. . "5.0" . "140.0" . "10.0" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Basic GIS and Remote Sensing skills"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "5.0" . "2.0" . "Global change, caused by growing population densities and rising economic production levels, is increasingly placing pressure on scarce land resources. These changes do not always contribute to sustainable development and often increase the pressure on the natural resources that we depend on. Our impact on the environment is immense, and we are fast approaching several tipping points. Without proper management, these environments and the natural resources they provide will be depleted and degraded, sometimes irreversibly. They will no longer be able to provide society with essential services (water, food, carbon sequestration, temperature and rainfall regulation, pest regulation etc.)."@en . "Natural Resources Management Fundamentals"@en . . "Natural Resources Management Fundamentals"@en . "Natural Resources Management Fundamentals"@en . . "5.0" . "140.0" . "10.0" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "4.0" . "3.0" . "[CONCEPT] Monitoring of physical and chemical atmospheric, land and ocean variables with remote sensing requires an understanding of Earth’s ecosystems. Understanding of systems can be based on expert knowledge, experimental relations or physical relations, and this understanding can be captured in a descriptive model. Models are to understand, detect, predict, and describe interactions within and between ecosystems and the atmosphere across scales that range from local to global.\n\nRemote sensing can be used for parameter input in models, but also for spatial and temporal interpolation or extrapolation. This course provides an introduction to knowledge-driven, data-driven and physical modelling, starting with appropriate model selection given a specific problem or data availability. The course therefore deals with basic concepts and boundary conditions. Much emphasis is on integration of remote sensing observations into models, and selecting optimal object / pixel / time based mapping method for a given problem "@en . "Modeling & Mapping"@en . . "Modeling & Mapping"@en . "Modeling & Mapping"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Define the boundary conditions, components and dynamics of a natural system and analyse their relations in the context of landscape spheres."@en . . . . . . . "Understand basic concepts of modelling, model parameter and boundary conditions."@en . . . . "MGEO 5.0 BoK"@en . . "boundary conditions"@en