Hurricane Tracking & Satellite Data
Dive into data analytics and learn how to track hurricanes from satellites using basic Python code with this online course from the University of Strathclyde.
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone interested in learning something about hurricanes or satellites, or those interested in starting to code in Python.
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
