Online training courses

UN-SPIDER acts as a facilitator of capacity-building in the use of space-based information for disaster management and as a gateway to space information for disaster management support. In lines with these roles, the programme curates information about in person as well as online learning opportunities provided by third parties that aim to support users in building skills in using space data and relevant applications to develop information products.

The table below list online courses that aim at strengthening capacities to acquire, process and map space-based information to support decision-making. The courses are offered by a wide range of organizations and are displayed below for information purposes.

Hazard Type

Satellites and Sensors

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Software used

Title	Available from	Provided by
Monitoring Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis, Session 1/4	08/08/2019	NASA ARSET
Introductory Webinar: Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Assessment & Resilience	06/08/201915/08/2019	NASA ARSET
Advanced Webinar: Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land Degradation and Sustainable Cities SDGs	09/07/201923/07/2019	NASA ARSET
Open Source Software for Preprocessing GIS Data for Hydrological Models	26/06/2019	IHE Delft
Advanced Webinar: Integrating Remote Sensing into a Water Quality Monitoring Program	05/06/201912/06/2019	NASA ARSET
Geospatial and Environmental Analysis	26/04/2019	UC Davis University of California
Introduction to GIS Manipulating and Mapping Geospatial Data in R	26/04/2019	SocialCops
Fundamentals of GIS	26/04/2019	UC Davis University of California
GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality	26/04/2019	UC Davis University of California
Imagery, Automation, and Applications	26/04/2019	UC Davis University of California
Introduction to Disaster Risk Management	26/04/2019	World Bank Group Open Learning Campus
Sensing Planet Earth – From Core to Outer Space	25/04/2019	Chalmers University of Technology
Sensing Planet Earth – Water and Ice	25/04/2019	Chalmers University of Technology
Intermediate Webinar: Remote Sensing for Disasters	16/04/201930/04/2019	NASA
Investigating Time Series of Satellite Imagery	15/04/201917/04/2019	NASA ARSET
Monitoring Volcanoes and Magma Movements	04/03/201915/03/2019	The University of Iceland
Monitoring Tropical Storms for Emergency Preparedness	03/05/2018	NASA ARSET
Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction	30/04/2015	UNITAR, UNISDR
A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction		École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Change Detection for Land Cover Mapping		NASA ARSET