Australia’s role in Calibrating and Validating Earth Observations from ground sites
Event Details
- Date:
- Wednesday, 03 July 2024
- Time:
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location:
- Zoom Webinar
- URL:
- https://uqz.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jtgr7lGURBONVYu4PiWt8Q
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- TERN
- Phone:
- 0733659097
- Email:
- tern@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Have you ever thought about what would happen if the supply of on-ground monitoring data required for calibration and validation of Earth Observation (EO) data is ‘turned off’ by the country that provides it?
In Australia, the use of images collected from satellites, aircraft and uncrewed airborne systems to produce maps of features of the surface of the earth underpins economic activity worth many billion dollars of per year. EO data are used in many applications ranging from daily weather prediction, supporting agricultural production, biosecurity and environmental monitoring. For Australia’s environmental monitoring responsibilities alone, which extend well beyond the Australian landmass to its oceans and outlying territories, information can often only be cost-effectively gathered by using EO data from satellites.
What many people don’t realise is that the world’s Earth Observation data are reliant on the instruments, surveys and standard protocols used by agencies such as TERN and its counterpart environmental observatories around the world. The contextual, site-based data from TERN, IMOS and similar observatories ensures information coming from satellites etc is an accurate representation of what’s happening on the ground.
This webinar highlights the respected role of Australia in supporting the world’s space agencies to deliver verifiable satellite imagery data, the breadth of expertise, sensors and sites that are critical in ensuring that world-wide data products are accurate and reliable for Australia and beyond, and the emerging technologies that are helping to bridge the data gap between sites and satellites.
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