EO for Climate and Environmental Monitoring

From canopy height to CO₂-equivalent — building an MRV-ready carbon estimate

EO for Climate and Environmental Monitoring
Advanced Geospatial AI 1 lessons Samuel Appiah Kubi

About this course

This course connects two things you've already learned — DINOv3's canopy height estimation and basic allometric equations — into a full forest-carbon monitoring workflow suitable for REDD+ style reporting, plus urban heat island mapping from Landsat thermal data, all with uncertainty stated honestly rather than presented as a single confident number.

What you'll learn

  • Estimate above-ground biomass from DINOv3 CHMv2 canopy height using pan-tropical allometry
  • Convert biomass to CO₂-equivalent for carbon accounting, and know exactly which conversion factors are used and why
  • Monitor Lake Volta and other water bodies over multi-decade time spans
  • Map urban heat islands from the Landsat thermal band
  • Build a climate indicator dashboard suitable for government reporting

Requirements

  • Foundation Models course
  • Time Series Analysis and Change Detection

Course content

From Canopy Height to CO₂-Equivalent, Step by Step Preview 30 min
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  • LevelAdvanced
  • Lessons1
  • CertificateYes
  • AccessLifetime

Samuel Appiah Kubi Instructor