MASC 433 — Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System in
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Marine Science Overview of Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Hardware and software requirements. Monitoring the environment. Application of RS and GIS in oceanography and fisheries – e.g. global climatology, productivity, bathymetry, water quality, ocean colour, habitat classification and mapping, measurement of ecological indicators, aquaculture, monitoring and assessment of hazards and disasters. Future of RS and GIS. Careers in RS and GIS.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).