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Period

Date

Topic

Reading Assignment in Campbell

Supplemental Reading in Lillesand

  Concepts and Foundations of Remote Sensing

1

Jan. 23

Course introduction; Introduction to remote sensing (2)

alternate (6)

Ch.1

Sec. 1.1

2

25

Physical basis for remote sensing; energy sources and radiation principles (2) (6)

pp. 28 - 44

 

Sec. 1.2

3

28

Energy - matter interactions (2) (6)

pp. 44 - 52

Sec. 1.3

4

30

Spectral - radiometric properties of vegetation, soil, and water (2) (6)

Sec. 17.3 - 4,19.2

Sec. 1.3  - 1.4

5

Feb. 1

Introduction to remote sensing data acquisition and interpretation (2) (6)

Ch. 10

Sec. 1.5, 1.8  - 1.9

Aerial Photography

6

4

Aerial photography:  cameras, film and filters (2) (6)

pp. 55 - 61

Ch. 2

7

6

Cameras, film and filters, cont. (2) (6)

pp. 58 - 74, sec. 10.1 - 5

Ch. 2

8

8

Cameras, film and filters, cont.

 

 

9

11

Geometry of aerial photographs (2) (6)

Sec. 3.8 - 10, Sec. 5.14

Ch. 3

10

13

Principles of stereoscopy (2) (6)

pp. 81 - 83, Sec. 5.13

Sec. 3.7

11

15

Principles of photo interpretation (2) (6)

Chap 5 (except Sec. 5.15), Sec. 20.1 - 7

Sec. 4.1 - 4.4

12

18

Introduction to photogrammetry; orthophotography (2) (6) 

Sec. 3.10 - 12

Sec. 3.8 - 3.9

13

20

Acquisition and sources of aerial imagery; mission planning (2) (6)

Sec. 3.13

Sec. 3.10

14

22

Applications of aerial photography to natural resources (2) (6)

Sec. 17.4 - 5, 17.16, 18.1 - 4, 18.9 - 11

Sec. 1.9, 4.5 - 4.16

15

25

Exam 1 

 

 


 


Digital Remote Sensing

16

27

Electronic sensors and digital imagery (2) (6)

Ch. 4

Sec. 5.1 - 7

17

29

Electronic sensors and digital imagery, cont.

 

 

18

March 3

Land observation satellite systems (2) (6)

Ch. 6

Sec. 6.1 - 15

19

5

Applications of Landsat and SPOT data (2) (6)

Looking at Earth; Satellite Atlas of the World

Landsat & SPOT Applications Notebook

20

7

AVHRR, MODIS and SPOT Vegetation and their applications (2) (6)

pp. 182 - 189, Sec. 17.6 - 10, AVHRR Applications Notebook

Sec. 6.17 - 19

21

10

Geometric and radiometric preprocessing (2) (6)

Ch. 11

Sec. 7.1  -  2

22

12

Image enhancement (2) (6)

Sec. 5.15

Sec. 7.3  -  6

23

14

Image classification (2) (6)

Ch. 12

Sec. 7.7  -  15

24

24

Image classification, cont.

Sec. 20.8

 

25

26

Temporal classification and change detection (2) (6)

Sec. 20.9

pp. 593  -  600

26

28

Classification accuracy assessment (2) (6)

Ch. 13

Sec. 7.17

27

31

Digital aerial imaging, Guest lecture, Wm. Anderson (2) (6)

Sec. 3.11

Sec. 2.5, 2.8

28

April 2

Applications of digital aerial imaging, Wm. Anderson (2) (6)

 

 

29

4

Review

 

30

April 7

Exam 2