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Contents:

  • 1. Fundamentals of multispectral Earth observation
    • 1.1. Remote sensing, Earth observation and GIS
    • 1.2. Satellites for Earth observation
      • 1.2.1. Satellite orbits and revisit time
      • 1.2.2. Digital images and the EM spectrum
      • 1.2.3. Spectral characteristics
      • 1.2.4. Spatial resolution and swath width
    • 1.3. Copernicus and the Sentinels
      • 1.3.1. The Copernicus programme
      • 1.3.2. Multispectral Sentinel satellites
    • 1.4. Beyond satellite images
      • 1.4.1. Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
      • 1.4.2. Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service
      • 1.4.3. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
      • 1.4.4. Copernicus Climate Change Service
      • 1.4.5. Copernicus Security Service
      • 1.4.6. Copernicus Emergency Management Service
  • 2. Principles of image analysis
    • 2.1. The spectral signature
      • 2.1.1. What is a spectral signature
      • 2.1.2. Land cover vs land use
      • 2.1.3. Spectral signatures of the main macro land cover classes
      • 2.1.4. How to measure spectral signatures with satellites
      • 2.1.5. How to compare spectral signatures
    • 2.2. Spectral indices for environmental monitoring
      • 2.2.1. What is a spectral index
      • 2.2.2. How spectral indices are designed
    • 2.3. Automatic land cover mapping
      • 2.3.1. Supervised image classification
      • 2.3.2. Classification strategies
    • 2.4. Map validation
      • 2.4.1. Precision or accuracy?
      • 2.4.2. How much is accurate a map?
  • 3. Access to Copernicus satellite images for free
    • 3.1. Sentinel Hub EO Browser
      • 3.1.1. How to select the correct products with Sentinel Hub EO Browser
      • 3.1.2. How to view the satellite images with Sentinel Hub EO Browser
      • 3.1.3. How to download the data with Sentinel Hub EO Browser
    • 3.2. Some alternative repositories
  • 4. Hands-on exercises
    • 4.1. Monitoring lake’s trophic state (difficulty: advanced)
      • 4.1.1. Download the data
      • 4.1.2. The environmental problem
      • 4.1.3. Scope of the exercise
      • 4.1.4. Study area
      • 4.1.5. Satellite images
      • 4.1.6. The modelling
      • 4.1.7. Chlorophyll’s concentration and water level
      • 4.1.8. QGIS set-up
      • 4.1.9. Prepare the satellite images
      • 4.1.10. Load the satellite images with the correct colours
      • 4.1.11. Resize the image
      • 4.1.12. Calculate the Ratio Vegetation Index
      • 4.1.13. Sample the RVI in the calibration sites
      • 4.1.14. Calibrate the spectral model
      • 4.1.15. Create an automatic workflow
      • 4.1.16. Create a batch processing to manipulate all the satellite images at once
      • 4.1.17. Estimate the chlorophyll’s concentration in Lake Trasimeno
      • 4.1.18. Simple analysis of results
    • 4.2. Mapping crop types (difficulty: intermediate)
      • 4.2.1. Download the data
      • 4.2.2. The environmental problem
      • 4.2.3. Scope of the exercise
      • 4.2.4. Study area
      • 4.2.5. Satellite images
      • 4.2.6. Land cover information
      • 4.2.7. Methods
      • 4.2.8. QGIS set-up
      • 4.2.9. Prepare multiband files for 10-meter satellite images
      • 4.2.10. Prepare multiband files for 20-meter satellite images
      • 4.2.11. Resize the image
      • 4.2.12. Create the training samples for image classification
      • 4.2.13. Automatic mapping of crop types
      • 4.2.14. Simple analysis of results
    • 4.3. Monitoring crops’ vegetative stage (difficulty: easy)
      • 4.3.1. Download the data
      • 4.3.2. The environmental problem
      • 4.3.3. Scope of the exercise
      • 4.3.4. Study area
      • 4.3.5. Satellite images
      • 4.3.6. Land cover information
      • 4.3.7. Methods
      • 4.3.8. QGIS set-up
      • 4.3.9. Calculate NDVI
      • 4.3.10. Select the NDVI information for Barley and Potato
      • 4.3.11. Compare winter crops and summer crops
      • 4.3.12. Simple analysis of results
    • 4.4. Additional resources
  • 5. Credits
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