During the fieldwork, students will work in teams and receive the terms of reference as defined by a (virtual) client, with the aim
to analyse local to regional deformations and/or mass displacements due to various natural and/or human-induced causes. They
need to design a fieldwork campaign accordingly; the design will be reviewed during the project planning review. In the second
phase, students collect the data in the field and process historical and newly acquired data. Thereafter they will analyse and
interpret the data, present their findings and provide recommendations for future work.
Study Goals After completing the module students will be able to:
General:
1. Identify open issues in the processing and/or interpretation of Earth system data records based on the outcomes of the lab
project and design a development roadmap to address them.
2. Present analyses, interpretations and conclusions, as well as ethical implications, of the Lab and Fieldwork projects in a clear
and convincing manner, both orally and written.
Theory/Lab (module specific):
3. Assess the value and limitations of Earth observation data in addressing a societal challenge related to geohazards or climate
impacts.
4. Select Earth observation data suitable for the study of a phenomenon of interest.
5. Design, implement and validate a workflow to derive/extract geophysical parameters from Earth observation data.
6. Quantify and assess the input data uncertainties and the quality of the results.
7. Characterize temporal and spatial variations of geophysical parameters using Earth observation data.
8. Analyse, visualize and interpret findings in a clear and convincing manner.
Fieldwork:
9. Plan and design a field campaign that is appropriate for the physical process to be measured.
10. Collect data in the field using different measurement techniques.
11. Explain and quantify the error sources associated with the field measurements.
12. Process and analyse the data collected in the field to give meaningful constraints on the physical process.
13. Effectively communicate with peers, assessors and clients.
14. Contribute to a project as a team player and to the overall project management.
