Research field
Satellite Remote Sensing
Satellite remote sensing acquires physical and biological information about Earth from orbital platforms, providing consistent global observations that no ground network could replicate. The Sentinel constellation of the Copernicus Earth Observation Programme delivers free multi-resolution imagery at multi-day repeat intervals, democratizing land cover mapping, agricultural monitoring, and disaster response. Synthetic aperture radar penetrates cloud cover and operates day and night, enabling deforestation detection in the humid tropics. Hyperspectral sensors discriminate vegetation stress, soil composition, and mineral deposits from spectral signatures. Cloud computing platforms like Google Earth Engine make petabytes of satellite archives accessible for global-scale analysis. Remote sensing is foundational to climate science, urban planning, food security monitoring, and environmental law enforcement.
Top institutions
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ESA ESRIN
DLR German Aerospace Center
University of Maryland GLAD
ETH Zürich Remote Sensing
Subfields
Key technologies
Sentinel Satellite Constellation
MODIS
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Google Earth Engine
Planet Labs Constellation
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