Remote Sensing Geologist

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 6500 299

E-mail Dr Kay Smith

Biography

•  1999 –2003 :  PhD. University of Durham "Airborne Thermography and Ground Geophysical Investigation for Detecting Shallow Ground Disturbance under Vegetation"
•  1998 –1999 :  MSc (Distinction). University of Dundee "Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Applications"
•  1992 –1996 :  BSc (Hons) Geology. University of Edinburgh

Current projects and collaboration

•  FP7 Projects (AEGOS, EGIDA, EVOSS, SubCoasts)
•  Landsat, ASTER, SPOT, MODIS, LiDAR and Hyperspectral Eagle and Hawk data processing, manipulation and interpretation for geoscience applications
•  MOLA, THEMIS, CRISM, HiRISE data processing, manipulation and interpretation for Mars geoscience
•  Scotland Stereo Aerial Photography data manager
•  SocetSet expert to support Geoscientists (Foyers, Inverness, Nigg Bay, Scamodale, Inchtree, Pateley Bridge)

Skills

•  3D Visualisation using SocetSet, Geovisionary
•  ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, ER Mapper, NERC ARSF (azgcorr & azexhdf) for remote sensing data visualisation, manipulation and interpretation
•  GIS (ArcGIS)
•  Programming in IDL, UNIX, HTML, C++

Professional association

•  2012 :  RSPSoc Technical Programmes Coordinator
•  2000 –Present :  Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society: RSPSoc