: 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 | German Geography Congress (DKG), 1-6 Oct. 2015, attracted over 2,200 participants

German Geography Congress (DKG), 1-6 Oct. 2015, attracted over 2,200 participants

Lecture by Curtis Woodcock from Boston University

Oct 08, 2015

Humboldt-University's Geography Department organized the bi-annual DKG from 1-6 Oct 2015 that attracted 2,200 participants. At a session on the role of Big Data and Remote Sensing, keynote speaker Curtis Woodcock from Boston University (and leader of the Landsat Science Team) presented on "How access to more observations is improving what we can do with remote sensing?" (session LN-FS-20 at http://www.dkg2015.hu-berlin.de/index.php?article_id=45). After co-statements by researchers from the German remote sensing community, the podium discussion focused on data availability, data integration (e.g. Landsat and Sentinel-2) and future processing needs.