[gis_info] Intro to the Integration of Animal Tracking and Remote Sensing: Open, Online NASA ARSET Training Invitation

[Rebecca Degagne]

See below for a great free training opportunity from NASA:

NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new
open, online webinar series: *Introduction to the Integration of Animal
Tracking and Remote Sensing
<https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-introduction-integration-animal-tracking-and-remote-sensing?utm_source=social&utm_medium=ext&utm_campaign=AnimalTracking2025>.
This two-part training will provide participants with an overview of animal
tracking sensors, NASA’s history of animal tracking, and the types of
remote sensing data that can be paired with animal telemetry.*



*Introduction to the Integration of Animal Tracking and Remote Sensing
<https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-introduction-integration-animal-tracking-and-remote-sensing?utm_source=social&utm_medium=ext&utm_campaign=AnimalTracking2025>*

Animals are sentinels of environmental change, and animal telemetry is a
commonly used tool to quantify habitat use and help understand
environmental changes. NASA data can be used to characterize the
environmental parameters that infer the habitats that animals use. This
training course will provide participants with an overview of animal
tracking sensors, NASA’s history of animal tracking, and the types of
remote sensing data that can be paired with animal telemetry. Because
animal telemetry collects frequent animal location data, it is important to
consider time-matched remote sensing in data analyses. In remote marine
environments, for example, Level 3 and Level 4 products provide the most
complete spatiotemporal coverage, such as OSCAR for ocean surface currents.



Participants will then learn how to integrate telemetry and remote sensing
data by applying a basic data standardization process to animal tracking
data, visualizing the animals’ distribution via home ranges with
utilization distributions, downloading remote sensing data, and
characterizing animals’ habitats in a species distribution model to infer
habitat use. The balance of tradeoffs (spatiotemporal mismatches;
computational power and time) from pairing remotely sensed data with animal
tracks will be discussed. Examples for both marine and terrestrial
environments will be provided.



*Learning Objectives: *

   1. Identify the types of animal tracking tags and sensors that are
   commonly used in animal tracking.
   2. Identify the types of remote sensing data and products that can be
   used for species distribution models and step-selection functions.
   3. Recognize the process for integrating remote sensing and animal
   tracking data in species distribution models and step selection functions
   to facilitate an understanding of animal movements in relation to their
   environment.
   4. Recognize key takeaways from examples of terrestrial and marine
   applications that inform and characterize animals’ habitats.

 *Course Dates:* May 20 & 22, 2025



*Time:* 12:00-13:30 EDT (UTC-4)



*To Register:* *https://go.nasa.gov/4iPMFWW <https://go.nasa.gov/4iPMFWW>  *



*Audience:* This training is primarily intended for movement ecologists and
natural resource managers. Remote sensing scientists developing products
usable by the primary audience may also find this training of interest.



*Course Format: *Two 1.5-hour sessions including Q&A.



*Retweet option:* https://x.com/NASAARSET/status/1913231040145236320


-- 
Rebecca Degagne, GISP, she/they
SCGIS Board, Communications Committee
Senior Geospatial Scientist & Team Lead
Conservation Biology Institute
<http://www.consbio.org/>
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