Study Guide

Learning objectives

After completing the course, the student
- knows the operating principles of continuous measurement systems
- becomes aware of the uncertainty factors and quality factors related to the continuous environmental measurement
- understand the principles of time series data processing
- knows how to import data from the measurement system into data processing software
- is able to produce different visualizations of measurement data
- knows how to perform various computational data analyses and interpret their results
- is able to perform spatial data analyses based on measurement data and visualize them as maps

Content

- Characteristics of environmental measurement data
- Using environmental measurement information for different purposes
- Basics of continuous measurement
- Environmental public databases and open data
- Utilization of measurement data and modeling in environmental applications
- Use of software suitable for processing measurement data
- Processing, analysis, and visualization of time series measurement data
- Presentation of measurement information on the map
- Geographical information systems in visualization and analyzing environmental data