Introduction to remote sensing. Physical principles of remote sensing with emphasis on vegetation and land surface processes. Active and passive sensing systems in monitoring agricultural and forest environments. Fundamentals of remotely sensed data for crop and forest analysis. Types of sensors and acquisition platforms used in agriculture and forestry. Applications of remote sensing in agricultural management, forest monitoring, and land-use planning. Sources of error and uncertainty in remotely sensed data.
KNOWLEDGE:
GEO_W1 - concepts used in remote sensing
GEO_W2 - the basics of Geographic Information Systems
SKILLS:
GEO_U1 - acquire, verify, evaluate and integrate geodata from various sources
GEO_U3 - analyze spatial data (also using GIS tools) for spatial planning, water management, flood protection and environmental protection; perform simple geodetic measurements and use complex geodetic documentation -
GEO_U6 - based on the knowledge gained from literature, lectures and study visits, present, on advanced level, a point of view on development of modern technologies in geoinformation applying scientific, social and ethical arguments
SOCIAL SKILLS:
GEO_K3 - effectively work individually and in a team, assuming different roles in it
GEO_K2 - apply the gain knowledge considering legal and ethical aspects