanced Cryosphere Training Course
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Post graduate, PhD students, post doctoral research scientists and users from European countries and Canada participated in this 5 day course aimed at training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists to exploit data from ESA and operational EO Missions (e.g. the Sentinels) for science and applications development.
URL http://seom.esa.int/cryotraining2016/index.php
 
Description Future Learn Cryosphere MOOC
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact new course available to public
 
Description FutureLearn Greenland
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact CPOM researchers based at Leeds contributed to a new ESA FutureLearn MOOC on the Greenland ice sheet. Topics covered included Satellite Earth Observation technology, terminology and the types of data products available when monitoring ice sheets; understanding the unique measurements of ice thickness and dynamics which satellite data can provide; how to access process and work with Earth observation data and ice sheet measuring tools; and the use of Earth observation data in a range of scientific, policy and decision-making areas, in conjunction with models.
URL https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/greenland-ice-sheet
 
Description CryoTop
Amount £118,500 (GBP)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 01/2012 
End 01/2014
 
Description 4DAntarcica 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department Institute of Geography
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Study of sub glacial lakes in antarctica using satellite observations
Collaborator Contribution other earth observation datasets in antarctica to better understand ice sheet hydrology at the surface and bed
Impact Requirements baseline document, the first deliverable on task 1
Start Year 2019
 
Description ESA CryoTop follow on 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department School of Geography
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution swath mode altimeter project
Collaborator Contribution data processing
Impact papers
Start Year 2018
 
Description SENSE EO CDT 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Set up new doctoral training program, and delivering it now.
Collaborator Contribution co-directing the new centre
Impact appointing 16 students now in the first year, and fostering close industry collaborations.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Anna Hogg - Antarctica's snowfall 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Anna Hogg was interviewed by the BBC on 'Antarctica's snowfall has increased by 10% in 200 years raising hopes it could slow sea level rise'.
News item appeared in BBC Russia, Daliy Mail, BBC Science website, the Nation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43691671
 
Description Anna Hogg - BBC York broadcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 26.11.18 - Discusses climate change issues, relating to the city of York.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Anna Hogg - Comments on Larcen C ice shelf being stuck 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Anna Hogg - 23/24 July 2018 - Giant iceberg that broke off Antarctica is now stuck, potentially posing a threat - comments on the Bawden ice shelf made to Science News.
Also appeared in Fox News.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.sciencenews.org/article/giant-iceberg-broke-antarctica-larsen-c-ice-shelf-stuck
 
Description Anna Hogg - Comments on article featured in Inside Science 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 11.1.19 - Antarctica's Largest Ice Shelf Could Be at Risk of Melting - Anna made comment on the shattering of the Larsen C ice shelf
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.insidescience.org/news/antarcticas-largest-ice-shelf-could-be-risk-melting
 
Description Anna Hogg - Contributed to article, global hothouse 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 10th August 2018 - article in the Yorkshire Post 'Living in a global hothouse' print only
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Anna Hogg - Larsen-C iceberg - national news festruing CPOM work 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact 11th July 2018 - Larsen-C iceberg - CPOM provide the Sentinel-1 data showing network of cracks growing on the Larsen-C Ice-Shelf, before and after the colossal iceberg broke free.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5944159/Gigantic-iceberg-size-Delaware-cracked-Antar...
 
Description Anna Hogg - Melt project 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact School students to become Earth Observation researchers through UK Space Agency funded project
Anna Hogg collaborated with IRIS (the Institute for research in schools) which has launched MELT, a project that offers students the chance to contribute to the understanding of our planet's environmental changes.
Students will be analysing satellite imaging and sharing findings with other scientists.
News item appears in Education today, Schools Week, Sec Ed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.education-today.co.uk/school-students-to-become-earth-observation-researchers-through-uk-...
 
Description Anna Hogg - National news Thwaites Glacier CPOM data 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact New articles informing that UK and US scientists will lead a five-year effort to examine the stability of the mighty Thwaites Glacier. 20th April 2018
BBC World Service Newshour
BBC News at Six/Ten
BBC News 30th April - News
Tech Times
Notimex (in Spanish)
The Nation Pakistan
My Science
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43936372
 
Description Anna Hogg - Triathlon trust outreach project 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Anna Hogg - delivering the 'View from Space to Earth project' in schools - The Triathlon Trust has partnered with the UK Space Agency, Ideas Foundation and Venture Thinking to deliver the 'View from Space to Earth' project - bringing primary schools an engaging day of bike-run activity linked with the theme of Earth Observation.

