Assignment 1: for those who wants certificate

Remote Sensing Basics with Application to Agriculture

Module 1 - Intro to Remote Sensing (electromagnetic waves, spatial, spectral, radiometric and temporal resolution...)

Unit 1: Remote Sensing Basics - our guest lecturer will gently take you to remote sensing learning path (48:05)
Unit 2: Remote Sensing Basic - How To Select The Best Imagery for Your Projecy (55:49)
Bonus: Really good overivew of electromagnetic waves - quick one (11:01)

Module 2 - Understanding satellites (Landsat, Sentinel, ASTER) and its application - images available for free

Unit 3: Theory and application of Landsat series of satellites (data available from 1972, 7/16 days revisit time on each point on the The Globe) (76:26)
Unit 4: Theory and application of ASTER sensors on Terra and Aqua satellites (data available from 1999) (71:48)
Unit 5: Intro to other satellites with free images - Sentinel 2A and 2 B (10m x 10m resolution) (11:24)

Module 3 - Downloading images from main satellites (Landsat, Sentinel, ASTER)

Unit 6: How to download Landsat 1-8 satellite images (data available from 1972) (8:46)
Unit 7: How to download Sentinel 2a and 2b satellite images (revisit time 5 days for the entire Globe) (5:58)
Unit 8: How to download ASTER satellite images (SWIR and thermal bands, from 15 meters resolution) (5:03)

Module 4 - Practical work with satellite images (Landsat, ASTER, Sentinel 2 and others)

Unit 9: Making your 1st true coloure image from Sentinel 2 satellite! (8:23)
Unit 10: Radiometric correction of satellite images in order to get quantitative result - Digital Number, Radiance, and Reflectance (7:19)
Unit 11: Additional material: How to get image that can be useful from satelites - quick introduction (11:02)

Module 5 - NDVI, one of the most useful indices derived from satellites used in Agriculture

Unit 12: Quick Intro to NDVI (2:32)
Unit 13: What to do when NDVI can not be used?
Unit 14: How to make NDVI in SNAP - quick demonstration (5:14)
Unit 15: NDVI application in Agriculture - on demand, live, session
Unit 16: Real Case Study How to Estimate Crop Loss from Hailstorm and Report it to Insurance Company
Assignment 1: for those who wants certificate - make an NDVI map of agriculture field close to you with Landsat 8 or Sentinel 2 satellite

Module 6 - Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing in Agriculture

How light can increase the temperature of the object - quick theoretical explanation (less than 15 minutes) (15:10)
Introduction to thermal infrared remote sensing from satelites (9:17)
Simple test about previous lecture for thermal infrared remote sensing - check you knowledge (0:52)
How to produce temperature of earth surface from LANDSAT and ASTER with QGIS
Assignment 2: for those who wants certificate - make a land or agricultural field temperature map close to you

Module 7 - Special Topics in Agriculture Remote Sensing

How to asses crop water status from satellites?
How to asses chlorophyl status in your crops and determine did crop (plant) adopted nitrogen from soil or foliar application
High resolution commercial satellites - overview of KOMPSAT satellite constellation by Korean Aerospace Research Institute
Introduction to Radar Satellites - theory and application
Drones - background, some models and its application in agriculture

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