SPACE GEODESY AND APPLICATIONS

Course Information
TitleΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΙΚΗ ΓΕΩΔΑΙΣΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ / SPACE GEODESY AND APPLICATIONS
CodeΑ36
FacultyEngineering
SchoolRural and Surveying Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorDimitrios Tsoulis
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID20000893

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Rural and Surveing Engineering

Registered students: 19
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Geodesy and SurveyingCompulsory Courses956
Cadastre, Photogrammetry and CartographyElective Courses956
Transportation and Hydraulic EngineeringElective Courses956

Class Information
Academic Year2016 – 2017
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600059305
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Writing of a report and presenting in front of an audience. Use of scientific literature and understanding of current cutting-edge technology in satellite geodesy.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Basic definitions of geodetic and geodynamic parameters of the system Earth. Elements of orbit theory. Principles, method of data acquirement and data analysis and fields of application of current satellite systems and dedicated satellite gravity missions (InSAR, SLR, VLBI, CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE). Global digital elevation and crustal models and their role in gravity field modeling. Interdisciplinary applications of current geodetic data.
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures30
Reading Assigment30
Total60
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
[22767294] ΔΟΡΥΦΟΡΙΚΗ ΓΕΩΔΑΙΣΙΑ, Δ. ΤΣΟΥΛΗΣ, ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΖΗΤΗ, ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ.
Last Update
19-09-2013