Aim
The lecture “Introduction to Remote Sensing” ensures that participants will gain a solid understanding of the following topics: the role of remote sensing in nowadays world, the potential of Earth observation derived information products for stakeholders and decision makers, basics of electromagnetic radiation and most important laws, history of remote sensing and image acquisition platforms ,satellite orbits and orbit geometry, current spaceborne sensors operating in the optical-, multispectral-, thermal-, as well as in the microwave domain (passive and active), impacts of the atmosphere, geocorrection of digital imagery, radiometric correction of digital images, image transformations for optimal data space exploitation, principles of image classification, image products validation, principels of time series analyses and big data, geodata concepts, geodata standards, geodata visualization, the job market for remote sensing and geo IT specialists. This lecture will be closely linked with the lecture on “Earth Observation Applications”.
Content
The lecture “Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geoanalysis” provides you with all theoretical knowledge you need to quickly enter the field of remote sensing and geoanalyses. An introduction to electromagentic radiation, radiation propagation and accentuation, important basic laws, and characteristics of different wavelength domains is followed by a comprehensive overview of the history of remote sensing, data acquisition systems, orbit characteristics and current sensors. We will then dive into topics such as the theory of earth observation data geocorrection, topographic normalization, and atmospheric correction, before adressing the theory of image transformation, image classification, indix derivation, and time series analyses. You will furthermore get an insight into potential employers in the field of earth observation, remote sensing and geoinformation. Allthough this module is designed as a lecture, there will be enough time for interactive talk and discussion.
General Course News and Updates
Congratulation to Johannes Loew for a successful M.Sc. defense
We congratulate Johannes Löw to a great M.Sc. defense within the EAGLE colloquium! Another great remote sensing M.Sc. thesis has been defended within the EAGLE program.
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Congratulations to Pilar for a successful MSc graduation
Pilar Endara Pinillos succssfully defended her M.Sc. thesis within the EAGLE colloquium. Congratulations to Pilar!
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M.Sc. defense of Sarah Nolting
Sarah Nolting will defend her M.Sc. thesis "Risk Assessment for Flood Events based on Geo- and Socioeconomic Data – A Case Study for North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany" on Wednesday 27th 2pm in room 0.004 OKW 86. from her abstract: "The world’s population has doubled...
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M.Sc. defense by Johannes Löw
You are all invited to join the M.Sc. presentation by Johannes Löw. He will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Wednesday 20th of March at 2pm in room 0.004 in OKW 86. from his abstract:Since Sentinel-1 A and B have become fully operational, it is now possible to generate...
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Pilar Endara Pinillos handed in her M.Sc. thesis
Pilar Endara Pinillos handed in her M.Sc. thesis "Flooding patterns and vegetation developments in the Orinoco flooded savannas of Colombia." Her M.Sc. defense will be on Wednesday 13th at 2pm in room 0.004 (OKW 86). The ecosystems that are present within Colombian...
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Marcus Groll successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis
we congratulate Marcus Groll for his successful defense of this M.Sc. presentation “Deep learning for Instance Segmentation of bomb craters on historical aerial images of the Second World War ”. He has only a few days off before starting his new job as image data...
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internship and innovation lab presentations
The following students will present next Tuesday (26th) at 2pm in room 0.004 their internships or innovation labs:Itohan-osa Abu (internship): Mangrove Mapping with TimeScan Data for Nigeria and an Analysis in Context of Coastal Gas Flaring Salim Soltani (internship):...
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M.Sc. thesis handed in by Marcus Groll
Marcus Groll handed in his M.Sc. thesis "Deep learning for Instance Segmentation of bomb craters on historical aerial images of the Second World War " and will defend it next week. Abstract: During the Second World War (WWII) many air strikes were flown on German...
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M.Sc. defense of Maninder Singh Dhillon
We congratulate Maninder who successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis “Comparing the performance of crop growth models using synthetic remote sensing data at DEMMIN, Germany” supervised by Martin Wegmann and Christopher Conrad.
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Maninder Singh Dhillon handed in his MSc
Maninder Singh Dhillon handed in his M.Sc. "Comparing the performance of crop growth models using synthetic remote sensing data at DEMMIN, Germany" supervised by Thorsten Dahms with the first and second supervisors Martin Wegmann and Christopher Conrad, respectively....
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