Ross A. W. Slater
- Email: R.A.W.Slater@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Ice Sheet – ocean interactions: Using satellite data to understand ice dynamic change
- Supervisor: Professor Anna E. Hogg, Dr Pierre Dutrieux , Prof. Adrian Jenkins, Dr He Wang
Profile
I am a Postgraduate Researcher in the School of Earth and Environment, part of the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science. I am funded by the Natural Environment Research Council through the SENSE Earth Observation CDT.
My research investigates changes in the flow of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS), analysing ice velocity data derived from Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery. By using these satellite observations in conjunction with other environmental data sets I aim to investigate drivers of ice speed variability to help improve our understanding of the processes controlling short- and long-term ice speed change.
Using ‘big data’ particularly interests me. I perform analysis of high-resolution data cubes at a continental scale using the Pangeo software stack and have a strong interest in modern geospatial tools and file formats.
I graduated with an Integrated Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Edinburgh in 2020, where I researched future extreme temperature climatology in CMIP6 model output. Prior to beginning my PhD, I spent a year in the Earth observation sector working as a data scientist.
Research interests
- Earth observation
- Synthetic aperture radar
- Ice sheet remote sensing
- Antarctic Ice Sheet – climate interactions
- Geospatial data science
- Big data processing in the Pangeo ecosystem
- Data cubes and cloud optimised data formats
Qualifications
- MPhys (Hons) Physics, University of Edinburgh
Research groups and institutes
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science