Malin Johansson

Malin Johansson is an Associate Professor and Group Leader of the Earth Observation group at the Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Her research connects remote sensing with numerical modeling and in-situ data to advance understanding of Arctic sea ice properties, environmental monitoring (oil spills, harmful algae blooms), and multi-frequency SAR observations. She teaches courses like FYS-1009 (Climate and Environmental Monitoring), FYS-3001 (Physics of Remote Sensing), and FYS-3023 (Applied Remote Sensing).

• Research Focus:
  • Arctic sea ice dynamics using SAR and optical imagery
  • Environmental risk assessment (oil spills, algae blooms)
  • Climate-ice-ocean interactions
  • Machine learning for SAR data analysis
• Article Trends: Her recent work emphasizes multi-decadal SAR analysis of Arctic sea ice types, Lagrangian drift prediction for environmental hazards, cross-polar comparisons of ice classification methods, and incidence angle modeling for SAR calibration.
• Students:
  • Truls Karlsen (Multi-Frequency Sea Ice Observations)
  • Jakub Petříček (Permafrost Remote Sensing)
• Labs/Teams: Leads the Earth Observation group at UiT, collaborating with international institutions on projects like INTERAAC (Norway-China) and MOSAiC expeditions.