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Polona Itkin
Researcher / Earth Observation
Job description
Research Summary
Dr. Itkin specializes in studying sea ice motion and mass balance of sea ice and snow. In her work she combines data from in-situ observations, numerical models, and satellite and airborne remote sensing products. Her latest focus has been sea ice deformation and its impact on the distribution of sea ice and snow. She is the project manager of the Young Research Talent project funded by the Norwegian Research Council: Sea Ice Deformation and Snow for an Arctic in Transition (SIDRiFT), running 2019-2023.
Appointments
Researcher, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, 2019 - present.
Researcher, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, 2018 - 2019.
Post-doctoral researcher, Norwegian Polar Institute (Norway), 2014 – 2018.
Post-doctoral researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany), 2013 – 2014.
Graduate student researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany), 2009 – 2013.
Assistant researcher at Otto-Schmidt Laboratory, Saint Petersburg (Russia) 2008-2009.
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. Geosciences, Jacobs University Bremen (Germany), 2014
M.S. Applied Marine and Polar Science, Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) and University of Bremen (Germany), 2009
B.S. Geography, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2006
Wenkai Guo,
Polona Itkin,
Suman Singha,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris,
Malin Johansson,
Gunnar Spreen
:
Sea ice classification of TerraSAR-X ScanSAR images for the MOSAiC expedition incorporating per-class incidence angle dependency of image texture
Laurent Ferro-Famil,
F Boutet,
S Avrillon,
Wolfgang Fritz Otto Dierking,
Torbjørn Eltoft,
Polona Itkin
et al.:
OVERVIEW OF GROUND-BASED RADAR MEASUREMENTS OF SNOW-COVERED SEA-ICE LED DURING THE 2022 CIRFA ARCTIC CRUISE
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings 2023
Polona Itkin,
Stefan Hendricks,
Melinda A. Webster,
Luisa von Albedyll,
Stefanie Arndt,
Dmitry Divine
et al.:
Sea ice and snow characteristics from year-long transects at the MOSAiC Central Observatory
Evgenii Salganik,
Benjamin Lange,
Polona Itkin,
Dmitry Divine,
Christian Katlein,
Marcel Nicolaus
et al.:
Different mechanisms of Arctic first-year sea-ice ridge consolidation observed during the MOSAiC expedition
Linda Thielke,
Niels Fuchs,
Gunnar Spreen,
Bruno Tremblay,
Gerit Birnbaum,
Marcus Huntemann
et al.:
Preconditioning of Summer Melt Ponds From Winter Sea Ice Surface Temperature
Melinda A. Webster,
Marika Holland,
Nicholas C. Wright,
Stefan Hendricks,
Nils Hutter,
Polona Itkin
et al.:
Spatiotemporal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice: MOSAiC observations and model results
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 2022 DOI
Luisa von Albeldyll,
Stefan Hendricks,
Raphael Grodofzig,
Thomas Krumpen,
Stefanie Arndt,
H. Jakob Belter
et al.:
Thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to seasonal Arctic sea ice thickness distributions from airborne observations
Robbie Mallett,
Julienne C. Stroeve,
Michel Tsamados,
Rosemary Willatt,
Thomas Newman,
Vishnu Nandan
et al.:
Sub-kilometre scale distribution of snow depth on Arctic sea ice from Soviet drifting stations
David N. Wagner,
Matthew D. Shupe,
Christopher Cox,
Ola G. Persson,
Taneil Uttal,
Markus M. Frey
et al.:
Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons
Wenkai Guo,
Polona Itkin,
Johannes Lohse,
Malin Johansson,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris
:
Cross-platform classification of level and deformed sea ice considering per-class incident angle dependency of backscatter intensity
Marcel Nicolaus,
Donald Perovich,
Gunnar Spreen,
Mats Granskog,
Luisa von Albedyll,
Michael Angelopoulos
et al.:
Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: snow and sea ice
Joan Francesc Munoz-Martin,
