Chris Smith

Chris Smith holds an MS in Geosciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His thesis research focused on how remote sensing techniques can improve fire fuel and burn severity maps to better understand and predict fire behavior in the Alaska boreal forest. Chris has been a teaching assistant for an undergraduate course on glaciers, earthquakes and volcanoes.

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GIS Foundations (edX)

Self Paced
GIS Foundations (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
AlaskaX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Categories
Engineering
Effort
Beginner
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Spanish
GIS Foundations (edX)
Learn foundations of GIS concepts and geospatial technology to view, understand, query, visualize, and interpret geospatial data to reveal patterns and relationships for effective problem-solving and better decision making.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Essentials Professional Certificate
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
ArcGIS
ArcGIS Pro
Spatial Analysis
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
AlaskaX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Engineering
Beginner
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
146.00 EUR
English
English
Spanish

Remote Sensing of Wildfires (edX)

Self Paced
Remote Sensing of Wildfires (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
AlaskaX
Categories
Sci: Physics
Effort
Beginner
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Spanish
Remote Sensing of Wildfires (edX)
Learn how satellite imagery and the science of remote sensing allows us to detect wildfires, help manage their spread, and guide ecological restoration. Wildfires are a natural and essential part of our ecosystem, recycling soil nutrients and renewing healthy forests. In Alaska, around one million acres (4000 km2) burn [...]
Remote Sensing
Wildfires
Satellite
Restoration
Alaska
Climate
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
AlaskaX
Sci: Physics
Beginner
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
92.00 EUR
English
English
Spanish

GIS Image Analysis in ArcGIS Pro (edX)

Self Paced
GIS Image Analysis in ArcGIS Pro (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
AlaskaX
Categories
Statistics & Data Analysis
Engineering
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
GIS Image Analysis in ArcGIS Pro (edX)
Learn fundamentals of remote sensing, image analysis, image processing and its application on real-world problems such as vegetation health, wildfire severity, and flooding. Image analysis is extraction of meaningful information from an image to accomplish a simple task like understanding the landscape or to solve a complex problem like [...]
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Essentials Professional Certificate
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
ArcGIS
Image Analysis
Remote Sensing
Image Processing
Wildfires
Flooding
Spectral Indices
Mapping
NDVI
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
ArcGIS Pro
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
AlaskaX
Statistics & Data Analysis
Engineering
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
206.00 EUR
English
English

3D GIS (edX)

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3D GIS (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
AlaskaX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Categories
Statistics & Data Analysis
Engineering
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
3D GIS (edX)
Take your maps into the third dimension: Learn GIS concepts and tools to visualize, analyze, and interpret spatial data in 3D. Reveal patterns that can lead to better decision making. Maps are graphic representations of reality and help us understand and navigate the world around us. Maps can incorporate [...]
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Essentials Professional Certificate
3D GIS
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
ArcGIS
3D Space
3D Visualization
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
AlaskaX
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Statistics & Data Analysis
Engineering
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
206.00 EUR
English
English