  This activity has been developed as a resource for the "EU Space Awareness"
educational programme. As part of the suite "Our Fragile Planet" together with
the "Climate Box" it addresses aspects of weather phenomena, the Earth's
climate and climate change as well as Earth observation efforts like in the
European "Copernicus" programme. In this activity, students investigate how
satellite images obtained at different wavelengths help to identify Earth
surface features like vegetation and open water areas by using a specially
designed software package, LEO Works. Students inspect and analyse real
satellite data to produce colour images and maps of spectral indices and learn
how to interpret them and their uses.
