News

2 March 2026

Longest daily snow cover record sets new benchmark for climate research

Beispiel aus Datenbank
Daily snow cover fraction (SCF) processing workflow example (16 March 2003) for AVHRR10C1.V4 product generation. (a1-a2) Individual sensor maps from NOAA-16 and NOAA-17; grey colors depict cloud cover; (b) Composite SCF map from both sensors; (c) Final AVHRR10C1.V4 SCF product after full processing including cloud gap-filling and quality control. Stefan Wunderle

The Remote Sensing Research Group has developed the longest global snow cover data set (1979 – 2023) in the frame of the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative SNOW project.

The gap-filled dataset facilitates most detailed analysis of global snow dynamics to date and is available for the public free of charge (details and links are published in the Journal Remote Sensing of Environment).
On Monday March 2nd, ESA has published a press release (see link) to highlight the unique development and global snow time series. If you need further information, you are welcome to ask Stefan Wunderle. 

20 May 2026

Presentation: «Persistent episodes of the Euro-Atlantic upper-level jets in summer: precursors, maintainers and impacts»

Hugo Banderier (University of Bern)
Colloquium in Climate Impact, Remote Sensing, Geocomputation and Climatology
(14:15 – 15:15, room 124, Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43 or Zoom Room: Link)
To participate via Zoom, a password is required. The password can be requested via e-mail.

27 May 2026

Master Presentation

  • Lena Bühlmann
    «Vegetation dynamics of the amazon rainforest during drought and wet conditions: analysis based on satellite data (2001 – 2020)»
    (08:30 – 09.30, room 002, GIUB)

28 May 2026

Master Presentations

  • Silvan Baumann
    «Anforderungen an ein Stadtklimamessnetz: Stakeholder-Perspektiven und partizipatives Hitze-Mapping in Burgdorf»
    (09:00 – 10:00, room 220, Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43)
  • Fabio Jakob
    «Applying U-Net for Estimating AVHRR-Based Snow Cover Fraction (ESA CCI+ Snow) During Cloud Cover and Polar Night in Scandinavia»
    (10:15 – 11:15, lecture room 001, GIUB)
  • Joelle Plüss
    «Living in Between: Liminality and Social Justice in the Everyday Lives of Asylum Seekers in Steffisburg»
    (10:30 – 11:30, room 320, Uni Mittelstrasse, Mittelstrasse 43)

29 May 2026

PhD Presentation

  • Chima Jude Iheaturu
    «Unpacking Degradation in Forest Patches across West Africa: Integrating Multi-Scalar Remote Sensing and Diverse Knowledge Systems»
    (10:00, room 002, GIUB)