Week 1 - The Atmosphere and Climate
Select a topic below to begin watching the course videos.
This first topic will introduce you to EO and monitoring of the Earth's Atmosphere.
This topic looks at past and present atmospheric monitoring satellites, as well as ones for the future.
This topic provides an overview of atmospheric composition.
Find out how satellite data help us to understand past and future trends
This topic discusses Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and delves deeper into one in particular - carbon dioxide.
This topic looks at Greenhouse Gasses (GHG) and man-made changes during the Anthropocene epoch.
This topic examines models, which are utilised in a range of applications in atmospheric sciences.
The first 'How to' video on the Atmosphere toolbox - How to read data
The second 'How to' video on the Atmospheric Toolbox - How to plot Sentinel-5p data
The third 'How to' video on the Atmospheric Toolbox - How to create a temporary averaged NO₂ map
This page has a table where you can explore all of the Earth observation satellite missions that are mentioned throughout this course. You can refer back to this table at any time.
This page contains links to important Earth observation glossaries of course words, acronyms, abbreviations, instrument names, and brief definitions.
For this first interactive exercise, we'll look at Carbon Brief's 'Attributing Extreme Weather to Climate Change' interactive map.
