Climate AI Nordics

Climate AI Nordics

Nordic network for collaborations around tackling climate change using AI and machine learning.

Doctoral student in environmental science

Lund University has an open PhD position for a doctoral student in environmental science. The project is integrated within the larger interdisciplinary project BIOSPACE.

We are looking for a candidate with a master’s degree in environmental sciences, geography, ecology, agricultural sciences, or other relevant areas. The doctoral student will combine remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and analyses of empirical ecological datasets to develop and implement monitoring of grassland management and its effects on flowering plant and pollinator diversity at a regional scale.

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Featured paper: Separating the Albedo-Reducing Effect of Snow Impurities Using Machine Learning

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This study presents an AI-driven inversion framework that uses a deep-learning emulator of a radiative transfer model to estimate snow albedo and quantify the impact of light-absorbing particles (LAPs) such as dust, black carbon, and algae. Trained on 5.8 million simulations, the method accelerates computations by 30× while maintaining accuracy, enabling large-scale mapping from drone or satellite data. Applied to field observations, it revealed strong but variable LAP effects on albedo and complex interactions between multiple impurities, offering a powerful tool for improving melt forecasts and climate projections.

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