Syllabus for W4051
Advanced Remote Sensing
Instructors: Christopher Small & Jeffrey Weissel Schedule: One hour lecture & two hour computer laboratory per week Prerequisite: Introductory Remote Sensing,Math,Physics Suggested Text: None Required. Weekly Suggested Readings Evaluation: Semester project WEEK: TOPIC:
9/5 Motivation & Applications of Remote Sensing LAB: Introduction to image processing software 9/12 Physics of ElectroMagnetic Radiation Active & Passive Source Systems LAB: Basic Concepts of Optical Image Processing 9/19 Microwave Scattering LAB: Basic Concepts of Radar Image Processing Visible & Infrared Optical Reflectance 9/26 Physics of Optical Reflectance LAB: Spatial & Spectral Resolution of various Sensors 10/3 Atmospheric Effects in the Visible and Infrared LAB: Atmospheric Correction Models 10/10 Vegetation Reflectance in the Visible & Infrared LAB: Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixing 10/17 Mineral and Soil Reflectance in the Visible & Infrared LAB: Hyperspectral Signatures & Feature Fitting 10/24 Imaging Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Analysis LAB: Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering 10/31 Project Progress Reports Microwave Radar Imaging 11/7 Radar Interferometry and Digital Elevation Models LAB: Analysis of Digital Elevation Models (DEM) 11/14 Biomass Estimation w/ Radar Polarimetry LAB: Polarimetric SAR processing 11/21 Thanksgiving Holiday 11/28 Geological Mapping w/ Radar LAB: Tectonic Basin Analysis with TOPSAR 12/5 Final Project Presentations LAB: Ocean Circulation and Coastal Productivity