GE4250 – Remote Sensing Fundamentals - Spring 2007
Instructors:
G. Bluth, 204 Dow (gbluth@mtu.edu)
Lecture: TTh:
8:30 - 10
Lab Fee: $50 for
computer access and software costs
Course Overview and Objectives: This course
covers the basic physics and applications of “above-surface” remote sensing and
remote sensing systems. We will focus on using remote sensing to derive
information about features in the atmosphere and on the Earth’s surface.
Students who are interested in the following questions will benefit from this
course:
-Why use remote
sensing for scientific/engineering studies?
-How does remote
sensing “work”?
-What features
can I see with remote sensing? How can I improve upon them?
-How do I obtain
remote sensing data and analyze it?
-What are the
limitations to remote sensing?
-How do I
validate remote sensing methods and data?
-How can I design
new remote sensing techniques?
Required
Texts (I have some copies
of these to lend):
Bohren,
C.F. (1987) Clouds in a Glass of
Beer: Simple Experiments in
Atmospheric Physics. John Wiley
& Sons, ISBN 0-471-62482-9.
Bohren,
C.F. (1991) What Light Through
Yonder Window Breaks? John Wiley
& Sons, ISBN 0-471-52915-X.
Other
Sources
Campbell,
J.B. (1996) Introduction to Remote Sensing. Guilford Press, ISBN 1-57230-041-8.
Feynman,
R.P., R.B. Leighton, and M. Sands (1963)
The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
Pearson-Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, ISBN 0-201-50064-7.
Jensen,
J.R. (2000) Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. Prentice-Hall, Inc., ISBN 0-13-489733-1.
Lillesand,
T.M., R.W. Keifer and J.W. Chipman (2004)
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-45152-5.
Rees,
W.G. (2001) Physical Principles of Remote Sensing. Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-52-066948-0.
Serway,
R.A. and R.J. Beichner (2000) Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th
edition. Saunders College
Publishing, ISBN 0-03-022657-0.
Stephens,
G.L. (1994) Remote Sensing of the Lower Atmosphere: An Introduction.
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508188-9.
Assignments
and Homework: There will be homework and laboratory assignments throughout
the class, and one term project. Participants should expect to present their
work to the class.
GE4250 – Lecture Topics
|
Course Topics |
Primary Readings |
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Introduction course objectives definitions remote sensing
development electromagnetic
spectrum |
Rees (2001) Chapter 1 |
|
Mathematics
Introduction inverse
boundary problems math review
(differentials, integrals, matrices) development of
Maxwell’s equations |
Feynman (1963) Volume II,
Chapter 18 |
|
Electromagnetic
Waves in Space Electromagnetic
waves Polarization Diffraction Spectra/Harmonics |
Bohren (1987) ch. 10 Bohren (1987) ch. 19, 20;
(1991) ch. 3, 4 Bohren (1987) ch. 17 |
|
Thermal
Radiation Definitions Laws |
Bohren (1991) ch. 7, 10,
15 |
|
Absorption |
Bohren (1987) ch. 20;
(1991) ch. 7 |
|
Scattering Single
scattering Multiple
scattering phenomena |
Bohren (1987) ch. 11, 17,
18 Bohren (1987) ch. 14, 15 Bohren (1987) ch. 12 |
|
Solar
Radiation Irradiance |
Bohren (1991) ch. 5, 10,
15 |
|
The
Atmosphere Structure Composition Optical
thickness Phenomena |
Bohren (1987) ch. 6;
(1991) ch. 11 Bohren (1991) ch. 6, 12 Bohren (1987) ch. 16;
(1991) ch. 13 Bohren (1987) ch. 13, 21 |
Applications – UV Camera Instrument
design and development Camera
operation Atmospheric
corrections Image
processing Calibration and
validation |
Shannon (2006) Bluth et al. (in press) Mori and Burton (in press) |