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Deforestation monitoring using Sentinel-1 data
Due to the precautions taken by Romanian authorities in order to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, this event will be held online.
This training is organized jointly by RUS Copernicus, University of Bucharest and the Eyes on Earth Roadshow and will be presented as online hands-on training using RUS Virtual Machines. During this training, we will employ RUS to monitor on-going deforestation over the Chaco region in the north of Paraguay using Ground Range Detected (GRD) products from the Sentinel-1 satellite.
We will show you how to access the RUS Service and how to download, process, analyse and visualize the free data acquired by the Copernicus satellites.
Backgroud
Forests cover almost a third of world's land surface, representing one of the most important ecosystem in our planet and a fundamental element to fight climate change. They provide fundamental ecosystem services such as absorbing, storing and converting carbon dioxide (C02) into oxygen or reducing the effect of erosion caused by wind and rain amongst other. Moreover, forests create natural habitat to a large variegate of flora and fauna species hence preserving global biodiversity.
Rapid shrinking of forest creates a major threat and increases the effects of climate change. Every year, large forested areas are cleared out all over the world due to different driving forces and precise monitoring of these activities is required to reduce their negative impact.
The Copernicus program, which includes a new family of earth observation satellites known as the Sentinels, provides a unique opportunity to quickly map the ever-changing forests and provide regular updates on their condition at a range of spatial and temporal resolutions.
Schedule
10:00 - 14:00 EET
10:00 - 10:15 RUS Copernicus introduction
10:15 - 11:15 Demonstration of deforestation monitoring with Sentinel-1 , Case Study: Paraguay
11:50 - 13:30 Time to repeat the exercise on your own (Live Chat support) and have lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Live Q&A session
Information on accessing the live sessions and chat will be sent by e-mail.
Training date
Monday 23rd of March 2020
Location
Faculty of Geography of the University of BucharestBulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 1, București 010041, Romania