On 13 September, the inaugural meeting for the Remote Sensing and Modeling of Snow and Ice Physical Process (RSMSIP) was held online. More than 10 scientists from the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and the Arctic Space Center of the Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI-ARC) participated in the meeting.
The meeting started with presentations from both sides, including the observation plans at FMI-ARC, atmospheric correction method development for remote sensing of snow, the forest impact model on snow, and remote sensing monitoring of river ice in the Arctic, etc. Then, scientists discussed cooperative observations, joint publications and visits. The In-situ and remote sensing observations of the snow and ice physical process were proposed for the snow cover areas around Lake Orajärvi in Finland as well as in northeastern and northwestern China.
The RSMSIP project, a three-year international research program, has been jointly supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Finland. Dr. Anna Kontu from FMI-ARC and Dr. Qiu Yubao from CBAS, are the project's investigators. Dr. Cheng Bin and Dr. Juha Lemmetyinen from FMI-ARC, Dr. Qinghuan Li, Jia Guoqiang, and Dr. Shi Lijuan from CBAS are the key research members of the team.
The FMI-AIR Joint Research Center for Arctic Observations was initiated in 2018. Recently, a series of research papers on snow and ice remote sensing mechanism and climate change research have been published jointly.