Course Outline
WEEK
TOPIC
1 1.1
Definitions
1.2 The need for remote sensing
1.3 Classification of RS systems
2 2
Physical
Principles
2.1 Electromagnetic radiation
2.2 Basic laws
2.3 Interaction of radiation
3 3
Platforms
3.1 Ground
3.2 Aircraft
3.3 Satellite
3.4 Orbits
4 4
Aerial
& Space Photography
4.1 Cameras
4.2 Camera optics
4.3 Films
5,6
5 Imaging Systems: PS
5.1 Landsat
5.2 Spot
5.3 HCMM
5.4 Aircraft
5.5 NOAA
5.6 DMSP
5.7 ERS-1 ATSR
5.8 Nimbus CZCS
5.9 GOES, METEOSAT
5.10 PM
7 6 Imaging
Systems - AS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Scatterometer
6.3 SLAR and SAR
8 MIDTERM
9 7 Non-Imaging
Systems
7.1 Altimeter
7.2 LIDAR
9,10 8
EOS-Mission to Planet Earth
8.1 Objectives
8.2 Satellites
8.3 EOSDIS
8.4 DAAC
8.5 Pathfinder
11 Spring Break
10,12 9
Application: Atmosphere
9.1 Radiation budget
9.2 Atmospheric temp. structure
9.3 Could classification
9.4 Detection of hurricanes
9.5 Antarctic ozone hole
13
10 Application: Cryosphere
10.1 Snow mapping
10.2 Bi-directional reflectance snow
10.3 Onset of snow-melt
10.4 Sea ice distrib. & conc.
10.5 Elevation Greenland ice sheet
13,14
11 Application: Hydrosphere
11.1 Sea surface temperature
11.2 Oceanic circulation.
11.3 El Nina
11.4 Winds over the ocean
11.5 Sea water color
14,15 12 Application: Lithosphere
12.1 Geological reconnaissance
12.2 Detection of land forms
12.3 Thermal inertia mapping
12.4 Spectral RS in geology
15
13 Application: Biosphere
13.1 Vegetation damage
13.2 Crop identification
13.3 Soil reflectance
13.4 Estimation of green leaf area
13.5 Estimation of global biomass