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Virtual Training Workshop on Earth Observation Applications in Agriculture & Forestry

Virtual Training Workshop on Earth Observation Applications in Agriculture & Forestry

The NCRA Agricultural Robotics Lab and the Center for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT), LUMS in collaboration with the Institute of Space and Technology (IST) is organizing a four-week training workshop on “Earth Observation Applications in Agriculture and Forestry”. The delivery mode of this workshop is virtual.

August 17, 2020 to September 12, 2020

Time:

9:00 am

Online

Estimates and forecasts of crop type mapping, yield estimation, forest carbon stock dynamics, tree species mapping, time series analysis of forest- Deforestation, and forest degradation and time series analysis of agriculture – Phenology, are of critical importance to policymakers for the planning of agricultural production, monitoring of food supply and management of forest resources. The importance of agriculture and forests for a country like Pakistan is significant and well known. The satellite remote sensing applications in forestry offer great advantages and can lead to better monitoring, planning and management of forest resources in the country. The operational use of satellite-based open source information to monitor climate, crops and forests at daily to seasonal scales along with models for integrated analysis, provides cost effective means to support decision making process.

Date: August 17, 2020
Duration: 4 Weeks
Hours: 2.5 Hours / Days: 2 days a week
Total Hours: 20 Hours

Workshop Objectives:
This workshop aims to train professionals from relevant institutions on satellite data analysis for agriculture and forest monitoring. In addition, this training will provide knowledge on theoretical foundations of optical remote sensing and microwave Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data analysis, with hands-on practice in relevant satellite data analysis by utilising Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud computing platform, ESA Sentinel Applications Platform (SNAP), and other related software. The training is also expected to initiate and foster further training by the workshop participants to promote institutional capacities in use of Earth Observation technologies for the agriculture & forest sector.

Training Resource Person:
Dr. Waqas Qazi (Assistant Professor- IST, Islamabad)
Dr. Hammad Gilani (Assistant Professor- IST, Islamabad)
Mr. Salar Saeed (Research Associate- NARL LUMS)
Mr. Muhammad Usman Qadeer (Research Assistant- NARL LUMS)

Guest Speakers:
Dr. Murtaza Taj (Assistant Professor- LUMS)
Dr. Ahmad Khan (Remote Sensing Scientist- GLAD Lab USA)

Registration
Interested applicants should complete the online registration by August 12, 2020. To register please click here

The registration fees are as follows:

Payment

Registration Fee per participant
Industry	PKR 15,000
Public Sector/Academia/NGOs	PKR 10,000
Student	PKR 3,000
Students (Group of 5)	PKR 1,500

Registration payment should be in the form of a Bank draft on the name of “Lahore University of Management Sciences”. The deadline for the payment is August 14, 2020. Please send your pay order on the following address:

Mr. Soban Hameed
WIT Center, LUMS University
Opposite sector U, DHA, Lahore

Contact

For more details, please contact
Soban Hameed, Admin Manager
WIT, LUMS
Email: soban.hameed@lums.edu.pk
Phone: +92 332 4495057

Add to Calendar 2020-08-17 09:00:00 2020-09-13 17:00:00 Virtual Training Workshop on Earth Observation Applications in Agriculture & Forestry Estimates and forecasts of crop type mapping, yield estimation, forest carbon stock dynamics, tree species mapping, time series analysis of forest- Deforestation, and forest degradation and time series analysis of agriculture – Phenology, are of critical importance to policymakers for the planning of agricultural production, monitoring of food supply and management of forest resources. The importance of agriculture and forests for a country like Pakistan is significant and well known. The satellite remote sensing applications in forestry offer great advantages and can lead to better monitoring, planning and management of forest resources in the country. The operational use of satellite-based open source information to monitor climate, crops and forests at daily to seasonal scales along with models for integrated analysis, provides cost effective means to support decision making process. Date: August 17, 2020 Duration: 4 Weeks Hours: 2.5 Hours / Days: 2 days a week Total Hours: 20 Hours Workshop Objectives: This workshop aims to train professionals from relevant institutions on satellite data analysis for agriculture and forest monitoring. In addition, this training will provide knowledge on theoretical foundations of optical remote sensing and microwave Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data analysis, with hands-on practice in relevant satellite data analysis by utilising Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud computing platform, ESA Sentinel Applications Platform (SNAP), and other related software. The training is also expected to initiate and foster further training by the workshop participants to promote institutional capacities in use of Earth Observation technologies for the agriculture & forest sector. Training Resource Person: Dr. Waqas Qazi (Assistant Professor- IST, Islamabad) Dr. Hammad Gilani (Assistant Professor- IST, Islamabad) Mr. Salar Saeed (Research Associate- NARL LUMS) Mr. Muhammad Usman Qadeer (Research Assistant- NARL LUMS) Guest Speakers: Dr. Murtaza Taj (Assistant Professor- LUMS) Dr. Ahmad Khan (Remote Sensing Scientist- GLAD Lab USA) Registration Interested applicants should complete the online registration by August 12, 2020. To register please click here The registration fees are as follows: Payment Registration Fee per participant Industry PKR 15,000 Public Sector/Academia/NGOs PKR 10,000 Student PKR 3,000 Students (Group of 5) PKR 1,500 Registration payment should be in the form of a Bank draft on the name of “Lahore University of Management Sciences”. The deadline for the payment is August 14, 2020. Please send your pay order on the following address: Mr. Soban Hameed WIT Center, LUMS University Opposite sector U, DHA, Lahore Contact For more details, please contact Soban Hameed, Admin Manager WIT, LUMS Email: soban.hameed@lums.edu.pk Phone: +92 332 4495057 Online LUMS Drupal 8 adil.sarwar@lums.edu.pk Asia/Karachi public

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