Remote sensing for water management

This module introduces the basics of optical and radar remote sensing, together with the fundamentals of image processing (consulting image catalogs on the Internet, downloading images, importing/exporting, visualization, contrast enhancement, radiometric and geometric image correction, segmentation, vectorization, classification, etc.). In addition, this module presents applications related to water management.

The aim of this module is to introduce students in the Water and Agriculture Master's program to the basics of remote sensing, with practical work on applications for hydrology and water resource management. The techniques and principles of optical and radar remote sensing will be presented. For optical and radar images, frequently used in Geographic Information Systems, pre-processing methods (geometric and radiometric corrections) will be discussed. Finally, these different types of remote sensing data will also be presented, illustrating their interest in a number of hydrological applications and their use in the construction of spatialized indicators.