Adrian Perez,
Adriano Camps,
Serni Ribó,
Estel Cardellach,
Julienne C. Stroeve
et al.:
Snow and Ice Thickness Retrievals Using GNSS-R: Preliminary Results of the MOSAiC Experiment
Julienne C. Stroeve,
Glen E. Liston,
Samantha Buzzard,
Lu Zhou,
Robbie Mallett,
Andrew Barrett
et al.:
A Lagrangian Snow‐Evolution System for Sea Ice Applications (SnowModel‐LG): Part II ‐ Analyses
Glen E. Liston,
Polona Itkin,
Julienne C. Stroeve,
Mark Tschudi,
J. Scott Stewart,
Stine Højlund Pedersen
et al.:
A Lagrangian Snow‐Evolution System for Sea‐Ice Applications (SnowModel‐LG): Part I – Model Description
Julienne C. Stroeve,
Vishnu Nandan,
Rosemary Willatt,
Rasmus Tonboe,
Stefan Hendricks,
Robert Ricker
et al.:
Surface-based Ku-and Ka-band polarimetric radar for sea ice studies
Christian Katlein,
Volker Mohrholz,
Igor Sheikin,
Polona Itkin,
Dmitry Divine,
Julienne C. Stroeve
et al.:
Platelet ice under Arctic Pack Ice in Winter
Robert Graham,
Polona Itkin,
Amelie Meyer,
Arild Sundfjord,
Gunnar Spreen,
Lars H. Smedsrud
et al.:
Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean
Amelie Meyer,
Alexey K. Pavlov,
Anja Rösel,
Jean Negrel,
Polona Itkin,
Lana Cohen
et al.:
Science outreach using social media: Oceanography from the lab to the public
Oceanography 2018 DOI
Polona Itkin,
Gunnar Spreen,
Sine Munk Hvidegaard,
Henriette Skourup,
Jeremy Wilkinson,
Sebastian Gerland
et al.:
Contribution of Deformation to Sea Ice Mass Balance: A Case Study From an N-ICE2015 Storm
Geophysical Research Letters 2018 DOI
Anja Rösel,
Polona Itkin,
Jennifer King,
Dmitry V Divine,
Caixin Wang,
Mats A. Granskog
et al.:
Thin Sea Ice, Thick Snow, and Widespread Negative Freeboard Observed During N-ICE2015 North of Svalbard
Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans 2018 DOI
Glen E. Liston,
Christopher M. Polashenski,
Anja Rösel,
Polona Itkin,
Jennifer King,
Ioanna Merkouriadi
et al.:
A distributed snow-evolution model for sea-ice applications (snowmodel)
Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans 2018 DOI
Polona Itkin,
Thomas Krumpen
:
Winter sea ice export from the Laptev Sea preconditions the local summer sea ice cover and fast ice decay
The Cryosphere 2017 DOI
Evgenii Salganik,
Benjamin Lange,
Dmitry Divine,
Polona Itkin,
Christian Katlein,
Mario Hoppmann
et al.:
Snow refreeze as one of the mechanisms of Artic sea ice ridge consolidation
2023
Mats Granskog,
Evgenii Salganik,
Benjamin Lange,
Morven Muilwijk,
Yusuke Kawaguchi,
Marcel Nicolaus
et al.:
New insights on Arctic sea-ice ridges from the MOSAiC expedition – an overview
2023
Jack Christopher Landy,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris,
Malin Johansson,
Yang Zhang,
Polona Itkin,
Torbjørn Eltoft
:
Multi-decadal time series of sea ice type classification in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean retrieved from wide-swath Synthetic Aperture Radar data
2023
Wenkai Guo,
Jack Christopher Landy,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris,
Malin Johansson,
yang zhang,
Polona Itkin
et al.:
Multi-decadal time series of sea ice type classification in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean retrieved from wide-swath Synthetic Aperture Radar data
2023
Amy R. Macfarlane,
Martin Schneebeli,
Ruzica Dadic,
Aikaterini Tavri,
Antonia Immerz,
Chris Polashenski
et al.:
Author Correction: A Database of Snow on Sea Ice in the Central Arctic Collected during the MOSAiC expedition (Scientific Data, (2023), 10, 1, (398), 10.1038/s41597-023-02273-1)
Scientific Data 2023 DOI
Polona Itkin,
Dmitry Divine,
Adam Steer,
Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jenssen
:
On the shoulders of giants
Fram Forum 2022
Wenkai Guo,
Polona Itkin,
Suman Singha,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris,
Malin Johansson,
Gunnar Spreen
:
Sea ice classification of TerraSAR-X ScanSAR images for the MOSAiC expedition incorporating per-class incidence angle dependency of image texture
2022
Wenkai Guo,
Polona Itkin,
