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SUMMARY:SELPER/CEOS WGCapD Training Course – Remote Sensing Applications to Floods\, Droughts\, fires\, and landslides (Spanish)
DESCRIPTION:The application deadline is 20th May 2023. Register HERE. \nThis is a training course on the use of satellite data for floods\, droughts\, wildfires\, and landslide applications. Note that the course will be mainly in Spanish with some parts in English. \nThe Mexico Chapter of the Sociedad Latinoamericana en Percepción Remota y Sistemas de Informatión Espacial (SELPER) and the Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WG CapD) of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) are organizing the course. It is co-organised by the European Space Agency (ESA)\, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)\, the Italian Space Agency (ASI)\, the comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE) representing the WGCapD\, and the Universidad Autónoma de Noevo León (UANL) through the School of Civil Engineering and the Department of Geomatics representing SELPER. The course instructors will also come from institutions from Latin America (Mexico Campus of CRECTE-ALC\, CONABIO\, Unviersidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM)\, Universidad de Guanajuato\, Instituto Alexander Humboldt\, Colombia. \nProgramme: \nThe course is a re-run of the October 2022 SELPER/WGCapD EO training course with some updated elements. The course will focus the following topics: \n\nFundamentals of satellite remote sensing.\nFrom where and how to download satellite data.\nSatellite Earth Observation in detecting droughts\, fires\, and landslides.\nUse of optical and radar data in floods and droughts applications.\nMapping of flooded areas using Sentinel-1 data.\nTools including QGIS\, SNAP\, and Google Earth Engine.\nSAOCOM satellite data and its potential applications.\nInsights towards disaster management in Latin America.\n\nParticipants: \nThe course is aimed at professionals from institutions with disaster management\, civil protection\, or urban development functions\, university researchers and students\, individuals from professional societies and associations of the Latin American and Caribbean region. \nApplicants should be familiar with the use of satellite images. \nThe course will require participants to supply and use their own laptop. For the practical exercises\, the laptop should fulfil the following minimum requirements: a two-core processor or better\, 8GB of RAM\, free hard drive space\, a good internet connection. \nThe number of participants will be limited. \nImportant information and registration: \nThe course will be in English and Spanish. \nThe course will be offered in hybrid from 31 May – 2 June\, 2023. The course can be attended online using Microsoft Teams\, or in person at the Institute of Civil Engineering in Monterrey\, Mexico.  \nThe application deadline is 20th May 2023. \n  \nFor more information\, and to apply for the course: Click here!\n
URL:https://eo4society.esa.int/event/eo-training-selper-may-2023/
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