Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management, Short Course | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education | Delft, Netherlands
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Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management

11 days
Duration
3500 EUR/full
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In this Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management course at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education you will develop skills to use remote sensing for land cover classification, estimating evapotranspiration, water productivity, irrigation performance assessment & irrigation water accounting.

Overview

Learning objectives for Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management course at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

  • Explain RS theory, technology, typical applications of earth observation data
  • Acquire & pre-process satellite data, extract biophysical features, derive and analyse vegetation indices in agricultural systems
  • Explain the theory and implement surface energy balance model to estimate Evapotranspiration (ET), biomass production, and Water Productivity (WP)
  • Conduct irrigation performance assessment using remote sensing data, to identify gaps, diagnose issues and propose improvements
  • Able to map crop types using time series of big satellite data through application of machine learning algorithms in cloud based platforms

Programme Structure

Course content:
  • Earth observation and remote sensing techniques
  • Remote Sensing data analysis 
  • Land cover classification
  • Remote sensing for Evapotransipration, biomass production and water productivity assessment
  • Remote sensing for enhancing performance of irrigation systems

Key information

Duration

  • Full-time
    • 11 days

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English
TOEFL admission requirements TOEFL® IBT
80

Credits

2 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL admission requirements TOEFL® IBT
80

Other requirements

General requirements

For whom?

  • Young and mid-career professionals, engineers and technicians and academics involved in agricultural water and irrigation system management in various government and non-government organizations.
Prerequisites
  • Working knowledge in remote sensing and Geoinformatics and its application in water related issues

Tuition Fee

To always see correct tuition fees
  • International

    3500 EUR/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 3500 EUR for the full programme during 11 days.
  • EU/EEA

    3500 EUR/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 3500 EUR for the full programme during 11 days.

Living costs for Delft

780 - 1160 EUR /month
Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Our partners

Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management
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IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

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