What we do

Background

The University of Dundee has a long and distinguished history in remote sensing, going back nearly 30 years. In the mid 1970s, one of the first receivers of data from the new NOAA series of satellites was built in the Electronics Department. This has, over the years since the first NOAA AVHRR scene(215kB jpeg) ever received at Dundee, developed into the internationally known NERC-funded Dundee Satellite Receiving Station.

Still very active, this facility routinely receives NOAA AVHRR, MODIS TERRA and AQUA, and SeaWiFS data. Soon after the first images were received, other staff in the Physics Department became interested in studying and analysing the data and from this a large and successful research group developed. The Centre for Remote Sensing and Environmental Modelling (CRSEM) was thus created and now involves people from the following departments:

• Electronic Engineering and Physics
• Geography
• Environmental Science
• Biology
• Civil Engineering
• Applied Computing

The Centre's primary roles include:

• Understanding and modelling the physical processes involved in the acquisition of remote sensing data
• Design and development of remote sensing instrumentation, including airborne and space-borne instruments
• Reception, archiving and dissemination of data from existing remote sensing satellites
• Interpretation of and reliable extraction of key environmental variables from remotely sensed data

The CRSEM is led by Dr. Robin Vaughan, Reader in Remote Sensing.

Find out more about:

• Departments involved
• Research and Taught Courses