Current Courses - Remote Sensing (GEOL 6325)
Syllabus and Tentative Class Outline
Fall 2009,
Mon 4.00-5.30 p.m., Wed. 2.30-4.00 & 4.00-5.30
Instructor: Dr. Shuhab D. Khan
Office Hours: 2:30-4.00 pm Monday
Teaching Assistant: Aziz Ozyavas (azizozyavas@yahoo.com)
Text: Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective by J. Jensen, Prentice-Hall, 07
Recommended Books:
- Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, by Thoms M. Lillesand, Ralph Kiefer, and Jonathan Chipman, John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
- Remote Sensing, by Stan Aronoff, ESRI Press, 2005.
- Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective, John Jensen, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2005.
- Remote Sensing of Landscapes with Spectral Images A Physical Modeling Approach by John Adams and Alan Gillespie
Software: ENVI image processing software, ITT Visual Information Solutions.
Grading:
Labs/homework assignments: 30%; Two exams: 40%; Final project and presentations: 25%; Class participation 5%
Schedule:
Week |
Tentative Lecture Topics |
Lab/Assignment |
Aug 24/26 |
Computer accounts/ENVI intro |
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Aug 31/ Sept 2 |
Intro to spectroscopy |
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Sept 7 |
Labor Day Holiday |
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Sept 9 |
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Image processing |
Sept 14/16 |
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Sept 21/23 |
Hyperspectral lab1 |
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Sept 28/30 |
SPOT, Indian Resource Satellite, AVIRIS; Hyperion, HyMap |
Hyperspectral lab2 |
Oct 5 |
Exam I |
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Oct 7 |
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Hyperspectral lab2 contd |
Oct 12/14 |
Calibration, Registration and Topographic Correction |
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Oct. 19/21 |
Digital Image Processing, Classification, Mixed pixels and spectral unmixing methods |
Spectral Unmixing |
Oct 26/28 |
Thermal Infrared Lab |
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Nov 2/4 |
Introduction to Radar and Lidar |
Radar Lab. 1 |
Nov 9/11 |
Interferometry; radar systems, SIR; SRTM; Radarsat, Envisat Seasat etc |
Radar Lab 2. |
Nov 16/18 |
Geological Applications of remote sensing |
Work on project |
Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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Nov 23/30 |
Presentations |
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Dec 2 |
Exam II/ Project due |
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