Remote Sensing of Polar Landscapes - Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Department of Geological Sciences at UB

Mapping and monitoring glacial geomorphology, permafrost and soil distribution from remotely sensed data.

Projects

Reconstruction of the history of Greenland outlet glaciers since the Little Ice Age. B. Csatho, T. Schenk and C.J. van der Veen, NASA, 2006 – 2007.
Pilot study for using ASTER images to map glacial geomorphology. C.J. van der Veen, B. Csatho, NASA, 2004 – 2005.
Investigating long-term behavior of outlet glaciers in Greenland. B. Csatho, T. Schenk and C. J. van der Veen, NASA, 2003 – 2004.

Csatho, B.M., C. Ping, L.R. Everett, J.M. Kimble, G. Michaelson and C. Tremper, 2006. Characterizing frozen ground with multisensor remote sensing. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C13A-01. (pdf)
van der Veen, C.J. and B. Csatho, 2005. Spectral characteristics of Greenland lichens. Geographie et Physique Quaternaire, 59(1), 63-73.
Csatho, B., C.J. van der Veen and C. Tremper, 2005. Trimline mapping from multispectral Landsat ETM+ imagery. Geographie et Physique Quaternaire, 59(1), 49-62.
Csatho, B., T. Schenk, W. Krabill, T. Wilson, W. Lyons, G. McKenzie, C. Hallams, S. Manizade and T. Paulsen, 2005. Airborne laser scanning for high-resolution mapping of Antarctica. EOS, 86(25), 237-238.
Csatho, B., J. Kimble, C. Tremper, L. Everett and Y. Ahn, 2004. Toward mapping soils and geomorphology by remote sensing: an example of multi-sensor data fusion from the Dry Valleys. Antarctic Permafrost Workshop, Madison, WI, November 14-18, 2004. (jpg)