Remote Sensing and Individual-Based Ecologyhughstimson
An effort to assess the relationship and potential synergies of individual-based ecology and remote sensing, and to identify some of the specific challenges of gathering remote-sensing data to develop individual-based ecological theories.
An accompanying paper is at http://hughstimson.org/projects/rsibe
Remote Sensing Based Soil Moisture DetectionCIMMYT
Remote sensing –Beyond images
Mexico 14-15 December 2013
The workshop was organized by CIMMYT Global Conservation Agriculture Program (GCAP) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CGIAR Research Program on Maize, the Cereal System Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) and the Sustainable Modernization of the Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro)
Remote Sensing and Individual-Based Ecologyhughstimson
An effort to assess the relationship and potential synergies of individual-based ecology and remote sensing, and to identify some of the specific challenges of gathering remote-sensing data to develop individual-based ecological theories.
An accompanying paper is at http://hughstimson.org/projects/rsibe
Remote Sensing Based Soil Moisture DetectionCIMMYT
Remote sensing –Beyond images
Mexico 14-15 December 2013
The workshop was organized by CIMMYT Global Conservation Agriculture Program (GCAP) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CGIAR Research Program on Maize, the Cereal System Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) and the Sustainable Modernization of the Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro)
MMEA (The Measurement, Monitoring and Environmental Efficiency Assessment) research program final seminar presentation by Dr. Eija Honkavaara, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
All the information, facts, statements, figures, and other data used in this presentation are collected from different internet sources and literature. The sources of data are appropriately disclosed in all the slides or in reference. The data was used for education purposes only.
Also, I do not claim ownership/copyright of any image that has been obtained from the public domain and literature. I have acknowledged sources of all the information as much as possible.
The educator/student can use this presentation for education/learning purposes by acknowledging the sources of the data being used in this presentation.
Thank you.
This slide is all about proximal sensing of soil properties including lab techniques and proximal remote sensing. Hope it will help soil science scholars and acade
The presentation introduces remote sensing technology and how it is used in studying atmospheric aerosols. Remote Sensing technology uses the optical property of aerosols to detect the presence and the type of aerosol. The type or the characteristics of an aerosol is determined by seven factors which are interpreted from the satellite image. The satellite image is retrieved from geosynchronous and polar satellites, of which the latter is preferred for aerosol applications.
In addition, features and terminologies associated with remote sensing, satellite and aerosol optical properties are discussed. This project emphasizes on an interactive material that is best supplemented with lecture video. It is not designed to be conventional lecture slide. Point to note: the question mark appearing in bottom of the slides indicates the author raised a question during the lecture.
This presentation was delivered in coming-of-age lecture style, in contrast to old-school conventional style. This presentation stimulates audiences to think and act than a banal display of abstract data. The lecture videos can be found at:
[1] Part-1/2 (52 minutes): https://youtu.be/-O_mYoeg-us
[2] Part-2/2 (51 minutes): https://youtu.be/IhHHHZYcY0o
This presentation is done as a part of graduate course titled Aerosol Mechanics in Spring 2016. The author was pursuing MS in Environmental Engineering Sciences at University of Florida during the making of this project.
MMEA (The Measurement, Monitoring and Environmental Efficiency Assessment) research program final seminar presentation by Dr. Eija Honkavaara, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
All the information, facts, statements, figures, and other data used in this presentation are collected from different internet sources and literature. The sources of data are appropriately disclosed in all the slides or in reference. The data was used for education purposes only.
Also, I do not claim ownership/copyright of any image that has been obtained from the public domain and literature. I have acknowledged sources of all the information as much as possible.
The educator/student can use this presentation for education/learning purposes by acknowledging the sources of the data being used in this presentation.
Thank you.
This slide is all about proximal sensing of soil properties including lab techniques and proximal remote sensing. Hope it will help soil science scholars and acade
The presentation introduces remote sensing technology and how it is used in studying atmospheric aerosols. Remote Sensing technology uses the optical property of aerosols to detect the presence and the type of aerosol. The type or the characteristics of an aerosol is determined by seven factors which are interpreted from the satellite image. The satellite image is retrieved from geosynchronous and polar satellites, of which the latter is preferred for aerosol applications.
In addition, features and terminologies associated with remote sensing, satellite and aerosol optical properties are discussed. This project emphasizes on an interactive material that is best supplemented with lecture video. It is not designed to be conventional lecture slide. Point to note: the question mark appearing in bottom of the slides indicates the author raised a question during the lecture.
