Earth Observation Technology Cluster's presentations and publications
Introducing remote sensing to undergraduate polar scientists
One of the objectives from the hugely successful Summer School for Polar Scientists, held at the University of Reading in July 2011, was that the summer school participants would work in groups and produce the following presentations to introduce remote sensing to undergraduates:
• Remote Sensing for Polar Scientists and corresponding Notes for Presenters;
• Remote Sensing in Antartica and Notes for Presenters;
• Changes in the cryosphere and Notes for Presenters;
• Snow processes and Notes for Presenters; and
• Glacier change detection and Notes for Presenters.
You are very welcome to use these presentations to 'spread the word' about remote sensing to a wider audience.
Cluster presentations at RSPSoc 2011
Paul Aplin described Recent Developments with the five themes of the NERC Earth Observation Technology Cluster.
Niko Galiatsatos summarised achievements to date and future plans in his presentation "NERC Earth Observation Technology Cluster – UAV Theme".
The other Cluster presentations will be here soon.
Suave Aerial Photographers, September 2011
Greg Colley, Suave Aerial Photographers, demonstrates that with the increased use of UAVs and cheaper software, photogrammetry is becoming more widely available, in his presentation 'Best Practice in the use of UAV and low-cost software for photogrammetric surveys of heritage sites'.
UAV Special Interest Group, University of Durham, July 2011
You can read a full meeting report here and the presentations are listed below.
Dr Paul Aplin introduced The NERC Earth Observation Technology Cluster.
Dr Andrea Laliberte's Keynote Address was 'Rangeland monitoring using imagery from an unmanned aerial vehicles'.
Dr Pablo Zarco-Tejada gave a talk on 'Imaging spectrometry instrumentation for vegetation monitoring'.
Dr John Ferguson gave 'A talk on 'Micro-Hyperspec systems'.
Prof. Daniel Donoghue and Dr Robert Content described 'A novel microslice hyperspectral imager'.
The RSPSoc Annual Lecture was delivered by Dr Pablo Zarco-Tajada was titled 'High resolution hyperspectral and thermal remote sensing from UAV platforms for stress detection and vegetation monitoring'.
Summer School for Polar Scientists, University of Reading, July 2011
You can read a full meeting report here.
Circumpolar Remote Sensing Workshop, September 2010
Over 30 students and researchers participated in the Circumpolar Remote Sensing Workshop, supported by the Earth Observation Technology Cluster, and organised under the UK Polar Network (UKPN) initiative. It was held at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK, on 20th September 2010.
The day featured a range of sessions including:
• Freely Available GIS and Remote Sensing Resources for Polar Research;
• Innovation in Imaging Antarctica,
• Airborne LiDAR for Glaciology;
• Real-time Reception and Analysis of Satellite Data;
• Remote Sensing to Address Mapping Needs for Environmental Management in Antarctica; and
• Ice Shelf Retreat in Antarctica.
You can look at the PDF and video recordings of the day’s presentations at the UKPN website.
In addition, five (enthusiastic!) panellists from universities, research institutes, and a remote sensing consultancy also sat on a career discussion panel to help attendees answer questions about moving forward in their journey from the beginning to more experienced. They stressed the importance of building your skill-set throughout your career, making connections in your research community, and always making sure to have fun and play with your data.
Many thanks to our presenters and panellists: Fiona Danks, Ken Dean, Adrian Fox, Peter Fretwell, Colin Harris, Hamish Pritchard, and Gareth Rees.
We would very much like to thank our supporters: the Earth Observation Technology Cluster, Environmental Research & Assessment, and the 11th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium. The UKPN is the UK branch of the international organisation Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS).
Allen Pope, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.
The Cluster's kick-off meeting, May 2010
The Kick-Off meeting for the Earth Observation Technology Cluster was held at The Geological Society, Burlington House, London on 5th May 2010. It was held in conjunction with the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society's (RSPSoc) one-day conference on Remote Sensing and the Carbon Cycle.
Dr. Paul Aplin, the Cluster Co-ordinator, chaired the meeting and introduced the scope of the cluster. Dr. Bill Eason, NERC Science and Innovation Manager for Earth Observation, Technologies and Solar and Terrestrial Physics, described the NERC Technologies Theme. This was followed by individual presentations outlining each of the five themes from the five Theme Co-ordinators. The meeting was concluded with a presentation from Andrew Kingdon, British Geological Survey, who described another cluster, Informatec, also funded under the NERC Technology Clusters Programme. The aim of Informatec is to stimulate knowledge exchange in the field of data, models and informatics.
You can access the meeting programme and individual presentations below:
Meeting Programme
NERC Technologies Theme by Dr. Bill Eason, NERC Science and Innovation Manager for Earth Observation, Technologies and Solar and Terrestrial Physics).
Earth Observation Technology Cluster by Dr. Paul Aplin, University of Nottingham.
Low-Altitude UAV Earth Observation by Prof. Daniel Donoghue, University of Durham.
LiDAR:net by Dr. Nicholas Tate, University of Leicester.
Field-Based Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy by Dr. Graham Ferrier, University of Hull.
Hyper-Temporal Observation by Dr. Doreen Boyd, University of Nottingham.
Circumpolar and Cryospheric Earth Observation by Allen Pope, Scott Polar Research Institute and UK Polar Network.
Informatec Technology Cluster by Andrew Kingdon, British Geological Survey.
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