Geosciences
Introduction to Remote Sensing for Geology and Ground Movements
Learn about remote sensing applications in the geosciences and environment: data acquisition principles, and digital image processing and interpretation.
Overview
About the programme
Learn about remote sensing applications in the geosciences and environment: data acquisition principles, and digital image processing and interpretation.
Duration
3 days
Training hours
21 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Understand the basic principles of remote sensing.
- Interpret different types of remote sensing data.
- Use remote sensing terminology and take part in discussions with specialists.
Content
What the programme covers
Principles of remote sensing
- Observation and data acquisition systems: aerial photography, digital, airborne and satellite scanners, and multispectral and hyperspectral sensors.
- Basics of orbits, revisit frequency and pointing, spectral and spatial resolution and swath width, and the basics of spectral unmixing.
- The main space-based Earth observation programmes, stereoscopy and the production of digital elevation models.
Digital image processing
- Geometric and radiometric pre-processing and atmospheric corrections.
- Dynamic stretching, filtering, principal component analysis and spectral analysis.
- Supervised and unsupervised classification, and combining remote sensing data with external data such as elevation models and geophysics.
- 3D topography: SfM photogrammetry and lidar, and synthetic aperture radar and interferometry.
The scope of remote sensing
- Geological mapping, mining exploration, and mining and post-mining environments.
- Practical workshop.
Who for
Target audience
Engineers and technicians who wish to learn about remote sensing, and staff of government agencies and consultancies.
Method
How it is delivered
Presentations and a computer-based image processing workshop.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.