Course Description
This course focuses on the basics of remote sensing, with an emphasis on aerospace applications in the field of physical sciences. It also deals with the fundamental properties of the electromagnetic spectrum and remote sensing devices such as multispectral cameras, thermal infrared line scanners, and television and radar imaging systems.
Practical content
Content of the course concentrates on image processing and visual interpretation of image data, including multispectral, thermal, hyperspectral remote sensing, and image enhancement in addition to the supervised and unsupervised image classifications. This course also covers change detection.
Course Objectives & Outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Define and describe remote sensing and explain its applications and history
- An understanding of the historical development of remote sensing technology, national and international remote sensing programs and its integration in geographic information systems
- Achieve a basic understanding of the physics of electromagnetic energy that underlies the acquisition, analysis and application of remote sensing data, including aerial photographs, airborne and satellite optical digital images and thermal images
- Acquire an appreciation of remote sensing information content related to ethical issues of privacy and proper use of remote sensing data.
- Acquire an awareness of the concepts and application of scale, coordinate systems, geometric and thematic accuracy, uncertainty and thematic content.
References
1. Campbell, J. (2002). Introduction to Remote Sensing, Third edition, Taylor and Francis, New York.
2. Gipson, P., (2000) Introductory Remote Sensing, Principal and Concepts, 1st edition, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London
3. Lillesand, T., and Kiefer, R. (2000). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 4th edition, Wiley, New York.
Course ID: BIOL 506
Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
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