Suman Singha,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris,
Malin Johansson,
Gunnar Spreen
:
TerraSAR-X ScanSAR texture-based sea ice classification
2022
Malin Johansson,
Polona Itkin,
Catherine Cecilia A Taelman,
Johannes Lohse,
Jack Christopher Landy,
Andrea Schneider
:
CIRFA science communicated
2022
Polona Itkin
:
Tracking winter floe evolution and sea ice damage from SAR-derived deformation
2022
Sebastian Gerland,
Dmitry Divine,
Mats Granskog,
Polona Itkin,
Malin Johansson,
Adam Steer
et al.:
Coordinated SAR satellite observations, airborne and ground surveys over Arctic sea ice and snow for different seasons
2022
Polona Itkin,
Stefan Hendricks,
Melinda A. Webster,
Marc Oggier,
Matthias Jaggi,
Robert Ricker
et al.:
Magnaprobe snow and melt pond depth measurements from the 2019-2020 MOSAiC expedition
2022 DATA
Stefan Hendricks,
Polona Itkin,
Robert Ricker,
Melinda A. Webster,
Luisa Von Albedyll,
Stefanie Arndt
et al.:
GEM-2 quicklook total thickness measurements from the 2019-2020 MOSAiC expedition
2022 DATA
Martin Ludvigsen,
Philipp Assmy,
Matthew James Samuel Adams,
Marti A. Arumi,
Tore Mo-Bjørkelund,
Yasemin V. Bodur
et al.:
Seasonal cruise Q2 2021: Cruise Report
2022 DATA
Morven Muilwijk,
Arild Sundfjord,
Dmitry V Divine,
Mats A. Granskog,
Till Martin Baumann,
Céline Heuzé
et al.:
Under-ice current and turbulence raw data (Nortek Signature1000 Acoustic Doppler profilers nortek_100098) at Ice Ridge Observatory during MOSAiC expedition
2022 DATA
Polona Itkin,
R&I Top Stories
:
Behind the Scenes’ podcasts dedicated to EU research and innovation. EPISODE 4: A village on ice
10. June 2021 FULLTEKST
Benjamin Lange,
Dmitry Divine,
Mats Granskog,
Polona Itkin,
Jessie Gardner
:
A year in ridged ice – experience from the MOSAiC expedition
Fram Forum 2021
Malin Johansson,
Torbjørn Eltoft,
Suman Singha,
Polona Itkin,
Gunnar Spreen,
Stephen Howell
et al.:
L- and C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar data analysis from the yearlong MOSAiC expedition
2021
Torbjørn Eltoft,
Malin Johansson,
Anthony Paul Doulgeris,
Suman Singha,
Polona Itkin,
Katalin Blix
:
Advancing information extraction on Arctic sea ice using a multi-sensor and multi-temporal integrated approach
2021
Anette Ekin,
Polona Itkin
:
2021: Beyond coronavirus - what’s in store for science in the year ahead?
Horizon The EU Research and Innovation Magazine 04. February 2021 FULLTEKST
Polona Itkin,
Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jenssen,
Dmitry Divine,
Stefan Hendricks,
Melinda Webster,
Robert Ricker
et al.:
Distributed sea ice and snow mass balance ground observations and satellite remote sensing products: how can they benefit from each other?
2021
Wenkai Guo,
Polona Itkin,
Johannes Lohse
:
Cross-platform application of a sea ice classification method considering incidence angle dependency of backscatter intensity and its use in detecting ice deformation
2020
Hanna Maria Kauko,
Mar Fernandez-Mendez,
Amelie Meyer,
Anja Rösel,
Polona Itkin,
Alexey K. Pavlov
et al.:
The Future of the Arctic: What Does It Mean for Sea Ice and Small Creatures?
Frontiers for Young Minds 2020 DOI
Polona Itkin,
Stefan Hendricks,
Robert Ricker,
Marc Oggier,
Matthias Jaggi,
Martin Schneebeli
et al.:
Winter sea ice and snow mass balance from repeated transects in MOSAiC Central Observatory
2020
Anette Ekin,
Polona Itkin
:
A day on the Polarstern: studying climate change up close
27. January 2020 FULLTEKST
Polona Itkin
:
Did you know? – Storms can make Arctic sea ice disappear even faster, EGU Cryospheric Sciences Blog
2019 FULLTEKST
Mats Granskog,
Polona Itkin,
Robert Graham,
Amelie Meyer,
Arild Sundfjord,
Gunnar Spreen
et al.:
Role of winter storms on the evolution of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic
2019
Polona Itkin,
Annu Oikkonen,
Gunnar Spreen,
Jari Haapala,
Anton Korosov
:
Bridging measurements of sea ice deformation
2019
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Research interests
sea ice drift and deformation