Aim
The module addresses methods on how Earth Observation and the use of geoinformation can support different fields of land and water management. The students will be guided to gain knowledge in selected practical examples.
Content
A general introduction on the subject, which strongly integrates large fields of environmental sciences and studies, is given. The students select topics in which remote sensing and geoinformation can significantly contribute parameters for answering relevant management questions. The topics include the derivation and use of parameters for monitoring land and/or water resources and examples how they can actually implemented in analytical or predictive models, or in indicator systems. The examples may include the management of the resources in rangelands, croplands, irrigation and drainage systems, river catchments, urban areas, or others. Focus may be set on special geographical settings. Depending on the selected topics and scale relevant Earth Observation parameters can include land cover and land use mapping, biophysical variables (LAI/FPAR/Chlorophyll, evapotranspiration , etc.), biomass or crop yields, soil moisture, phenological metrics and other dynamic parameters.
Coding
Coding examples and individual work will be covered
Software
Various software programs will be used, but mainly OpenSource software such as R.
Techniques
Different techniques will be introduced and practically applied.
Content
The content of scientific with regard to the audience will be discussed.
General Course News and Updates
Covid-19 situation and EAGLE
The Covid-19 situation is also challenging for the University as well as the EAGLE program. Even though we are all in the process to adapt to this new situation, the program itself is continuing as usual. All courses, exams, MSc thesis defense and so on will take...
new book by our lecturer “Intro to Spatial Data Analysis”
The upcoming book by our lecturer Jakob Schwalb-Willmann, Stefan Dech and Martin Wegmann on "Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis" with QGIS and first steps in R is available for pre-order - order now and get 30% discount. This textbook aims at students and...
M.Sc. defense by Benjamin Lee
Benjamin will defend his M.Sc. thesis " DEVELOPMENT OF A SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR SEAGRASS MAPPING USING CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING AND OPEN SOURCED OPTICAL SATELLITE DATA" on Friday March 6th 10 am in room 1.009 OKW 86. from the abstract: "Seagrasses provide USD$2.28...
Anna Orthofer successfully presented her M.Sc. thesis
Anna Orthofer presented last Friday her M.Sc. thesis "Deriving Leaf Area Index and mowing dates for grasslands based on the radiative transfer model SLC and Sentinel 2 data" successfully and is our first EAGLE M.Sc. graduate in 2020. Congratulations!
EAGLE wall of fame – our graduates
All our graduated EAGLE students are shown on our wall-of-fame. Great way to see who studied when and what was the topic about. Some of them are already doing their PhD with us or other research organizations and two of these graduates just founded their own remote...
internship presentation by Henrik Fisser and Ronja Lappe
On Friday 24th of January at 10 am in room 1.009 OKW 86 the following two internship presentation will take place: Henrik Fisser: "Into the Uncertain - Noise Quantification of Sentinel-2 Water Signal in Dependence of Atmospheric Correction Methods"and some details...
M.Sc. defense by Anna Orthofer
Anna Orthofer will present her M.Sc. thesis on Friday 7th of February at 10 am in room 1.009 OKW 86. Her M.Sc. was about "Deriving Leaf Area Index and mowing dates for grasslands based on the radiative transfer model SLC and Sentinel 2 data." More details from the...
Internship and MSc idea presentations
On Friday 10th of January the following presentations will take place in OKW86, room 1.009 from 10am onwards. Ojo Segun Adewale:Internship: Prediction of Gross Domestic Product using Remote Sensing Data (A case study of Brazil). Thesis Idea: Application of Remote...
M.Sc. Idea presentation by Nina Gnann and internship by Basil Tufail and Malin Fischer
Nina, Malin and Basil will present their M.Sc. idea and internships on Friday 20th of December in room 1.009 OKW 86. Ninas' envisioned M.Sc. is "Plastic waste detection assisted by artificial intelligence". Basil internship is titled: "Global training dataset for...
M.Sc. idea presentation by Felix Glasmann
Felix Glasmann is presenting on Friday, 13th of December at 10am in room 1.009 OKW 86, his M.Sc. idea "Potential of the Firebird Mission for the Detection of Gas-flaring Activity". In times of worldwide phenomena like ‘Fridays for Future’ or ‘Extinction Rebellion’ it...