LEARN TO EXPLORE EARTH AND GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES TO SECURE FUTURE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY AND MINERALS.
Earth is rich in essential mineral resources and geothermal energy that can play an important role in the energy transition worldwide. Think of minerals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt that are an integral part of many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies – from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles. Also, Earth's hidden supplies of geothermal resources are an essential component of the world's shift to green energy. If you have passion for Earth Sciences and want to learn to use remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) to map supplies of critical raw materials and geothermal resources, this specialisation is the right fit for you.
What is Applied Remote Sensing for Earth Sciences
In this specialisation, you will learn to analyse and integrate geological and geophysical data to identify areas of mineral resources and geothermal fields which are essential sources of clean renewable energy. You will learn methods and strategies to investigate the science relating to geology and mineral resources focusing on the application of multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing, optical and thermal infrared spectroscopy, geophysics, geochemistry, and advanced image analysis. By the end of the specialisation, you will know how to integrate remote sensing data with laboratory and field measurements and extract information from these datasets in digital workflow environments to explore essential Earth resources.
Thanks to the state-of-the-art geoscience labs, visualisation and usability labs, and satellite and sensor databases available at ITC, you will gain hands-on experience and work on real-life problems and solutions. You will create your own custom processing solution, using Python or JavaScript, that collects big datasets of remote sensing data from existing data repositories such as Google Earth Engine. This way, you will derive various physical parameters from the Earth surface. Or you can inventory possible energy sources in a given area and share them with a mining or geothermal company. Also, you will go on field trips where you will analyse the link between satellite images and what you can find on the ground.
What will you learn
As a graduate of the Master's in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation with a specialisation in Applied Remote Sensing for Earth Sciences, you have acquired specific scientific knowledge, skills, and values that will help you in your future career.
KNOWLEDGE
After completing this Master’s specialisation, you:
- have an in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art geologic remote sensing and geophysical concepts and methods as well as their application to Earth as a complex system;
- have a comprehensive understanding of integrating and leveraging multiscale, multitemporal, and multisource data from geospatial technologies to improve knowledge and insight into physical and earth sciences;
- have a solid knowledge of geodynamics, hydrothermal and geothermal systems, mineralisation systems and ore deposits, including the associated impacts and availability of resources for achieving sustainable development goals.
SKILLS
After successfully finishing this Master’s specialisation, you:
- can capture and generate geophysics, remote sensing, and laboratory data following best practices;
- can analyse and interpret captured multi-variate datasets to gain applicable geological, geospatial, mineralogical, and spectral information and insights;
- can contribute to specialist teams in developing innovative approaches for the exploration and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and geothermal resources.
VALUES
After completing this Master’s specialisation, you:
- are capable of objective, independent, and critical thinking;
- have developed an interest in responding to changing demands and opportunities from society and industry, both in scientific and technical terms;
- recognise the role of geological remote sensing and geophysics in providing solutions to global challenges and development goals regarding raw material supply.
Other Master's and specialisations
Is this specialisation not exactly what you are looking for? Maybe one of the other specialisations suits you better. You can also find out more about related Master’s at the University of Twente: