Monitoring Climate From Space
Week 1: Observing Climate Change from Space
What is Earth observation? How do you observe the Earth with satellites? What is the added value of the view from space? This week aims to introduce you to the basic concepts of how earth observation data is acquired from satellites, the underlying science that enables this and what it can help us to do.
An introduction video giving a quick overview on Earth observation satellites and their use, and what people can get out of the course.
This video will introduce you to some of the basic principles of Earth observation and why viewing our planet from space is so important.
This video highlights some of the important, overarching observations enabled by monitoring the Earth from space.
In this video, Professor Martin Wooster will guide you through some of the basic principles used to observe the Earth from space.
This video explains why Earth observation is essential in climate policy and planning
This video provides a range of examples of the types of climate-related observations now being made from Space
In this video Dr Stephen Briggs introduces the concept of Essential Climate Variables and ESA’s Climate Change Initiative
In this video, four leading scientists on climate science and policy discuss the crucial role of satellite Earth observation data in supporting international climate negotiations, including the COP21 climate summit
The interactive exercise for week 1
