News and other activities @ the VIP Lab
MODIS work
Some of the VIP Lab. most recent work involves the design of the MODIS Vegetation suite and the MODIS 1km Land Surface Aggregation science Algorithms for NASA EOS Terra and Aqua satellites.We're also actively participating in international, national and regional intiatives invloving the study of land surface vegetation dynamics using multi-spectral and hyperspectral remote sensing...more
Dubas Bug...time to bring Remote Sensing to the fight
Collaboration with the United Arab Emirates University
In collaboration with researchers at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, the VIP Lab will undertake a remote sensing pilot study to assess the feasability of using a hyperspectral imaging system to combatting Dubas bug, a plague that threaten Date palms in the region...more
Student position at VIP Lab.
Employment opportunity
The Vegetation Index and Phenology Lab is seeking a student employee (MS. or Ph.D.) to assist with various computer
programming, data analysis and image processing activities.
- Responsibilities include
- Maintain the group's web page
- Download satellite remote sensing data from various NASA centers
- Design C/C++ code to process, analyze and add value to these data
- Assist with other Lab activities
- Job Description
- Number of hours: 15hrs
- Pay: Depends on experience
- Starting Date: Immediately
- Required Background: knowledge of remote sensing and image processing.