Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends,
There will be many
exciting environmental events taking place in February and throughout
the Spring term. I hope to include the details for these myriad events
in my weekly calendar emails, but occasionally will be sending out
additional emails like this one to highlight a certain opportunity.
The following
announcement is for a GIS and Remote Sensing Workshop that the Center
for the Environment is co-sponsoring with the Harvard Center for
Geographical Analysis and the Sigma Xi Harvard Chapter. This free
workshop is aimed at educating anyone interested in the use and
applicability of GIS and Remote Sensing as research tools, with a
special focus on Harvard's capabilities and services. I hope that some
of you are able to take advantage of this opportunity.
Kindly,
Jenny MacGregor
Events and Publications Coordinator
Harvard University Center for the Environment
We have all
seen beautiful images of the earth from space, and detailed photos of
cities taken
from airplanes. As of today, many different satellites are orbiting the
earth, mounted
with diverse sensors. Countless aircrafts have flown, or can be
scheduled to
fly, along designated paths, to take conventional or specialty pictures
of the
earth surface. Both space-borne and airborne sensors can cover a wide
range of
electromagnetic spectrum, generating enormous amounts of valuable data.
Applications
of such remotely sensed data are diverse. Examples include wild fire
monitoring,
crops production estimation, weather forecasting, urban sprawl trend
detection,
and many more.
Come join us to learn
more about GIS and remote sensing
technology, and possible applications to your areas of teaching and
research:
-
Hear an overview of this dynamic
discipline from
Professor John Jensen, Carolina Distinguished Professor;
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See how Harvard faculties and scientists
use remote
sensing technology in their research fields, including public health,
ecology
and environmental studies, archaeology and history;
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Learn the commonly used remote sensing
data types and
sources from a NASA scientist;
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Participate in a discussion on how the
Center for
Geographic Analysis may better serve the Harvard user community; and
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Take away reading materials about public
and
commercial services on remote sensing data, image analysis software,
and
consultation.
-- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883