Introduction to Remote Sensing Products and Monitoring Tools

This module provides an overview of remote sensing products and monitoring tools, helping you understand how remote sensing operates, how images are analyzed, and how they are utilized to support food security analysis.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Define remote sensing and explain its role in products and monitoring tools
• Describe the functioning of passive and active satellite remote sensing
• Summarize the remote sensing raster data format
• Explain how spatial resolution impacts the field of view
• Describe how spatial and temporal averages are used
• Determine when to use different types of anomalies from baselines

This module is presented by:

• Mike Budde, USGS Geographer, EROS Center