SkyGeo InSAR Academy will be hosting a BOHOGS Technical Workshop in Brisbane on Thursday the 15th of August 2024.
SkyGeo are a Platinum sponsor of BOHOGS for 2024.
The workshop will be streamed online for BOHOGS members who cannot attend in person. Online meeting details will be provided closer to the date.
Date:
Thursday 15th of August, 2024
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Location:
Hilton Brisbane – Room 83
190 Elizabeth St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
Course presenters:
- Dr. Pieter Bas Leezenberg (SkyGeo – CEO and co-founder )
- Dr. Jennifer Scoular (SkyGeo – Product Manager)
- Jason Pretorius (SkyGeo – Manager Mining Solutions)
Agenda:
Session 1:
- 1:00pm – 1:10pm: Welcome and Overview
- 1:10pm – 1:40pm: Intro to InSAR for Mining
- 1:40pm – 2:00pm: Radar interferometry and basic concepts
- 2:00pm – 2:20pm: Radar time series: recognising patterns in time and space and different time functions; pros and cons of different radar sensors: very high res vs. standard resolution with applications in use.
- 2:20pm – 3:00pm: Data interpretation of satellite radar and deformation time series; the SkyGeo user management tool; toolbox to create insights.
- 3:00pm – 3:15pm: BREAK
Session 2:
- 3:15pm – 3:45pm: Interpreting Synthetic Aperture Radar signal in mining, TARP and early warnings
- 3:45pm – 4:00pm: Integrated InSAR use case #1: Slope Stability
- 4:00pm – 4:15pm: Integrated InSAR use case #2: Tailings facilities and specific deformation dynamics
- 4:15pm – 4:30pm: Conclusion & Closing
- 4:30pm onwards: NETWORKING
RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Kathryn Young (kathryn.youn (at) bhp.com) before Friday 9th of August 2024 and confirm whether you will be attending the event in person or online.
Online Meeting Link:
An online link to attend the technical presentations will be send a few days before event – keep an eye out for the email.
Aim of the Workshop:
Tomorrow’s geotechnical engineers, surveyors, planners, and managers are all data scientists with access to large sets of remote and local sensing data. InSAR data and derived information are increasingly being used in asset and risk management in mines and tailings storage facilities—whether operational or closed. This places new demands on engineers’ technical understanding since the InSAR data shows that everything in the mine is moving continuously.
By inspecting the InSAR data routinely and detecting patterns of the surface deformation associated with patterns in the use of the mine’s infrastructure, early detection of problems comes within grasp, and risk can be mitigated more effectively by separating the geotechnically relevant signal from geotechnically irrelevant noise. Understanding remote sensing data sets becomes a strategic enabler. This technical workshop provides participants with an understanding of optical, SAR and InSAR remote sensing measurements and deployment for asset/risk management, including practical cases.
Workshop Objectives:
- Understand the basics of InSAR deformation maps, the opportunities they provide and their limitations
- Recognise the applications of InSAR in the Mining Industry
- Learn from Real-World Case Studies
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