Observation, Acquisition and Data Processing Techniques

Code: FIS14555D

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Physics

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

This curricular unit intends to contribute to personal and scientific training, in general, and in particular to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge regarding Observation and Data Processing in Earth Sciences, both theoretically and in terms of applications.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Água limpa e saneamento - Garantir disponibilidade e manejo sustentável da água e saneamento para todos.

Energia limpa e acessível - Garantir acesso à energia barata, confiável, sustentável e renovável para todos.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Consumo e produção responsáveis - Assegurar padrões de produção e de consumo sustentáveis.

Ação contra a mudança global do clima - Tomar medidas urgentes para combater a mudança climática e seus impactos (*).

Learning Goals

- Understand the methodologies and techniques usually used in Earth, atmospheric and space sciences that allow the understanding of the three-dimensional spatial distribution of physical parameters or structures, not only in the solid Earth, but also in the atmosphere.
- Provide the students with the competences to understand and handle scientific instruments used in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and setting up a field experiment.
- Competence to use information technologies, make bibliographic research and comunicate ideas and scientific knowledge, oral or written, organized in a coherent and logical way on the subject of this curricular unit, in portuguese or in a second language. Develop competences of independent work and time management.
- Promote group work.

Study of different remote sensing ground based instruments and their physical priciples (RADAR,LIDAR, Spectroscopy, Photometry, Interphotometry). Satellite sensors. Physical principles of remote sensing. Passive and active systems. In situ monitoring systems. Meteorological instruments and radiosounding systems. GPS (GDSN) differential. Seismometers, geophones georesistivimeters, gravitymeters, magnetometers. Local, regional and Global observation network. Acquisition, recording data processing an interpretation in order to setup interpretative models for different geophysical phenomena.

Teaching Methods

The teaching is based in theoretical lectures, practical training and tutorial orientation.

The assessment is based on field tests for the interpretation of specific situations (30% of the final grade); at least one assignment in which students must apply the acquired skills (30% of the final grade) and a final exam (40% of the final grade).