← Basic Sciences Division

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Center

Develops algorithms for processing and analyzing satellite remote-sensing and multispectral/hyperspectral imagery, applying them to Earth observation, land-use change monitoring, and environmental-change detection.

Mathematics Center Physics Center Chemistry Center Biology Center Atmospheric Sciences Center Stratigraphy & Sedimentology Center Structural Geology & Tectonics Center Petrology & Mineralogy Center Geochemistry Center Paleontology & Evolutionary Biology Center Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Center Hydrogeology & Soil Science Center Physical Oceanography Center Marine Geology & Geophysics Center Chemical Oceanography Center Marine Biology & Ecology Center

Research Fields 14

Landsat Program & Land Observation Satellites

🛰️ Landsat Program & Land Observation Satellites

Land observation satellites are civil spacecraft that image the Earth's land surface syste…

Radar Imaging & Synthetic Aperture Systems

📶 Radar Imaging & Synthetic Aperture Systems

Radar imaging maps terrain by transmitting microwave pulses and recording the echoes, day …

Aerial Photogrammetry

✈️ Aerial Photogrammetry

Aerial photogrammetry is the science of making measurements from photographs taken from th…

Aerial Photographic Reconnaissance

🛩️ Aerial Photographic Reconnaissance

Aerial photographic reconnaissance is the acquisition of imagery from aircraft for informa…

Geographic Information Systems

🗺️ Geographic Information Systems

Geographic information systems are computer systems that store, manage, analyse, and visua…

Photointerpretation & Remote Sensing Science

👁️ Photointerpretation & Remote Sensing Science

Photointerpretation is the disciplined act of reading images of the Earth, extracting reli…

Satellite Geodesy

🌐 Satellite Geodesy

Satellite geodesy is the use of artificial satellites to measure the Earth: its shape, its…

Polar Ice Sheet Remote Sensing

🧊 Polar Ice Sheet Remote Sensing

Polar ice sheet remote sensing is the observation of the great ice sheets of Greenland and…

Atmospheric Aerosol Remote Sensing

🌫️ Atmospheric Aerosol Remote Sensing

Aerosol remote sensing measures the airborne particles, dust, smoke, sulphates, sea salt, …

Ocean Color Remote Sensing

🔵 Ocean Color Remote Sensing

Ocean colour remote sensing infers what is in the surface ocean from the spectrum of light…

Infrared & Ultraviolet Imaging Techniques

🔴 Infrared & Ultraviolet Imaging Techniques

Infrared and ultraviolet imaging extend photography into the spectral regions the eye cann…

Satellite Reconnaissance Imagery

🛰️ Satellite Reconnaissance Imagery

Satellite reconnaissance imagery is photography of the Earth from orbit for intelligence, …

Photogrammetric Cartographic Mapping

📐 Photogrammetric Cartographic Mapping

Photogrammetric cartography is the production of topographic and thematic maps from measur…

Hyperspectral & Multispectral Image Analysis

🌈 Hyperspectral & Multispectral Image Analysis

Multispectral and hyperspectral image analysis is the extraction of information from image…