International Training Course on Remote Sensing-Brazil: Five Years TrainingSpecialists in Remote Sensing Applied to Natural Resources

摘要

The objective of the International Course on Remote Sensing is to qualifyspecialists from developing countries in remote sensing research and techniques for survey and monitoring of natural resources. Since 1985 INPE has held four international courses in this area in cooperation with the UN Outer Space Affairs Div., the United Nations Univ., the European Space Agency, and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. For the last five years, INPE has been training 38 specialists in remote sensing from Latin American and African countries. General information is provided about the course and an evaluation is made about the courses for the last five years.