European Space Agency is offering free online course on Earth Observation from Space: the Optical View. This course is designed both for people with some existing knowledge of Earth observation, as well as newcomers to the field.
This free online course will provide an introduction to optical Earth observation – monitoring our planet from satellites, using photography, imaging in various wavelengths, lidar and other optical sensing technologies. This course will start on September 4, 2017.
Course At Glance
Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 4 hours/week
Subject: Earth Observation from Space: the Optical View
Institution: European Space Agency and Future learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on September 4, 2017
Providers’ Details
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
About This Course
Earth observation (EO) encompasses a series of techniques that use remote sensing to monitor changes to our climate, and natural and built environment.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts in English. Applicants can get a verified certificate.
Learning Outcomes
- Explore how we observe and measure the Earth with optical sensors.
- Investigate how satellite data is used alongside other forms of measurement.
- Describe the main types of data acquired through Copernicus and other missions.
- Explore how to conduct simple analysis using a range of different types of optical Earth observation (EO) data.
- Investigate how optical EO data is used in policy and decision-making, in a range of arenas, in conjunction with models.
Requirements
This course is designed both for people with some existing knowledge of Earth observation, as well as newcomers to the field. It will demystify the data, and make it easier for non-technical users to interpret and use it in their professional or day-to-day life, and in discourse and debate.
Instructors
Mathias Disney
Mathias Disney is a scientist, interested in vegetation, carbon and climate. I use satellite observations, 3D models and measurements to try and understand these processes.
Martin Wooster
Martin Wooster is Professor of Earth Observation Science in the Dept. of Geography, King’s College London (UK), and a Divisional Director of the NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO).
Shubha Sathyendranath
Senior Scientist and Head of Remote Sensing and Marine Optics at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Assistant Director for the Partnership for the Observation of the Global Oceans.
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