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    • Courses, basic
      • EXTA50, Surveying (only available for students at the Faculty of Engineering)
      • EXTF80, Geographic Information Technology (only available for students at the Faculty of Engineering)
      • EXTG75, GIS for Built and Natural Environments (only available for students at the Faculty of Engineering)
      • EXTL01, Bachelor thesis in Geographic Information Technology (only available for students at the Faculty of Engineering)
      • GISA21, Geographical Information Systems, introduction
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      • NGEA01, Physical Geography: An Introduction to the Global Environment
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      • NGEA04, Ecosystems Analysis
      • NGEA05, GIS and Remote Sensing with focus on the Environment
      • NGEA07, Theory and Methods of Physical Geography
      • NGEA09, Land surface processes and landscape dynamics
      • NGEA11, Geographical Information Systems, introduction
      • NGEA12, Geographical Information Systems, advanced
      • NGEA17, Synoptic / mesoscale meteorology
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      • NGEA23, Geographical Information Systems - an introduction for teachers
      • NGEA24, Dynamical Meteorology, I
      • NGEA25, Dynamical Meteorology, II
      • NGEA51, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis, internship, bachelor level
      • NGEK01, Bachelor degree project
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      • EXTM05, Degree Project in Geographic Information Technology(only available for students at the Faculty of Engineering)
      • EXTP40, GIT Project with Python Programming (only available for students at the Faculty of Engineering)
      • GISM01, iGEON Master thesis project
      • GISN02, GIS and statistical analysis
      • GISN04, Open Source GIS
      • GISN06, Geographical databases
      • GISN07, Algorithms in GIS
      • GISN08, Digital Remote Sensing and GIS
      • GISN09, Web GIS
      • GISN11, GIS and Biodiversity
      • GISN14, GIS and Physical Planning
      • GISN15, Research Methodology
      • GISN21, GIS and Statistical Analysis
      • GISN22, GIS and Climate Change
      • GISN23, GIS in Tourism and Recreational Planning
      • GISN24, Python Programming in GIS
      • GISN25, Spatial Data Infrastructure
      • GISN26, GIS and Distributed Hydrological Modelling
      • GISN27, Research Methodology
      • NGEM01, Master Degree Project
      • NGEN01, Climate Change and its Impacts on the Environment
      • NGEN02, Ecosystem Modelling
      • NGEN06 / EXTQ05, Algorithms in Geographical Information Systems
      • NGEN07 / EXTN10, Internet GIS
      • NGEN08, Satellite Remote Sensing
      • NGEN11 / EXTN75, Spatial Analysis
      • NGEN12 / EXTN70, Geographical databases
      • NGEN13, Programming for Applications in Geomatics, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
      • NGEN14, Greenhouse gases and biogeochemical cycles
      • NGEN16, Biosphere-atmosphere interactions
      • NGEN17, Global Ecosystem Dynamics
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    • Aquatic biogeochemistry
      • Aquatic respiration
      • Nutrient bioavailability
    • Biogeochemical cycles in forests
    • Biogeochemistry
    • Biogeophysics and climatology
      • CARBOAFRICA
      • CO2 and water fluxes in Sudan and Senegal
      • Effects of Forest Management and Natural Disturbance on Greenhouse Gas Exchange in Boreal Forests
      • Plant water use efficiency
      • Spring temperature backlashes
      • Spruce bark beetle damage to forests
    • Climate effects on Ecosystems - Research group of Veiko Lehsten
    • Ecosystem Ecology
    • Geographical Information Science
      • Capacity Building in Geographic Information Technologies for Disaster and Natural Resource Management
      • Carbon and hydrology in the subarctic – measuring and modelling
      • Digitalization of the built environment
      • Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation in Rwanda
      • Geographic accessibility analysis
      • Integration of demographic and geographic data
      • Partnership for Building Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods to Climate Change and Disaster Risks - BREAD
      • Relative positioning for geospatial data using a Linked Data approach
      • Soil carbon and water quality in Rwanda
      • Spatial Modeling Techniques for Disease Surveillance
      • Spatially Enabled e-Services Delivery in Uganda
      • Sustainable Urban Flood Management
      • Techniques for and consequences of using INSPIRE extensions
      • The Nature of Peace
      • Tourism environmental impact and spatial planning
      • Upgrading and strengthening the University wide GIS Centre at Makerere University, Uganda
      • Finished projects
        • Analysis of geographical accessibility
        • Development of GIS education in Palestine
        • Environmental aspects and GIS aspects of higher education in Egypt
        • Impact of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
        • Increasing GIS usage in Laos
        • Map services for the visually impaired
        • Mapping land use in Laos
        • Monitoring trends and tipping points in phenology
        • Regional development in Sri Lanka
        • Soil erosion in Lebanon & Tunisia
        • The Planning Portal
        • Urban Geodata Infrastructure Development
        • Usefulness of maps
        • Visualization of 3D city models
        • eGIS+
    • Natural resources and ecosystem services in the Anthropocene
    • Reactive trace gases
    • Remote sensing and Earth observation
      • Lund Earth Observation research group
        • Biodiversity
        • Carbon estimation
        • Monitoring carbon in drylands
        • Monitoring forest disturbance
        • Spectral measurements
        • Time series analysis in remote sensing
        • Vegetation phenology
          • SITES Spectral
        • Water optics
      • Education and training in Earth observation
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Experimental setup above canopy in an australian eucalyptus forest.
23 Nov 2020 | News

Funding to ecosystem process research

The Swedish Research funding research on soil nutrient cycles and the interaction with carbon dioxide uptake in forest ecosystems. Benjamin Smith and David Wårlind from our department got the funding, as part of a larger research group.
Solar panels. Photo by Jukka Niittymaa, from Pixabay.
26 Feb 2021 | News

“Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why”

Zhengyao Lu, researcher at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. It's entitled “Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why”.
Digital illustration of a 3d-model of a building.
20 Nov 2020 | News

Thesis about harmonisation of 3D geodata for planning and building

On Friday 20th November Helen Eriksson is defending her thesis with the title "Harmonisation of 3D geodata – a prerequisite for a digital information flow for applications in the planning and building sector"
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13 Nov 2020 | News

Starting Grant to research on root dynamics in the Arctic

Grant to research on Modelling root dynamics in arctic tundra ecosystems and quantifying vegetation feedback to regional and global climate change.
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12 Nov 2020 | News

New thesis: GIS and spatial methods in epidemiology

Augustus Aturinde, PhD candidate, recently nailed his thesis “GIS and Health: Enhancing Disease Surveillance and Intervention through Spatial Epidemiology”.
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