Remote Sensing

1. Explain the principles of remote sensing and radiation.
2. Describe the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with Earth surface features.
3. Identify different remote sensing platforms and imaging systems.
4. Interpret aerial photographs and extract relevant information.
5. Apply digital image processing techniques to enhance and classify remote sensing data.
6. Utilize remote sensing data for land use mapping, agricultural monitoring, urban planning, and forestry applications.

13 weeks, about 62 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Introduction to Remote Sensing and Radiation Principles

   • Unit 1: Overview · 2 hours

     Read the introduction to remote sensing. Understand the course objectives. Familiarize yourself with remote sensing terminologies.

   • Unit 2 Electromagnetic Radiation · 3 hours

     Study electromagnetic energy as a source for remote sensing. Understand the electromagnetic spectrum. Differentiate between wavelength and frequency.

2. Week 2Module 1: Introduction to Remote Sensing and Radiation Principles

   • Unit 3 Radiation Principle · 3 hours

     Understand the principles of radiation. Study Stefan Boltzman's law. Relate radiation principles to remote sensing.

   • Unit 4 Energy Interactions in the Atmosphere · 2 hours

     Study atmospheric scattering and absorption. Understand Rayleigh, Mie, and Non-selective scattering. Learn about atmospheric windows.

3. Week 3Module 1: Introduction to Remote Sensing and Radiation Principles

   • Unit 5 Energy Interaction with Earth Surface Features · 5 hours

     Study reflection, absorption, and transmission of energy. Understand spectral reflectance curves for vegetation, soil, and water. Analyze energy interactions with different Earth surface features.

4. Week 4Module 2: Remote Sensing Platforms, Imaging System and Their Capabilities

   • Unit 1 Remote Sensing Platforms · 4 hours

     Study land-based, aerial, and satellite platforms. Understand geostationary and sun-synchronous orbits. Analyze the features of different satellite platforms.

5. Week 5Module 2: Remote Sensing Platforms, Imaging System and Their Capabilities

   • Unit 2 Imaging Systems · 5 hours

     Study panchromatic, multispectral, super-spectral, and hyper-spectral imaging systems. Differentiate between the different imaging systems. Understand the applications of each imaging system.

6. Week 6Module 2: Remote Sensing Platforms, Imaging System and Their Capabilities

   • Unit 3 Remote Sensors and their Capabilities · 5 hours

     Study the different remote sensors. Understand the capabilities of each sensor. Analyze the use of sensors in different wavelength ranges.

7. Week 7Module 3: Aerial Photography

   • Unit 1 Meaning and History of Aerial Photography · 3 hours

     Understand the meaning and history of aerial photography. Study the first aerial photograph taken. Learn about the development of aerial photography.

   • Unit 2 Types of Aerial Photograph · 2 hours

     Differentiate between vertical and oblique aerial photographs. Study the types of aerial cameras. Understand the applications of each type of photograph.

8. Week 8Module 3: Aerial Photography

   • Unit 3 Taking Vertical Aerial Photograph · 5 hours

     Understand the processes involved in taking vertical aerial photographs. Study flight lines, forward overlap, and sidelap. Learn about stereoscopic coverage.

9. Week 9Module 3: Aerial Photography

   • Unit 4 Geometric Property of Aerial Photograph · 5 hours

     Compute the scale of aerial photographs. Understand relief displacement. Analyze distortion and displacement in aerial photographs.

10. Week 10Module 3: Aerial Photography

    • Unit 5 Air Photo Interpretation · 3 hours

      Study visual variables in aerial photo interpretation. Understand tone, texture, pattern, site, and association. Learn about basic air photo interpretation equipment.

11. Week 11Module 4: Principles of Digital Image Processing

    • Unit 1 Digital Image Pre-Processing · 3 hours

      Study image rectification and restoration. Understand restoring periodic line striping. Learn about filtering of random noise.

    • Unit 2 Digital Image Enhancement · 2 hours

      Study linear and non-linear contrast stretch. Understand intensity, hue, and saturation transformations. Learn about density slicing and edge enhancement.

12. Week 12Module 4: Principles of Digital Image Processing

    • Unit 3 Digital Image Classification · 5 hours

      Study supervised and unsupervised classification. Understand the steps involved in each classification method. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

13. Week 13Module 5: Application of Remote Sensing

    • Unit 1 Land use/Land cover mapping · 2 hours

      Study the application of remote sensing in land use/land cover mapping. Understand the use of satellite images and aerial photographs. Learn about change detection and environmental analysis.

    • Unit 2 Agricultural and Natural Resources Applications · 3 hours

      Study the application of remote sensing in agriculture and natural resources. Understand crop monitoring, yield determination, and soil analysis. Learn about water resources application.