Description Land use and land cover changes have become important for managing natural resources and monitoring environmental changes. Knowledge of vegetation mapping is important for evaluating land use and land cover changes and has been applied to assess the health of forest’s, grassland, agricultural resources, water bodies. Regular viewing of land surface from space is
Introduction Ghana and South Africa signed an agreement in September 2012 to facilitate the exchange of scientific and technological information through the exchange of scientists, researchers, experts, bursary-holders and course participants. The agreement covered 2013-2016. With plans to review and enter into another 3 year Plan of Action, there was the need for a symposium
The Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre (formerly GEONETCast Centre) on 5th September 2015 installed a ground station for receiving data from direct broadcast Earth Observation Satellites. Using data from satellites like TERRA, AQUA and Suomi NPP, we are able to detect fires across all of West Africa and parts of North and Central Africa.
Description The GEONETCast Centre at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani, is organizing a training workshop designed to introduce participants to the basic concepts and operational skills necessary to acquire and use products obtained through the GEONETCast system and to apply them for Climate, Water and Environmental applications. The emphasis will be