Peter Thew
Software Engineer
Contact
Tel: 61 2 6216 7071
Fax: 61 02 6216 7111
Email
Themes
- Integrated Water Information Systems (IWIS)
Projects
- Flood Extent Monitoring
- WIRADA
Science Area
- Sensor Science and Technology
Biography
Peter has been in the computing industry for over 30 years, and has worked in Canberra, interstate and overseas. During his career he has worked on a large number of diverse projects including satellite tracking fishing vessels in the South Pacific, saving historical documents from World War Two and working on several personnel systems.
He is currently the project manager for the "Flood Extent Monitoring" which satellite imagery to identify surface water to produce daily flood maps for Australia. The flood maps are combined with the CSIRO's Digital Elevation Model of Australia to estimate the volume of water within a flood.
Academic Qualifications
| 1981 |
BSc Australian National University, Computer Science/Mathematics |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2004-present |
Software Engineer, CSIRO ICT Centre
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| 1989-2004 |
Senior Consultant, KAZ Technology Services (formerly Aspect Computing) |
Summary of Science & Technical Output
| Books/Book chapters |
0 |
| Journal |
0 |
| Refereed Conference/Workshop |
6 |
| Technical/Client Reports |
3 |
| Invited Presentations |
0 |
| Patents |
0 |
Top 10 Publications
| Publication details |
| Ben Gouweleeuw, Catherine Ticehurst, Julien Lerat and Peter Thew, "Validation of satellite-based operational flood monitoring in Southern Queensland, Australia", EGU General Assembly, 2010
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| Ben Gouweleeuw, Catherine Ticehurst, Peter Dyce, Juan Pablo Guerschman, Albert Van Dijk and Peter Thew, "Satellite-based operational flood monitoring in Southern Queensland, Australia", 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment 2011
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