Office and Phone: Shearer 211, 477-1712 s1

Remote Sensing Fall 2016

Instructor: Mike Applegarth Class Times: M 6:30 - 9:15 Room: SRH 205 & 001 Office and phone: Shearer 211, 477-1712 Email: [email protected] Web: http://webspace.ship.edu/mtappl Office hours: MTW: 1:00-2:00; MW: 5:00-6:00 Text: Introduction to Remote Sensing (Campbell) 4th Ed.

Overview Remote sensing will explore viewing and interpreting the earth from aircraft and satellite-borne imaging systems. We will study remote sensing of the Earth and use the interaction of electromagnetic energy with matter to determine physical properties of surfaces.

Grading

Course grades will be assigned according to the following scale:

Grade Percent A 93+ A- 90-92 B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82 C+ 77-79 C 70-76 D 60-69 F <60

The points for the course will come from the following activities:

Test 1 - 100 Test 2 - 100 Labs (5) - 100 Total = 300

Labs - The labs are an opportunity to work with imagery and some remote sensing techniques. We will designate class time to working on the labs, but likely you will need additional time to complete them. Completed labs should be turned into the S: drive. Be sure to keep a copy of your work.

No extra credit assignments are available

Tests - Two tests will be given during the semester. The final is not comprehensive, but you will be asked to solve problems based on information obtained during the semester. The tests are short answer and problem-solving based. Schedule (subject to change)

Date Topic Readings

Aug 29 Class/RS intro, EM spectrum Chap 1, 2

Sept 5 Labor Day

12 Raster data, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Interference Chap 2

19 Imaging Systems, Lab 1 (DEMs)

26 Satellite platforms, Image Pre-processing Chap 6

Oct 3 Lab 2 (ortho-rectification)

10 Test 1 (Lab 1 due)

17 Fall Break

24 Image processing, Techniques Chap 5, 12

31 Importing imagery; Lab 3 (Image processing)

Nov 7 Lab Time

14 Lab 4 (Spatial Model) (Lab 2 due)

21 Radar/Thermal; Lab 5 (Thermal) Chap 7, 9

28 Lab Time (Lab 3 due)

Dec 5 Lab Time (Lab 4 due)

12 Final (Lab 5 due)