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Introduction

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Contents

  • 1. Main characteristics of optical satellites
    • 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 area coverage
    • 1.3. Copernicus and the Sentinels
      • 1.3.1. The Copernicus programme
      • 1.3.2. Multispectral Sentinel satellites
  • 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
  • 3. Free and open Copernicus satellite images
    • 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

Supplementary materials

  • Map validation
    • Precision or accuracy?
    • How much is accurate a map?
  • Examples

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