Title:

Introduction to Remote Sensing

Semester:

E

Responsible TRS member:

Hatzopoulos Ioannis

Instructor(s):

Not Offered

Teaching Assistants:

  -

Learning Outcomes:

Scientific and technological methods for the collection and processing of information with remote sensing methods such as satellite images and their usage in environmental applications.

Topics per Week:

Lectures and Laboratories are performed in the following sequence:

Lectures

Lecture 1: Photointerpretation. Geometry of images

Lecture 2: Nature and properties of Electomagnetic Radiation.

Lecture 3: Optical systems- conventional photography, aerial photography.

Lecture 4: Electrooptical sensors, Depth of field - Characteristic curve.

Lecture 5: Images in thermal infrared.

Lecture 6: Metric information – Photogrammetry, Radar images.

Lecture 7: Design of softcopy photogrammetric instruments.

Lecture 8: Satellite images and radar images.

Lecture 9: Radiometric and geometric correction of digital satellite images.

Lecture 10: Atmospheric correction of digital images.

Lecture 11: Multispectral classification.

Lecture 12: Density slicing and edge enhancement.

Lecture 13: Principal components, convolution filtering, Fourier transforms.

Lab assignements

Lab 1: Extraction of qualitative information from images.

Lab 2: Extraction of metric information from images.

Lab 3: Optics, lences, conventional photography.

Lab 4: Photography of objects.

Lab 5: Radiometry – Remote sensing systems.

Lab 6: Sensors – Thermal infrared.

Lab 7: Radar images.

Lab 8: Digital image, radiometric enhancement.

Lab 9: Digital image processing, classification.

Lab 10: Object drawing from images.

Theory - Lectures
(hours / week):

2. Lectures are part of the Lab with mandatory presence

Exercises - Laboratories
(hours / week):

2. Mandatory presence

Total (hours / week):

4

Number of ECTS Gredits:

4

Grading:

Lab-Exercizes 30%.

Final exam 70%.

Notes:

In electronic form in the Server.

Basic Textbook:

Stelios P. Mertikas, (1999) "Remote sensing and digital image analysis" (in Greek), Ion Publisher, ISBN 960-405-949-1, pages: 450.

Bibliography:

 

-Stan Aronoff, 2005, "Remote Sensing for GIS Managers", Esri Press, 524pp.
-A.S.P., (1980), «Manual of Photogrammetry», 4th edition.
-A.S.P., (1983), «Manual of Remote Sensing», 2nd edition.
-ASPRS, (2001), “Commercial Observation Satellites”.
-Thomas Eugene Avery, (1992), «Fundamentals of Remote Sensing & Airphoto Interpretation», Graydon Lennis Berlin, Prentice Hall, 5th ed
-Russell G. Congalton and Kass Green Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Data: Principles and Practices, 873719867, Published by Lewis Publishers, 1998.
- Cracknell A.P. & Hayes L.W.B. (1991), "Introduction to remote sensing", Taylor & Francis, London, New York, Philadelphia, 293 pp
-John C. Curlander, Robert N. McDonough, (April 1992), «Synthetic Aperture Radar: Systems & Signal Processing», John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
-James B. Campbell PhD, Randolph H. Wynne, 2011, "Introduction to Remote Sensing", Fifth Edition, The Guilford Press, 667 pages.

-Jose Luis Casanova, (2000), « Remote Sensing in the 21st Century » Proceedings of the 19th EARSeL Symposium.
-Hatzopoulos J. N., 2008, "Topographic Mapping: Covering the wider field of Geospatial Information Science & Technology (GIS&T)", ISBN 1-58112-988-6, Universal Publishers, 740 pp.
-John R Jensen, 2006, "Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective", 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 608pp.

-Arun D. Kulkarni, (2001), “Computer Vision and Fuzzy – Neural Systems”, Prentice Hall PTR.
-Thomas M. Lillesand, Ralph W. Kiefer, (1994), «Remote Sensing & Image Interpretation», John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 3rd ed
-Editors: Lillesand, Kiefer & Chipman Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th Edition, 0-471-15227-7 , John Wiley & Sons Publishers, 2003.
-C.P. Lo, (1986), "Applied Remote Sensing", Longman Scientific & Technical.
-Paul M. Mather, (1999), “Computer Processing of Remotely Sensed Images”, 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
-Edward M. Mikhail, James Bethel, & Chris McGlone, Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry, 0-471-30924-9, Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
-William K. Pratt, (1978), “Digital Image Processing”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
-Richards John A., (1986), “Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis”, Springer – Verlang.
-Theo Pavlidis, (1982), “Algorithms and Graphics for Image Processing”, Computer Science Press.
-Ôóáêßñç – ÓôñáôÞ Ìáñßá Ä., (1989), «ÁíÜðôõîç Áëãïñßèìùí ãéá ôçí ØçöéáêÞ Åðåîåñãáóßá Åéêüíùí», ÁÐÈ/ÔÁÔÌ
-Paul R. Wolf, (November 1990), «Elements of Photogrammetry», McGraw-Hill Companies, 2nd ed Edition.
- ×áôæüðïõëïò, I. N., (2012), Ãåù÷ùñïðëçñïöïñéêÞ Ôïðïãñáößá, Åêäüóåéò ÔÆÉÏËÁ, Èåó/íßêç, 970 óåëßäåò.

Language:

The course is taught in Greek. For exchange students, English literature is proposed and examinations are given in English.

Internet Links:

http://www.sci-ctr.edu.sg/ssc/publication/remotesense/rms1.htm
http://www.eurimage.com/ http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/GEOG/Virtual/remoteintro.html

http://www.uswcl.ars.ag.gov/EPD/remsen/rsagintr.htm

http://www.meto.umd.edu/~owen/ESSE/lynn1.htm

http://www.brunel.ac.uk:8080/depts/geo/SATMARKS/Sensor.html

http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/rslab/rsccnew/
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~gong/textbook/
http://redwood.cnr.berkeley.edu/
http://www.usda.gov/
http://www.usgs.gov/
http://www.fs.fed.us/

                                             

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