We are honored to announce the EarthDEM team was recognized for the Best Academic / Government Collaboration in this year’s HPCWire Editors’ Choice Awards at the 2019 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC19) in Denver,…
…the University of Minnesota. “The continued operation of Blue Waters brings the dream of a global high-resolution digital surface model closer to reality.” ArticleS https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/229799.html http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/news/story/ncsa_collaborates_with_nga_to_create_the_worlds_most_powerful_geospatial_sy https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2019/08/05/supercomputers-will-start-building-a-3-d-map-of-the-world/ https://www.news-gazette.com/news/ui-s-blue-waters-supercomputer-gets-m-grant-to-create/article_2a390805-9457-5717-ab35-4d9c2892a580.html overview ArcticDEM and REMA projects are constructed from hundreds of thousands…
PGC News & Announcements: June 14, 2019 Missed out on the newsletter via email? Sign up here! PGC Welcomes Shane Loeffler We would like to extend a warm welcome to Shane Loeffler, our newest staff member. He brings a dynamic…
PGC News & Announcements: March 15, 2019 Missed out on the newsletter via email? Sign up here! Claire Porter Wins NOAA David Johnson Award The PGC is proud to announce Claire Porter is the recipient of the NOAA David Johnson…
…developing high-resolution continental-wide elevation mapping is a powerful new resource for science in a rapidly changing world. Article https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/665/2019/ Citation Howat, I. M., Porter, C., Smith, B. E., Noh, M.-J., and Morin, P.: The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, The…
Position Available: Cartographer / GIS Web Developer – Filled!
…requests. The Polar Geospatial Center is primarily supported by the National Science Foundation, and plays a key role in the international polar geospatial data network through collaborations with external academic institutions, government contractors and federal facilities. For more information please…
…entire ArcticDEM domain was re-mosaicked to 2-meter resolution and covers just over 10% of the planet. There are now over 260,000 total 2-meter time-stamped DEMs that amount to nearly 160 million km2 and 200 TB. The Arctic is now covered…
…2014–15 eruption of Bárðarbunga volcano, Iceland. We will also present several newly discovered landslides, such as the slow-moving landslide in Barry Arm, Alaska, and the 2017 Kinnikinnick Landslide in Alaska. This pioneering research demonstrates the capability of ArcticDEM for measuring…
PGC maintains a list of external (non-PGC) polar satellite imagery resources….
Student Position Available: Graduate Research Assistant (Spring 2024) — Filled!
…a helpful Graduate Assistant Brochure, and Graduate Assistant Employment resource page, covering Tuition Benefits, Employment Benefits, and the Graduate Assistant Health Plan. Graduate students do not receive paid vacation. This is a 50% 2024 Academic Year and 50-100% 2024 Summer…