Children will attend an assembly and watch a briefing video, setting their challenge, featuring Team GB Paralympian and Triathlon Trust ambassador Lauren Steadman and glaciologist Dr Anna Hogg from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling. Pupils will participate in their year groups throughout the day. We provide all the equipment required to participate including bikes mounted on turbo trainers to make them static. The physical activity is non-competitive, fully inclusive and suitable for children of all levels of ability. Schools currently confirmed:
Bowmansgreen Primary, St Albans, AL2 1PH
Garden Fields, St Albans, AL3 5RL
St Catherine's, Ware, SG12 0AW
Wheatfields Junior, St Albans, AL4 9NT
Mandeville Primary, St Albans, AL1 2LE
Bracken Leas, Northants, NN13 6LF
Greens Norton, Northants, NN12 8DD
Newbottle & Charlton, Oxfordshire, OX17 3DN
Henley-in-Arden Primary, B95 5FT
Sparkenhill Academy, Notts, S80 1AW
Brampton Primary, Chesterfield, S40 3DH
All Saints Junior & Infant schools (combined), Matlock, DE4 3LA
Boothferry Primary School, Goole, DN14 6TL
St Helen's Primary, Newham, E13 8DW
Northbury Primary, Barking, IG11 8JA
St Joseph, Surrey, RH1 1DU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.triathlontrust.org/news/the-view-from-space-to-earth_158
 
Description Anna Hogg - contibutes to article on Larsen-C iceberg 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 6.9.18 - Enormous Iceberg pirouettes after splitting from ice shelf. GIF created by polar scientist Anna Hogg of the University of Leeds shows the calving and motion of A68 since 2017 and Anna comments.
Also appeared in Brinkwire - 18.10.18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.livescience.com/63511-antarctic-a68-iceberg-pirouettes.html
 
Description Anna Hogg - interview - Iceberg threatens village 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 16th July 2018 - Giant Iceberg Threatens Tiny Greenland Village, Anna Hogg comments on the threat to the village and possible tsunami threat.
National Public Radio (NPR) 14th July - Blog
Msn
EcoWatch
The Week
The Weather Channel
The Inquisitr
The News Recorder
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.ecowatch.com/glacier-ecowatch-2587235809.html
 
Description BBC Radio Leeds - Greenland Fieldwork 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Anna Hogg discussed the work involved in her Greenland fieldtrip.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04z7bvq#playt=10m42s
 
Description CPOM Blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In 2016 CPOM launched a blog, in which c. every two weeks CPOM staff and students describe an aspect of their research in an engaging and informal manner. Posts so far have covered topics such as iceberg calving, sea ice and the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017
URL http://cpom.org.uk/cpom-blog/
 
Description CryoVex campaign (ESA Living Planet website) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andy Shepherd and Anna Hogg made a video about their Greenland fieldwork to validate satellite measurements from CryoSat-2.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Campaigns/Probing_...
 
Description CryoVex campaign (ESA website) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andy Shepherd and Anna Hogg made a video about their field campaign in Greenland aimed at validating satellite measurements from CryoSat.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://blogs.esa.int/campaignearth/2016/11/02/karen-scientists-report-from-ice-sheet/
 
Description CryoVex campaign (NERC Planet Earth) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andy Shepherd and Anna Hogg made a video about their fieldwork in Greenland to validate satellite measurements from CryoSat-2.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.nerc.ac.uk/planetearth/stories/1843/
 
Description CryoVex video 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andy Shepherd and Anna Hogg created a video of the 2016 CryoVex campaign which featured on the ESA and NERC Planet Earth websites. The video showed how they carried out vital fieldwork as part of a NERC-CryoSat contract to calibrate and validate measurements taken by the satellite.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.nerc.ac.uk/planetearth/stories/1843/?platform=hootsuite
 
Description Daily Mail - Larsen C iceberg 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Anna Hogg - New satellite images show trillion ton Antarctic iceberg drifting out to sea sparking concerns it could break up completely and block shipping lanes - Anna describes the current situation with Larsen C ice shelf. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4945524/New-images-68-giant-iceberg-drifting-sea.html
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4894948/Trillion-ton-68-Larsen-C-iceberg-threaten-shi...
 
