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Tuesday 7th May, 2019
5:30 pm for 6:00pm
Main Engineering Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania
Pre-talk drinks provided
Post-talk dinner (venue TBA)
All members and students are invited to a lecture by Dr Nick Roberts from MRT, entitled Radar interferometry and its application potential in Tasmania. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) supports diverse engineering and geoscience investigations by measuring sub-centimetre-scale surface displacements over extensive areas. This presentation provides an overview of space-borne InSAR, including basic radar theory, sensor options, processing approaches, principle challenges, and integration with complementary techniques. It features results from a range of sites to illustrate key points for the planning, analysis and interpretation of InSAR datasets. The presentation will end with discussion of possible InSAR applications in Tasmania to benefit the states’ communities, natural resources and transportation infrastructure, including several projects being planned at MRT.
Nick recently moved to Tasmania from Vancouver, Canada, where working at the Simon Fraser University and the Geological Survey of Canada he investigated geohazards and landscape evolution of the cordilleras of North and South America. Prior to that he investigated catastrophic landslides in Iran, Tajikistan, and the Philippines. Nick’s research focuses include; hillslope processes, landslide-generated waves, risk reduction, ancient glacial records and applied remote sensing. His PhD research on the distribution, causes, and behaviour of landslides in and around the city of La Paz, Bolivia, demonstrates some of the many uses of InSAR in both urban and natural landscapes. As a natural hazards geologist at Mineral Resources Tasmania Nick is developing inventories of modern and ancient landslides in various parts of the state using field mapping, optical imagery, LiDAR and InSAR.
Please RSVP to Colin Mazengarb Colin.Mazengarb@stategrowth.tas.gov.au by COB Monday 6th of May.
