Introduction to Earth Observation field day
As part of UQ’s “Introduction to Earth Observation Sciences” course, which has 250 undergraduate and postgraduate students, we run three single day field classes to establish direct, experience-based understanding of the fundamentals of remote sensing. The day immerses students in an environment where they experience and measure its various components using positioning equipment, field spectrometers and various manual survey methods. Their experience and measurements are integrated with airborne, and satellite optical and radar data in follow on practicals. The field day is a corner-stone of the course to ensure students understand how earth observation/remote sensing measures and represents the environments. This separates our students from others so they understand where the data comes from and what environmental attributes and processes control what they measure.
PhD student Gillian Rowan (wearing high-vis vest) demonstrating the use of ASD full range spectrometer.
Dr Jason Barnetson demonstrating the use of drones for data capture.
PhD student Al Healy establishing a transect with students.