Description EO Detective 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Anna Hogg featured in EO detective, a schools' project created by the the National Centre for Earth Observation with funding from UK Space Agency and Natural Environment Research Council.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://eodetective.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/anna-hogg-antarctic-researcher/
 
Description EO of the cryosphere training course 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact First ESA Advanced training course on Earth Observation of the Cryosphere. designed, hosted, ran and tought on the course.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://seom.esa.int/cryotraining2016/index.php
 
Description ESA - Larsen-C crack interferogram 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Anna Hogg comments on the two Sentinel-1 radar images from 7 and 14 April 2017 which were combined to create this interferogram showing the growing crack in Antarctica's Larsen-C ice shelf.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2017/04/Larsen-C_crack_interferogram
 
Description Guardian article diary of a climate scientist 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact editorial article written by me on what its like to be a climate scientist.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/07/diary-of-a-climate-scientist-i-see-a-mess-of-broke...
 
Description Ice losses at Antarctic glaciers (BBC Radio Leeds Weather Show) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Hannes Konrad was interviewed about his research on the varying pace of change at several key Antarctic glaciers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lwdwq
 
Description Invited Royal Meteorological Society Talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact I gave an invited talk to the Royal Meteorological Society on the use of Earth Observation data.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk at Northumbria flood committee meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact sea level rise presentation to flood committee
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Mail Online - Larsen-C iceberg 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Anna Hogg - Mail Online Earth's newest iceberg up close: NASA reveals incredible new images of trillion ton A-68 which is the size of DELAWARE
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5082241/Earth-s-newest-iceberg-close-NASA-reveals-68-iceberg.html#ixzz58UYkOp91
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook - Anna Hogg contributes with information of the Larsen C ice shelf movement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5082241/Earth-s-newest-iceberg-close-NASA-reveals-68-...
 
Description Mail online - Fears for marine life in the Antarctic sea where trillion ton iceberg the size of Delaware broke free 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 20.9.17 Anna Hogg - contributes to the news item - Fears for marine life in the Antarctic sea where trillion ton iceberg the size of Delaware broke free
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4904310/Seas-left-Larsen-C-iceberg-calving-declared-p...
 
Description Mail online - Split of Antarctic iceberg the size of Delaware has revealed an underwater ecosystem that has been hidden for 120,000 years (but scientists warn it could soon die out) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 5.10.17 - Anna Hogg contributes to the findings in the report describing events leading up to this dramatic natural phenomenon.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4951218/Ecosystem-hidden-thousands-years-revealed.htm...
 
Description News article - Larsen-C iceberg 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Anna Hogg and Noel Gourmelen describe and comment on their work re. the Larsen-C iceberg. Anna described monitoring the Larsen situation and being able to get two Sentinel-1 satellites in about half an hour of them being acquired. ESA - http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/CryoSat/Giant_iceberg_in_the_making, Business Insider - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/05/an-iceberg-the-size-of-delaware-is-about-to-break-off-of-antarctica/?utm_term=.f4bc2301a785, CNN - CNN https://goo.gl/qWXXLo, International Business Times - https://goo.gl/L1GHwS, Fox news - http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/07/05/giant-delaware-size-iceberg-set-to-break-off-antarctica.html, Huffington Post - https://goo.gl/XFwTd4, Business Standard India - https://goo.gl/8q7t8C, Discover Magazine - https://goo.gl/1opHxn, Ilta Sanomat (Finland) - https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000005280655.html?ref=rss, Daily Mail - https://goo.gl/sxmMpk, Business Insider - http://uk.businessinsider.com/antarctica-iceberg-size-volume-2017-7?r=US&IR=T, True Viral News - https://goo.gl/Kiw4CB, Online Earth - https://goo.gl/7zVRju , Yahoo - https://goo.gl/EYS8R8 , BT.com - https://goo.gl/nT5rAH , The Weather Channel (USA) - https://goo.gl/7GSCXt , ESA - http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Sentinel_satellite_captures_birth_of_behemoth_iceberg
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40492957
 
Description Paul Hudson Weather Show (Anna Hogg on glacial retreat) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Anna Hogg was interviewed about her research on the retreat of the Pine Island Glacier.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03kmj0d#playt=24m14s
 
Description Royal Met Soc Yorkshire Talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Anna Hogg gave a talk to the Royal Met Soc Yorkshire on her Antarctic fieldwork.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.rmets.org/events/ups-and-downs-life-freezer-tale-two-poles
 
Description Sentinels in constant watch on mighty polar glaciers (BBC website) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Anna Hogg and Andy Shepherd were interviewed re. the new CPOM ice velocity portal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36051112
 
Description invited talk at Leeds flood comittee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact sea level rise presentation at flood committee meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018