This presentation was delivered in coming-of-age lecture style, in contrast to old-school conventional style. This presentation stimulates audiences to think and act than a banal display of abstract data. The lecture videos can be found at:
[1] Part-1/2 (52 minutes): https://youtu.be/-O_mYoeg-us
[2] Part-2/2 (51 minutes): https://youtu.be/IhHHHZYcY0o
This presentation is done as a part of graduate course titled Aerosol Mechanics in Spring 2016. The author was pursuing MS in Environmental Engineering Sciences at University of Florida during the making of this project.
Archaeological detection using satellite sensorsDART Project
A presentation given by Anthony Beck at the workshop "Potential of satellite images and hyper/multi-spectral recording in archaeology"
Poznan – 31st June 2012
A presentation by Anthony Beck presented at the workshop "Potential of satellite images and hyper/multi-spectral recording in archaeology"
Poznan – 31st June 2012
A presentation given by Anthony Beck at the Archpro workshop1 in Vienna. The workshop was instigated by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute.
This presentation provides an overview of the DART project with particular emphasis on the techniques and methodology
Using multi-temporal benchmarking to determine optimal sensor deployment: adv...DART Project
A presentation given by Anthony Beck at EARSeL Gent on 20/09/12 describing some of the multi-temporal issues associated with archaeological detection. This presentation is primarily based on the research of David Stott.
A presentation given by Anthony Beck at the Archpro workshop1 in Vienna. The workshop was instigated by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute.
This presentation covers the applications of satellite platforms for archaeological prospection and heritage management.
On February 12, 2013, the Canada Mining Innovation Council held its 2nd Annual Signature Event, a mining conference bringing representatives from industry, government, academia, and other sectors together in Toronto to discuss the role of innovation in the industry's future. The VP and Chief Geologist of Global Exploration at Barrick, Francois Robert, and the Research Director for CMIC, Alan Galley, shared the plans, programs and projects being carried out by CMIC's Exploration Innovation Consortium.
OSIRIS-REx will launch in 2016 and return a sample of carbonaceous asteroid regolith to earth in 2023. Examining this sample will provide valuable information on the formation of life on earth and on how the Yarkovsky effect influences the asteroid's trajectory. Bennu was chosen as the target asteroid for this mission since it has the 2nd highest rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale.
Unleashing the potential of collaboration – archaeological detection in the 2...DART Project
Speakers – Anthony Beck/David Stott
Computers, the internet and mobile phones have changed how archaeologists work. More importantly it has changed how everybody can access, use and contribute to archaeology.
This has altered public expectations on modes of engagement and resource access. This is resulting in an increased demand for access to this data. This phenomena is not solely about archaeology and heritage but is reflected in many areas of society. Some governments have recognised that taxpayers, as funders of data, should be allowed to access and utilise this data more easily. This has underpinned the Open Data movement.
At the same time companies and institutions, like Google and NASA, started making large datasets available on the internet. Some of these organisations provided Application Programming Interface (API's) and other services so that software applications could be built around their data. Such software services made it easier for people to use this data to make new things (derive content) and in turn share these things with their communities. This produced the crowd-sourcing and citizen-science movements. Crowdsoucing is where products, ideas, or content are created by soliciting contributions from a large group of people online. The community mapping system called Open Street Map is a good example of crowdsourcing.
Other people want to be more active. Projects like Galaxy Zoo, Ancient Lives and Old Weather have helped free data trapped in books or help scientists collect and analyse data. National Geographic have sponsored a project to help detect archaeological sites in Mongolia using high spatial resolution satellite images (exploration.nationalgeographic.com/mongolia/home). With lots of people working together a big problem can turn into a small problem. These people are 'citizen scientists'.
This presentation will describe these movements in more detail and provide examples of their implications for the heritage sector. A vision will then be set out for the future of a collaborative framework for heritage management. This will be framed in the implications it has for practice, engagement, research, curation and policy. Public participation is welcomed!
A presentation given at the workshop "Potential of satellite images and hyper/multi-spectral recording in archaeology"
By Anthony Beck
Poznan – 31st June 2012
An update on the progress of the DART project. Presented by Anthony Beck at the Consultant meeting on the 16th April 2012. The original prezi is available here: http://prezi.com/o2k18vxhpow7/dart_16042012_wherearewenow/
A presentation given by Anthony Beck at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester on 14th February 2012. This presentation describes the data collected by the DART project and encourages members of the local communities to exploit this data.
It covers data, formats, licences, software, applications. This introductory presentation was followed up with an afternoon hands-on workshop.
