? Credit Points : 100  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : GEO-P-P01554

To conduct a research project in Quantitative Earth Observation and write an article suitable for submission to a peer reviewed journal on this project.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Pass each compulsory course (of which, 40 credits). Pass overall on elective courses (of which, 40 credits).

Home subject area

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

On completion of the dissertation project, we expect students to be able to:
- manage the progress of a long-term project such that a useful result is obtained
- harness their knowledge of remote sensing and image processing for research purposes
- critically assess each step of their research for validity
- explore, using critical judgement, the research literature in their topic
- write an account of their research that meets the specification of an appropriate academic journal
- create a web page summary of their research for a non-specialist audience

Dissertation in form suitable for submission to an academic journal. Web page summary aimed at general scientific audience.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Rosie Edwards
Tel : (0131 6)50 4866
Email : redwards@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Chris Merchant
Tel : (0131 6)50 5097
Email : Chris.Merchant@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/