Remote Sensing Courses and Certifications

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Remote Sensing Measurement Using Fluorescence - Lecture 15

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Explore the principles and techniques of fluorescence measurement in remote sensing, focusing on practical applications and data interpretation methods.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Remote Sensing Measurement Introduction - Lecture 14

Discover the fundamentals of RS measurement techniques and their practical applications in electrical engineering.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Remote Sensing and AI in Detection of Climate Extremes - Week 11 Lecture 52

Discover how remote sensing technology and artificial intelligence work together to identify and monitor extreme climate events and environmental changes.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Observing Earth From Space

Explore satellite imagery with a web tool to see how sensors, orbits and the electromagnetic spectrum reveal weather, oceans, ice, deforestation, pollution and climate change.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Process SAR & Multispectral

Estimate flood extent from satellite data: apply speckle filtering to SAR, run multispectral change detection over time, and judge classification accuracy before sharing results.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sensing Planet Earth – From Core to Outer Space

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Will this year be the hottest year ever? What is the current rate of global sea level rise? How fast is the rain forest disappearing? … Learn about the essential tools for measuring and monitoring our

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sensing Planet Earth – Water and Ice

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Where do we find water on our planet? Should we worry about rising sea levels? Can we predict climate change? Learn how to measure and monitor the Earth’s water and ice masses.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Complete Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing & GIS

1469 ratings at Udemy

Harness the Power of Google Earth Engine for GIS Spatial Data Analysis & Remote Sensing

• Udemy
• 5 hours 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

GIS Image Analysis in ArcGIS Pro

57 ratings at edX

Learn fundamentals of remote sensing, image analysis, image processing and its application to real-world problems such as changing water bodies, vegetation health, and wildfire severity.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

AI for Earth Observation

Explore AI for Earth observation through semantic segmentation, change detection, SAR and hyperspectral architectures, multimodal fusion, and vision foundation models.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Career Certificate

Foundations of Environmental Science: Measuring and monitoring our planet

Learn how you can use data from various sensors to better understand our living planet and how it changes.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $268.00
• 2 courses

Geospatial Science in the Arctic Domain

This course focuses on a range of remote sensing and geospatial science applications in the Arctic domain. Based on a brief introduction of fundamental remote sensing principles, this course will disc

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Fundamentals of Geospatial Science

This Professional Certificate introduces learners to the principles and applications of geospatial sciences with a focus on the Arctic domain.

• edX
• 11 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $510.00
• 3 courses

Basics of Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

A foundational geospatial technology course combining remote sensing, GNSS, and GIS with practical demonstrations using open-source software.

• Swayam
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Explore the foundations of remote sensing, GNSS, and GIS through image processing, spatial analysis, and open-source software demonstrations.

• Swayam
• 15 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course