Hurricane Tracking with Satellite Data (FutureLearn)

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This course is for anyone interested in learning something about hurricanes or satellites, or those interested in starting to code in Python.
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Hurricane Tracking with Satellite Data (FutureLearn)
Discover data analytics and learn how to process and interpret satellite data to track hurricanes. Analyse satellite data of hurricanes and explore descriptive statistics.

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Regularly causing major global destruction, hurricanes are intense storms with devastating winds. Space-enabled data allows us to observe, monitor, and track hurricanes from a safe distance. Although easily accessible, large volumes of satellite data have been left untouched due to a lack of skilled data analysts.

On this course, you’ll explore the key concepts of data science required to process, analyse, and interpret large datasets. You’ll use tutorials and case studies to understand the possibilities within these datasets, and learn how to interpret satellite data beyond the course.


What topics will you cover?


Hurricanes

- How do they form? Where do they occur?

- Hurricane Prediction models

- Hurricane Preparedness

- Hurricane Damage Control


Satellites and their applications

- Orbits

- Payloads

- Sensors


Datasets

- What different formats of data are there?

- Location Point

- Temporal Data

- Map Data

- Contour Data on a Map


Introduction to Python

- Installation

- Packages (Pandas, Cartopy, Numpy etc)

- Data visualization


What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- What data is and its different forms

- What a satellite is and how its applications produce valuable data

- Basic data analysis techniques such as descriptive statistics using Python

- Ability to access and process satellite application data



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64.00 EUR
This course is for anyone interested in learning something about hurricanes or satellites, or those interested in starting to code in Python.

MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.