Principles of Remote Sensing

Catalog description

This course will introduce fundamental concepts and develop basic skills related to the use of remote sensing data. The primary goal of the course is to introduce students to the principles of remote sensing, physics of remote sensing, spaceborne satellite systems and remote sensing data types including multispectral, hyperspectral and RADAR. Hands-on exercises will be provided to teach students how to obtain and process satellite imagery, analyze and synthesize information from remotely sensed data. Students will also be able to communicate findings. In addition, students will be assigned a research project for mastering digital image processing techniques for environmental applications. Each student will be required to give a 15 minute oral presentation on their research project and submit a final project report.