An update on the progress of the DART project. Presented by Anthony Beck at the Consultant/Stakeholder meeting on the 11th January 2012. The original prezi is available here: http://prezi.com/wsvu366ftd9k/dart_11012012_wherearewenow/
Using technologies to promote projectsDART Project
A presentation given by Anthony Beck to the Cambridge Archaeologists Forum. The forum mindmap is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/393477/MindMaps/InTray/CambridgeArchaeologistsForum290911.html
A presentation by Prof. Tony Cohn given at the DART community workshop on the 27th April 2011 on how we will deliver impact and engage with stakeholders.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Overview on Edible Vaccine: Pros & Cons with Mechanism
Seeing the unseen: Improving aerial prospection outside the visible spectrum
1. Seeing the unseen:
Improving aerial
prospection outside
the visible spectrum
David Stott, Anthony Beck,
Doreen Boyd & Anthony Cohn
School of Computing
Faculty of Engineering
2. Overview
• An introduction to the DART project
• The problem
• Contrast
• Principles of detection
• Preliminary results
• Lots of graphs
• Further work
• Problems
• Proposed analyses
3. The DART project
• Detecting Archaeological Residues using remote Sensing
Techniques
• Soil properties
• University of Birmingham
• University of Winchester
• Geophysics
• Bradford University
• Optical (aerial and satellite detection)
• University of Leeds
• University of Nottingham
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7. How do we detect archaeological features?
•Contrast with the background
•Changeable:
• Land use
• Cultivation regime
• Vegetation
• Species & variety
• Growth stage (phenology)
• Soils
• Weather
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18. The problem
• Observer directed aerial photography
• Bias
• Soils (Jessica Mills & Rog Palmer)
• Honeypots (Dave Cowely & Kenny Brophy)
• Visible spectrum
• Sensors
• Underutilised because we don’t know how best to use them
• Hyperspectral
• Focus on data reduction
• Very few archaeologically commissioned flights
• Thermal
23. Aims
• To understand how archaeological features interact with
and influence the surrounding environment
• If we do this we can work out how to detect them better
• Improved exploitation of existing sensors
• Improved development of new sensors
This aims of this project are:
• To identify optimal timing for acquiring aerial and satellite
imagery for archaeological prospection
• Commissioning new imagery
• Evaluating existing archives
24. What I’m doing: Fieldwork
• Measurements taken on transects across linear features on
at least a monthly basis
• Spectro-radiometry (more on this in a minute)
• Surface properties
• Vegetation coverage (near vertical close-range photography)
• Vegetation growth stage
• Height
• Feekes scale
• Vegetation density
• Leaf Area Index (LAI)
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• Spectroradiometry
• ASD FieldSpec Pro
• Produces a spectral profile
• 350nm-2500nm (Visible-Short Wave Infrared)
• c. 1.4-2nm Sampling interval interpolated to 1nm
• Usable 2hrs either side of solar noon
• Needs clear-ish skies
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• Environment agency
• CASI
• High spatial resolution ortho-photography
• 28th June 2011
• NERC ARSF
• Eagle (visible – near-IR) & Hawk (near-IR – SWIR)
• High spatial resolution ortho-photography
• Thermal?
• 14th June 2011, 23rd March 2012
• 3 further flights during 2012
40. Problems
• 2011 Driest spring in eastern England for 100 years
• Extreme conditions
• 2012 due to be an even more extreme drought
• I want it to be a bad spring and a worse summer (sorry. Kind of)
• Not much subtlety in the vegetation marks…
41. “Why do you need hyperspectral
when you can see the cropmarks on
the ground like this”
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43. Solution: Extend temporal depth?
• Can I use lower spatial resolution satellite data?
• Paleochannels as a proxy for archaeological vegetation marks?
• Need to test this
44. Further work: Analysis
• Building an ontology
• Identifying diagnostic absorption features
• Well known from precision agriculture & remote sensing
• Using this to evaluate contrast
• Python code to compare spectra
• Field spectra (high temporal resolution, low spatial coverage)
• Aerial spectra (low temporal resolution, high spatial coverage)
• Correlating contrast to environmental variables
• Weather
• Soil moisture
45. Further work: Building a knowledge-based system
• Testing
• Using this to predict contrast in 2013
• Using this to predict contrast in archive imagery
• NERC flights?
• Geoeye satellite data?
• Aerial photos?
46. Finally
• DART is Open Science!
• PLEASE re-use our data
• Servers online spring-summer 2012
• www.dartproject.info
• @DART_Project
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/dartproject/