Date:

Wednesday 14 May 2008

Time:

5.30pm for wine and cheese, lecture starts at 6.00pm

Location:

Crowther Lecture Theatre (A3), JCU Smithfield campus, McGregor Road, Smithfield, CAIRNS

Summary:

Ever-present cloud masks the landscape of the wet tropics as seen from space.

Now, next generation radar remote sensing satellites and airborne sensors are providing us with incredible detail, making it possible to see through the clouds map and monitor vegetation health and cyclone damage patterns and even individual trees.

Speaker:

Professor David Gilleson

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

James Cook University

Presented by:

Faculty of Science, Engineering and Information Technology

Contact:

Everyone welcome. For further information and to RSVP for catering purposes, please contact Sue Kelly, Tel: (07) 4042 1456 or E-mail: susan.kelly@jcu.edu.au