Monitoring climate from space – free online course
Registration is open for a free online course that provides an introduction to monitoring climate change using satellite Earth observation.
ESA has teamed up with FutureLearn, a leading online learning platform, to offer the ‘Monitoring Climate from Space’ course beginning 30 November 2015.
As the crucial COP21 Paris Climate Summit approaches, detailed evidence about the process and impact of climate change is needed more than ever. Satellite Earth Observation technology provides a powerful and compelling insight into climate change which can help to underpin climate policy, scientific research and public engagement. But how does this technology work, and how can it achieve the essential detail and comprehensive worldwide view that we need?
Join Lead Educator Professor Martin Wooster and leading climate experts such as Professor Konrad Steffen, Professor Anny Cazenave, Dr Stephen Briggs and Dr Emily Shuckburgh as they reveal the perspective provided by satellite Earth observation.
Join now, starts 30 November:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/climate-from-space
Does ESA publish their data on open source databanks or does it "rent" it's sentinel satelites to companies and institutes or does it do something else with the data?