GEOG 462Advanced Observation of Earth and Its Environment

3 credits · Geography · Penn State

This course provides the requisite knowledge and skillset to understand and apply advanced remote sensing techniques to study Earth and its environment. Every day numerous satellites from different platforms acquire and transmit different types of observations of Earth and its environment. Such data are used for a variety of operational and research applications, such as weather forecasting, natural hazards, land use and land cover, surface temperature, climate change, urban planning, and many others. Massive amounts of data are received, processed, stored, and distributed by data centers worldwide, giving unprecedented access to global high-resolution information. Such information can give new insights to study the complementary nature of different variables of Earth's environment. This course covers several major topics including optical remote sensing, microwave remote sensing, altimetry, and gravimetry, illustrated with various applications on land, ocean, atmosphere, cryosphere, and urban systems.