Remote Sensing/Spatial Ecology Intern The Conservation GIS Lab (https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation-ecology-center) at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) is seeking interns to start immediately. The internship project will focus on exploring a combination of remote sensing space-borne lidar data (GEDI) and optical data (e.g., Sentinel or Landsat series) to classify and map vegetation types, specifically targeting understory bamboo and woody invasive plants. Objectives: Pre-processing forest survey data and spatial datasets at a local or regional level Extracting GEDI metrics using Google Earth Engine and Python or R Extracting optical data metrics using Google Earth Engine and Python or R. Building predictive spatial models for vegetation type classification using statistical analysis and machine learning algorithms. Gain experience with the analysis of a wide range of remote sensing data, spatial data analysis, creating maps with various remote se...
