Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture

 "What we can and might learn from optical remote sensing about the processes shaping Earth and Planetary surfaces"

The development of space observation techniques and of user friendly software to process and handle those observations has opened a new era in geology and planetary sciences. The first global imaging systems made it possible to scan wide areas and search for promising sites for field investigations, or to get the contextual information needed to interpret local observations.  As the resolution whether spatial or spectral and geometric accuracy improved, it became possible to make actual measurements and eventually monitor Earth surface changes. These possibilities offered new way to investigate the geological processes at play in the landscape evolution on Earth and other planets.  Opportunities will emerge in the future to investigate processes that cannot be observed with present systems, seismic waves for examples. However there would be much to gain in development a mutual understanding of science application specialist and remote sensing experts so that future systems are best designed to address the most important science questions of the time.

Keck Institute for Space Studies Gazing website for the lecture: http://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/gazing2014/lecture.html

This lecture is sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies, and all interested students, staff and researchers are invited to attend. No registration is required for this open lecture. Seating is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis. Parking at the time of the lecture is free directly north of the Institute location.

This lecture will be videotaped and available on the website within two weeks of the lecture date.