Flood Mapping Using SAR in QGIS

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Session Agenda - Training Day 3

Date: 23 February 2023 Instructor: José (Pepe) Ochoa

Contact information: em-trainings@sig-gis.com

Time Topics
09:00 - 09:45
  • Welcome and set-up check
  • Flood events overview
  • Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing for flood monitoring and mapping
  • Remote sensing overview: how data is collected and stored, spatial and temporal resolution, key satellites and sensors
09:45 - 11:00
  • Relevant satellite sources for flood monitoring and management
  • Optical flood monitoring
  • RADAR & SAR flood monitoring
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00
  • Practice Session:
  • Exercise 1: Mapping surface water using SAR data with QGIS
  • Exercise 2-challenge: SMAP Microwave Radiometer & Radar
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00
  • Morning recap
  • Review of HYDRAfloods

Pre-requisites

You need to have QGIS installed in your computer


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