= Project planning =

Accompanying to the lecture the project of the summer term will be prepared. This will be done in different phases:

 * Collection of ideas, writing of short project drafts
 * '''12.1.2008''' Presentation of project drafts to the group; first evaluation and selection of best (2-3) ideas
 * Further elaboration on the selected ideas (goals, workplan, methods on 2-3 pages) in teamwork
 * '''2.2.2008''' Second evaluation and selection of one project idea (discussion and anonymous questionaire)
 * Selection of project leader and assistant

= Project phases =

 * Definition (analysis, participants, coarse planning)
 * Planning (subgoals, milestones, methods, assignment of of workpackages)
 * Implementation/realization (software development, documentation, test)
 * Conclusion (report, evaluation)

== Project evaluation criteria ==

 * Importance of question
 * Chance of success
 * Availability of data
 * Adequateness of methods
 * Reference to content of teaching
 
== Examples from the past ==

=== Sea ice drift ===
Project leader: Dennis Brüning

Derivation of the sea ice motion field from high resolution satellite image (ASAR) pairs

 * http://wiki.zmaw.de/clim/ProjektBericht

=== Sea ice thickness ===
Project leader: Marketa Pokorna

Combination of ICESAT laser altimeter measurements with ASAR images. The project aim was to answer the question if the sea ice thickness can be inferred from the backscattered radar signal.

 * http://wiki.zmaw.de/lehre/SatelliteImageAnalysis/Projektwoche

=== Chlorophyll ===
Project leader: Bente Tiedje

The aim of this project was to compare satellite measurements of chlorophyll with results from an ecosystem model

 * http://wiki.zmaw.de/lehre/SiaChlorophyllProjekt