Environmental Monitoring and Impact Assessment using Satellite Remote Sensing & Ground based Techniques
Course Objectives
• Create better understanding of environmental issues and climate change processes
• Enhance capabilities of participants to make use of satellite data for environmental monitoring and climate change related issues.
• Exchange information for mitigation of environmental degradation and adaptation to climate change.
Course Contents
The following topics will be covered during the course:
• Environmental issues in Pakistan.
• Satellite & Ground-based Environmental Monitoring
• Climate Change impacts in Pakistan
• Identifying Sources & Sinks of Pollutants
• Introduction to Satellite systems & and their Capabilities
• Hands-on Exercise using remote sensing and CIS Software
• Snow & Glaciers Monitoring & Modelling