[Aqualist] "Geomorphic Change Detection Workshop 4-5 Dec, 2014" - Please distribute widely

[Ramona Dalla Pozza]

Geomorphic Change Detection Workshop by A/Prof Joe Wheaton

View this email in your browser<*|ARCHIVE|*>



GEOMORPHIC CHANGE DETECTION WORKSHOP

Direct from the US – A/Prof Joe Wheaton will be delivering a 2−day course on his Geomorphic Change Detection Software.






Repeat topographic surveys are often used to monitor geomorphic change in rivers, e.g. sediment budgeting. These yield digital elevation models (DEMs), which are differenced against each other to produce spatially distributed maps of elevation changes called DEMs of difference (DoD). But there can be uncertainty regarding the accuracy. To solve this A/Prof Joe Wheaton has developed the Geomorphic Change Detection Software<http://gcd.joewheaton.org/> which quantifies the uncertainties when using DEM's of difference to calculate volumetric budgets of erosion and deposition.  This is a growing area of expertise in geomorphology, especially with the more routine application of LiDAR data sets and workshop participants will train in the use of this software using example DEMs from SE Queensland. Participants are expected to have some previous GIS experience, familiarity with ArcGIS (don’t need to be an expert), and some understanding of topographic data and digital elevation models.



[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ec8c29f1b0620cc22c6a17846/images/9039c421-6f25-438e-be73-8f8224177631.jpg]

Date: 4 – 5 December, 2014
Presenter: A/Prof Joe Wheaton, Utah State University.
Location: University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane.
Prerequisites: ARC GIS experience and laptop (with Windows 7 or 8)

Course Costs

ANZGG <http://www.anzgg.org/conferences> Conference
Attendees

General

Students

$800

$900

Professionals

$900

$1000








Places are limited so don't delay - register now<https://payments.uq.edu.au/OneStopWeb/aspx/tranform.aspx?TRAN-TYPE=W01GPEM06>!<https://payments.uq.edu.au/OneStopWeb/aspx/tranform.aspx?TRAN-TYPE=W01GPEM06>
If you have questions please email: Ramona Dalla Pozza<mailto:Ramona.DallaPozza at dsitia.qld.gov.au?subject=GCD%20Workshop%20Query>  or Chris Thompson<mailto:chris.j.thompson at griffith.edu.au?subject=GCD%20Workshop%20Query>






[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ec8c29f1b0620cc22c6a17846/images/339d91e7-5a78-4718-8656-ffac5c94eafb.jpg]

Dr. Joe Wheaton<http://www.joewheaton.org/> is an Assistant Professor at Utah State University<http://cnr.usu.edu/wats> and a fluvial geomorphologist with over a decade of experience in river restoration. Joe runs the Ecogeomorphology & Topographic Analysis Lab<http://etal.joewheaton.org/> in Utah State University's Department of Watershed Science and is a leader in the monitoring and modelling of riverine habitats and watersheds. He is the co-director of the Intermountain Centre for River Rehabilitation & Restoration<http://cnr.usu.edu/icrrr/>. He worked four years in consulting engineering before completing his B.S. in Hydrology (2002, UC Davis<http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/>), an M.S. in Hydrologic Sciences (2003, UC Davis<http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/>), and a Ph.D. in Geography (2008, University of Southampton<http://www.southampton.ac.uk/geography/>, UK).
.<http://inspiration.mailchimp.com>





DAY 1 (4 Dec, 2014) - Change Detection and Surveying Principles

9.00 am

  *   Introductions and course outline
  *   Review of topographic data sources and surveys
  *   Review of building surfaces from raw data
  *   Essential best practices to support change detection
  *   Traditional approaches to change detection
  *   Introduction to GCD software
  *   Thresholding alternatives
  *   Spatial coherence and Bayesian updating
  *   Spatially variable error
  *   Multi-method surveys in GCD
5.00 pm


DAY 2 (5 Dec, 2014) - Application and Interpretation of Change Detection

9.00 am

  *   Running change detection in GCD
  *   Interpreting GCD outputs, tricks and tips
  *   Guided examples
  *   GCD budget segregation
  *   Closure of sediment budgets
  *   Workshop synthesis
5.00 pm







This E-Mail is intended only for the addressee. Its use is limited to that intended by the author at the time and it is not to be distributed without the author's consent. Unless otherwise stated, the State of Queensland accepts no liability for the contents of this E-Mail except where subsequently confirmed in writing. The opinions expressed in this E-Mail are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the State of Queensland. This E-Mail is confidential and may be subject to a claim of legal privilege. If you have received this E-Mail in error, please notify the author and delete this message immediately.