UCL's Polar Science Group is a founding member of the UK's NERC Center for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM). CPOM, which is now part of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), originated at UCL in 2000 and comprises leading polar science groups from the universities of Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Lancaster, Swansea, Exeter and UCL, collaborating on UK national programmes of polar science research.
Scientists from UCL's Polar Science Group currently also lead a number of major international cryosphere research projects from the European Space Agency (ESA) and other agencies.
CryoSat-2, a UCL proposed mission, was launched in 2010 (image: esa)
Validating measurements on the ice with the UCL radar (image: R.Tilling)
Latest Group News
9-Jan-2023
First paper by CPOM-UCL PhD student Carmen Nab, on Synoptic variability in satellite altimeter-derived radar freeboard of Arctic sea ice was published today in GRL.
9-Dec-2022
A new paper, lead by CPOM-UCL PhD student Thomas Johnson, on measuring sea ice surface roughness from MISR data was published today. Find links to the data and the paper here.
14-Sep-2022
An important new study was published in Nature by J.Landy et al (including M.Tsamados, J.Stroeve from UCL) : A year-round satellite sea-ice thickness record from CryoSat-2
Checkout the BBC News story on how for the first time we can measure sea ice thickness during the Arctic summer months.
Image credit: AWI/Hendicks
24-Jan-2022
Polar Science Group awarded new RCiF Funding to enhance group EO Data Server/Storage capabilities.
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Upcoming Events
London Polar Group sea ice event
The London Polar Group will be introducing all things sea ice at this event taking place just after the 2022 Arctic sea ice extent minimum.
23 September, at UCL. Register here.
MOOC : Earth Observation from Space: The Cryosphere
Free online 4-week ESA course for people who want to learn more about how we use EO data to monitor the Earth's Cryosphere and the impacts of climate change on it: from sea ice to ice sheets & ice shelves, mountain glaciers, rivers & lake ice and snow. Lead by CPOM Director Andy Shepherd. Available now.
CPOM Cryochat Series
Internal - Occurs once very two weeks (diary invites circulated)