Remote sensing and spatial analysis overview

The Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (RSSA) Theme is one of three Research Themes within the School of Geography, University of Southampton.

The aim of the RSSA Theme is to develop and apply the tools of remote sensing and spatial analysis to map and monitor physical and human environments such as to inform the understanding of physical and human environmental processes.

The research of the RSSA Theme often is targeted on some of the key challenges facing the world. Further, some of the technical aspects of the Theme's research focus on providing technical solutions to support such key research challenges. In some cases, the research is agenda-setting. The RSSA Theme has an excellent record of high quality publication in international journals and its members sit on a wide array of journal editorial boards. The RSSA Theme has been successful in obtaining funding from a variety of research councils (e.g., NERC, EPSRC, ESRC) and other funding bodies (e.g., Ordnance Survey, DEFRA, DERA, DfID, World Bank, EU). The Theme contributes a large proportion of the School's Graduate School. Indeed, much of the research within the Theme is underpinned by the Graduate School.

The RSSA Theme runs two University Centres: the Centre for Environmental Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CERSSA), led by Dash, and the Centre for Health and Epidemiological Spatial Analysis (CHESA), led by Atkinson, both of which include several Schools from within the University. The School also runs the NERC-funded Network for Calibration and Validation of Earth Observation data (NCAVEO), led by Milton. The Theme can be divided into two research foci: (i) remote sensing and (ii) spatial analysis, although the synergies that exist between the two are significant.

Please contact Professor Terry Dawson for further information about, and research opportunities within, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis at the University of Southampton.