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 |
2. Lectures are part of the Lab with mandatory presence |
Exercises - Laboratories |
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:
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-Stan
Aronoff, 2005, "Remote Sensing for GIS Managers", Esri Press, 524pp. |
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
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