Satellite data: a critical element of modern weather forecasting

Satellite data: a critical element of modern weather forecasting

Hosted by Agnes Lane, Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Gain an insight into Australian Bureau of Meteorology satellite products and hear BoM scientists discuss analysis and forecasting using new generation EO from space, as well as satellite observations for space weather forecasting.

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Understanding fire in the Australian landscape

Understanding fire in the Australian landscape

Hosted by Dr Andrew Edwards, Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research, Charles Darwin University.

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.

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Accessing and Using the Copernicus Australasia Data Hub

Accessing and Using the Copernicus Australasia Data Hub

Hosted by Earth Observation Australia in partnership with FrontierSI and on behalf of Geoscience Australia

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.

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Australian Geoscience Data Cube

Australian Geoscience Data Cube

Presented by Alexis McIntyre
Geoscience Australia

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Abstract

Would you like to know more about how to access and use the Australian Geoscience Data Cube (AGDC)? The Australian Geoscience Data Cube provides an integrated gridded data analysis environment for decades of analysis ready earth observation satellite, and related data from multiple satellite and other acquisition systems. It hosts the Australian Landsat Archive and other national Earth Observation collections, alongside access to gridded datasets such as rainfall and elevation.

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Accessing AusCover Data Webinar

Accessing AusCover Data Webinar

Presented by Peter Scarth
Joint Remote Sensing Research Program

Thursday, 21 July, 2016

Abstract

This webinar will give several examples using direct access using opendap on thredds and gdal/rasterio on thredds and http where you'll be able to query and directly interact with Landsat, MODIS and Himawari datasets in both iPython notebooks and in GIS packages. By the end of the webinar, you’ll be able to discover some of the many data sets openly available on the NCI and query them using web services.

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