Remote Sensing Links

Environmental Remote Sensing Center
The home of ERSC, a remote sensing research facility at UW-Madison with an interdisciplinary focus on environmental monitoring and resource management.

NASA's Observatorium
A basic introduction to remote sensing and space science including on-line tutorials, teachers' resources, satellite imagery, and much more.

Landsat 7 Gateway
An introduction to the Landsat 7 mission including data characteristics, science and education applications, technical documentation, program policy, and history.

NASA's Earth Observing System
A gateway to information about NASA's fleet of satellites and sensors which provide essential data to the Earth Science Enterprise program.

CCRS Education & Reference
Resources including a searchable glossary of remote sensing terms, remote sensing tutorials and descriptions of various spaceborne radar applications from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing.

Visualization of Remote Sensing Data
A showcase of images of atmospheric phenomena, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Remote Sensing Core Curriculum
Guidelines, published lectures, and exercises for undergraduate and K-12 instruction in remote sensing.

USGS Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
A demonstration of how satellite images taken at different times can be compared to detect changes in the environment.