Understanding fire in the Australian landscape

Date: 12 December 2019

This special webinar was developed to explore the very topical issue of fire in the Australian landscape. It looks at how earth observation and remote sensing can be used to understand fire severity and extent, and EO and remote sensing's important role in fire management.

Host: Dr Andrew Edwards, Centre for Bushfire Research, Flinders University.

Presenters:

• Dr Andrew Edwards

  • introduction and data sets available for research.

• Dr Marta Yebra, Australian National University

  • Remote Sensing Contributions to Bushfire Science and Management.

• Phil McKenna, University of Queensland (UQ)

  • Planet, Drone and dNDVI/dNBR Fire Severity Mapping.

• Dr Leo Hardtke, Qld Department of Environment and Science & UQ

  • Operational Fire Extent Mapping with Sentinel-2.

Slide presentation

Accessing and using the Copernicus Australasia Data Hub

Date: 19 October 2019

The Copernicus Australasia Regional Data Hub is an amazing resource for anyone needing Sentinel satellite data for Australasia, the South Pacific or Australia’s Antarctic Territory. Its open, fast, trusted and reliable satellite data can be accessed without cost.

This webinar explains the multiple ways to access and download data from the hub, including:

• Sentinel Australasia Regional Access (SARA) map-based GUISARA python API for advanced users

• NCI’s THREDDS server

• directly through the NCI’s file system for registered NCI users.

Host: Earth Observation Australia in partnership with FrontierSI and on behalf of Geoscience Australia

Presenters:

• Jessica Keysers, Frontier SI

• Caitlin Adams, Frontier SI

• Alla Metlenko, Geoscience Australia

• Mike Peters, Geoscience Australia.

Slide presentation

Other information:

• Copernicus Australasia training material

• Copernicus Links & Resources