July 13, 2021 - April 6, 2022

TUE 13

July 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Spatial Enhancement of Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery

Virtual

Remote sensing technology has undeniable importance in various industrial applications. Some of which include mineral exploration, plant detection, defect detection in aerospace and shipbuilding, and optical gas imaging, to name a few. Remote sensing technology has been continuously evolvi...

TUE 7

September 7, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Remote Sensing of Soil Salinity in the UAE

Virtual

Soil salinity, whether natural or human induced, is a major geo-hazard in arid and semi-arid landscapes. In agricultural lands, it negatively affects plant growth, crop yields, whereas in semi-arid and arid non-agricultural areas it affects urban structures due to subsidence, corrosion and...

TUE 21

September 21, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS to Flood and Rainwater Harvesting

Virtual

The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will have positive and negative impacts on the people living downstream. Among possible impacts is the probability of flooding of human settlements along the Blue Nile. Reduction of water level is also a possible adverse effect...

TUE 5

October 5, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Applications of Remote Sensing to Air Quality Monitoring

Virtual

Air pollution has always been considered a major problem worldwide. The formation of air pollutants depends upon the sources of their precursors whether natural or anthropogenic. The level of air pollution, and therefore a measure of air quality, is derived from measurement of concentratio...

TUE 19

October 19, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm +04

Geospatial Multicriteria Analysis for Earthquake Risk Assessment: Case Study over Fujairah, UAE

Virtual

A clear understanding of the spatial distribution of earthquake events facilitates the prediction of seismicity and vulnerability amongst researchers in the social, physical, environmental, and demographic aspects. Generally, there are few studies on seismic risk assessment in UAE within t...

TUE 2

November 2, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Exploring Land use/land cover change and Flooding Risks using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

Virtual

This study was conducted to investigate the spatiotemporal changes of land use/land cover (LULC) along the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over a 20-year period using an integration of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems techniques. The impact of land use chan...

TUE 16

November 16, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Earth Observation Products and Services: From Concepts to Applications and Beyond

Virtual

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) is integral to the strategic initiative put in place by the Dubai government to inspire scientific innovation, technological advancement, and to advance sustainable development in the United Arab Emirates. Products and services offered by the MB...

TUE 30

November 30, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Spatio-temporal Forest Fire Monitoring using Spatial-statistical and Geo-spatial Analysis of Factors Determining Forest Fire in Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan

Virtual

The spatio-temporal changes in burnt area were identified using Landsat satellite data and modeling was used to predict the fire ignition and size distribution daily and yearly. Forest fire ignition models are effective ways to predict and classify drivers for ignition probability across b...

WED 23

February 23, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

The Digital Twin Project

Virtual

The GIS center at Dubai municipality aims to provide a digital twin of Dubai, which is a digital replica of the city of Dubai in the form of two-dimensional and three-dimensional maps containing all assets, structures and features, starting from the macro level of the land master plans and...

WED 2

March 2, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Uncertainties of Satellite-Derived Coastal Water Quality Products

Virtual

Monitoring coastal water quality is important and the sea surface temperature is one of the key parameters of water quality. It plays a significant role in studying climate change and oceanic environmental processes. SST has always been measured with buoys and thermometers in the field and...

WED 16

March 16, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Observing Earth Climate and Weather from Space

Virtual

Earth observations are nowadays key tools for a better understanding of the climate and weather patterns in different regions around the globe. In this webinar, I will discuss the significant contribution of Earth Observations from space towards unravelling several phenomena and allow scie...

WED 6

April 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am +04

Recent Advances in Spectral Unmixing for Hyperspectral Imagery

Virtual

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) systems collect image data simultaneously in hundreds of narrow, adjacent spectral bands. Hyperspectral remote sensing is used in a wide array of applications such as agriculture, mineralogy, surveillance, etc.In HSI, the observed radiation represented from a si...