34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012

WORKSHOP 28
DATE Sunday 5 August 2012
TITLE SECURITY IN MINING USING SPACE BORNE SENSORS: PROTECTING LIVES &
INVESTMENT
LOCATION Congress Venue
ORGANISERS University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Sky Gate Consulting
PRESENTERS Eng. Anca Popescu, PhD; Eng. Carmen Patrascu, MSc.
SUMMARY Remote Sensing techniques and Synthetic Aperture Radar in particular offer cost
efficient and reliable possibilities to perform very high precision measurements
of ground deformations, either produced by earthquakes, subsidence, or by
extensive mining, deforestation and other anthropically induced land-slides, and
the deformation of other critical elements of infrastructure. SAR data analysis is an
alternative solution to the direct measurements using geodetic instruments which can
be extremely localized and expensive and moreover require permanent access to the
site. This course discusses the advantages introduced by modern remote sensing data
analysis and processing methods, including SAR Interferometry and SAR Differential
Interferometry, with direct applications to mining industries, where the possibilities
to measure deformations with vertical and horizontal accuracies in the order of
millimetres can be a valuable asset.
You will learn:
- Introduction into SAR Image formation and Interpretation
- Basic SAR Interferometry concepts
- Modelling slow deformation processes
- Integration of Data processing into the Management Process: costs, data planning
and acquisition, time & risk management, data types and usage
CONTACT ancaandreeapopescu@gmail.com, cami.patrascu@gmail.com
TOTLE FEE
Including GST $ 770 ( No catering is provided)
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