Period

Date

Topic

Reading Assignment 
in Campbell

Supplemental Reading 
in Lillesand

Concepts and Foundations of Remote Sensing

1

Jan. 21

Course introduction; Introduction to remote sensing

Ch.1

Sec. 1.1

2

23

Physical basis for remote sensing; energy sources and radiation principles

pp. 28 - 44

Sec. 1.2

3

26

Energy - matter interactions

pp. 44 - 52

Sec. 1.3

4

28

Spectral - radiometric properties of vegetation, soil, and water

Sec. 17.3 - 4,19.2

Sec. 1.3 - 1.4

5

30

Introduction to remote sensing data acquisition and interpretation

Ch. 10

Sec. 1.5, 1.8 - 1.9

Aerial Photography

6

Feb. 2

Aerial photography: cameras, film and filters

pp. 55 - 61

Ch. 2

7

4

Cameras, film and filters, cont.

pp. 58 - 74, sec. 10.1 - 5

Ch. 2

8

6

Cameras, film and filters, cont.

9

9

Geometry of aerial photographs

Sec. 3.8 - 10, Sec. 5.14

Ch. 3

10

11

Principles of stereoscopy

pp. 81 - 83, Sec. 5.13

Sec. 3.7

11

13

Principles of photo interpretation

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

Sec. 4.1 - 4.4

12

16

Introduction to photogrammetry; orthophotography

Sec. 3.10 - 12

Sec. 3.8 - 3.9

13

18

Acquisition and sources of aerial imagery; mission planning

Sec. 3.13

Sec. 3.10

14

20

Applications of aerial photography to natural resources

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

Sec. 1.9, 4.5 - 4.16

15

23

Exam 1

Digital Remote Sensing

16

25

Electronic sensors and digital imagery

Ch. 4

Sec. 5.1 - 7

17

27

Electronic sensors and digital imagery, cont.

18

March 2

Land observation satellite systems

Ch. 6

Sec. 6.1 - 15

19

4

Applications of Landsat and SPOT data

Looking at Earth; Satellite Atlas of the World

Landsat & SPOT Applications Notebook

20

6

AVHRR, MODIS and SPOT Vegetation and their applications

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

Sec. 6.17 - 19

21

9

Geometric and radiometric preprocessing

Ch. 11

Sec. 7.1 - 2

22

11

Digital aerial imaging, Guest lecture, Wm. Anderson

Sec. 3.11

Sec. 2.5, 2.8

23

13

Applications of digital aerial imaging, Wm. Anderson

24

23

Image enhancement

Sec. 5.15

Sec. 7.3 - 6

25

27

Image classification

Ch. 12

Sec. 7.7 - 15

26

30

Image classification, cont.

Sec. 20.8

27

April 1

Temporal classification and change detection

Sec. 20.9

pp. 593 - 600

28

3

Classification accuracy assessment

Ch. 13

Sec. 7.17

29

6

Exam 2

30

8

Thermal infrared and passive microwave remote sensing

Ch. 9

Sec. 5.6 - 5.8, 5.11 - 5.12, 8.20

31

10

Hyperspectral sensing

Ch. 15

Sec. 5.14, pp. 460 - 462, 7.19

32

13

Lidar and its applications

Ch. 8

Sec. 8.23

33

15

Radar remote sensing

Ch. 7

Sec. 8.1 - 21

Integration with Other Geopatial Data and Applications of Remote Sensing

34

17

Introduction to geographic information systems

35

20

Global Positioning System

Ch. 16, GIS – Notebook

Sec. 1.11, Sec. 7.18

36

22

Commercial high resolution satellite systems / IKONOS, QuickBird

pp. 378 - 382, GPS – Notebook

Sec. 1.7

37

24

Earth Observing System / Terra and Aqua

pp. 189 - 191

Sec. 6.16

38

27

Land cover classification and monitoring in Minnesota

Sec. 21.4 - 10

Sec. 6.19

39

29

Mapping impervious surface area in Minnesota

Sec. 20.8 - 12 , Land Classification and Change Detection – Notebook & land.umn.edu

40

May 1

Satellite monitoring of lake water quality in Minnesota, Guest lecture, Leif Olmanson

Sec. 20.8 - 12

41

4

Applications of remote sensing to ecology and global change

Sec. 19.1 - 4, Satellite Monitoring of Lakes – Notebook & water.umn.edu

42

6

Future perspectives, Review

Sec. 21.1 - 21.2

EarthObservatory.NASA.gov, Applications of RS to ecology and global change – Notebook

43

8

Exam 3