Sessions
10:00 - 12:00
Global Satellite Monitoring
Land surface analysis to support climate change topics.
14:00 - 16:00
UI / UX Design for Apps
User experience principles for designing EO web applications.
📚 Required Readings
Global Land Monitoring
Land cover mapping, vegetation indices, and climate indicators.
📖 RS eBook - Chapter 14📝 Key Concepts for the Exam
Global Monitoring and Climate
- Essential Climate Variables (ECVs): Land Surface Temperature (Landsat TIRS, MODIS), Sea Surface Temperature, ice extent (Sentinel-1), and atmospheric CO2 (OCO-2).
- Copernicus Programme: Six thematic services: Land, Marine, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Security, and Emergency Management. CEMS provides rapid mapping within hours of a natural disaster.
- EO for SDGs: SDG 11 (urban sprawl), SDG 13 (fire severity via dNBR), SDG 14 (ocean color, Sentinel-3 OLCI), SDG 15 (forest cover change, NDVI anomaly for drought).
UI/UX Design for EO Applications
- Progressive Disclosure: Hide complex data (raw Kelvin values) until the user requests it. Focus first on the policy action or summary.
- Sustainable UX: Design lightweight apps that minimize data transfer, reducing the energy footprint of environmental monitoring.
- STAC and FAIR: SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs ensure data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
- Three-tier Architecture: Front-end (maps, dashboards), Back-end (radiometric calibration, APIs), Data Layer (PostGIS, Earth Engine). A fourth Intelligence Layer (AI Agent) is emerging between UX and Logic.
Assessment
Final Exam Prep
Both sessions include content relevant for the final examination.
Assessed