Earth's Eye on Wars:Remote Sensing for Armed Conflicts Monitoring

Topic: Earth's Eye on Wars: Remote Sensing for Armed Conflicts Monitoring

Speaker: Dr. He Yin, Assistant Professor of Geography at Kent State University, Head of the Remote Sensing and Land Science Lab

Abstract

Wars are destructive but are often analyzed retrospectively. This is unfortunate because timely assessment is much needed for essential aid and reconstruction efforts. Recent advancements in remote sensing offer a great opportunity by enabling prompt monitoring in conflict zones, where physical access is much limited. However, there is a lack of understanding regarding the impacts of war, partly due to restricted access to data, especially very high-resolution commercial data, difficulties in analyzing multi-modal remote sensing imagery, and partly due to the challenge of connecting remote sensing observations of land use changes to the effects of conflicts.