: Geography Department

Earth Observation Lab

Geography Department
Earth Observation Lab

"We advance terrestrial
Earth observation
from space"

Our focus is on developing and applying remote sensing methods to better understand global change related to land systems, adhering to FAIR principles and adopting an open data philosophy. We concentrate on mapping land cover, land use and related spatio-temporal change patterns. Applications extend from agriculture (both cropland and grassland), over forest ecosystems to urban areas. The analysis of long and dense time series from Landsat and Sentinel data is core for our research - from landscape to continental scales. Hyperspectral image analysis is a second cornerstone of the Earth Observation Lab.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Earth Observation Lab

Earth Observation Lab | Introduction to Remote Sensing

Introduction to Remote Sensing

German: Modul Einführung in die Geofernerkundung

Prerequisites: Statistics, Introduction to GI
B.Sc. (2018): mandatory
B.Sc./B.A. (2014): optional (highly recommended for those advancing to M.Sc. Global Change Geography)

Colour Vision for Copernicus. Photo: ESA/ATG medialab

The module introduces students to basic concepts of remote sensing and its application in various fields of geography. Students learn how to design a remote sensing study for a geographic research question, how to acquire and analyse the image data, and how to interpret the results. The integration of additional geodata sources and the use of remote sensing products in GIS projects are exemplified.