SIOS held an online training course on how to effectively use remote sensing data acquired from satellites, from the air or from the ground, and their associated tools and software in the context of terrestrial research in Svalbard in autumn 2020. Below you will find video recordings of the lectures given during this course.
AVAILABLE LECTURES
Monday, 31 August 2020
09:45 - 10:45 AM - Lecture 1: Terrestrial Photography I (Dr. Roberto Salzano) - Video
02:15 - 03:15 PM - Lecture 2: Terrestrial Photography II (Dr. Roberto Salzano) - Video
Tuesday, 01 September 2020
09:00 - 11:30 AM - Lecture 3 & 4: Close range photogrammetry I & 2 (Dr. Luc Girod) - Video
03:00 - 04:00 PM - Lecture 5: Europe’s Eyes on Svalbard through the Copernicus Programme (Dr. Conrad Bielski) - Video
Wednesday, 02 September 2020
09:00 - 11:30 AM - Lecture 6 & 7: Drones and their applications in Svalbard I & II (Dr. Richard Hann) - Video
Thursday, 03 September 2020
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM - Lectures 8-11: Terrestrial vegetation applications (Dr. Hans Tømmervik) - Video
Friday, 04 September 2020
09:00 - 11:30 AM - Lecture 12 &13: Satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) I & II (Dr. Tom Rune Lauknes) - Video
02:30 - 03:30 PM - Lecture 14: Measuring the surface temperatures of the earth from space (Dr. Darren Ghent) - Video
For more information, please contact Shridhar Jawak (remotesensing@sios-svalbard.org).
- GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
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Goal of the training
The goal of the course is to teach participants the basic skills needed to work independently to acquire, analyse and visualize terrestrial data sets derived from a variety of close to very long-range sources.
Objectives
Many field scientists, from SIOS member institutions, have been working on research projects which would greatly benefit from the addition of a richer set of remote sensing viewpoints. However, they may lack the necessary training required to make easy but effective use of freely available data sets, tools, and software, as well as to plan and execute research-grade field remote sensing acquisitions. Ph.D. students from SIOS member institutions who are about to begin careers using remote sensing as an integral part of their research projects can also benefit from this training course.
Topics covered during the training
The training course will include lectures and hands-on sessions focusing on:
- Overview of the range of methods included in the term remote sensing
- Different sensor types (optical, multispectral, thermal, RADAR, LiDAR, etc.)
- Different platform types including handheld/ground (e.g. time-lapse camera, airborne (drone, planes), and satellites
- Overview of available free open-source satellite data (Copernicus satellite and other) and tools that can be used for remote sensing in terrestrial environments of Svalbard
- Examples of applications on glaciers, permafrost processes, snow modelling, terrestrial biology, wildlife monitoring, and more.
Teachers and speakers
- Hans Tømmervik, NINA
- Roberto Salzano, CNR
- Lars Eklundh, Lund University
- Luc Girod, University of Oslo
- Richard Hann, UNIS/NTNU
- Tom Rune Lauknes, NORCE
- Darren Ghent, University of Leicester
- Conrad Bielski, Eoxplore
- Rasmus Erlandsson, NINA
- Dariusz Ignatiuk, SIOS-KC
- Shridhar Jawak, SIOS-KC
Target audience
Anyone from terrestrial field scientists, Ph.D. students, researchers and technicians with limited or incomplete knowledge of remote sensing techniques.
- Overview of the range of methods included in the term remote sensing
