BASIC PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING

Paper Code: 
RES 132
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

 

CO1: To get introduced with the concept and development of Remote Sensing.

 

CO2: To learn about atmospheric window.

 

CO3: To get familiarized with the interaction with Earth materials.

 

CO4: To learn about remote sensing platforms.

 

CO5: To learn about other platforms related to Remote Sensing.

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration,

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation

 

 

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz,

Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

15.00
Unit I: 

Development of Remote Sensing

·      Introduction to Remote sensing                                    

·      Fundamental principles of Remote Sensing                     

·      Electromagnetic radiation                                                                            

·      EM Spectrum

 

15.00
Unit II: 

Atmospheric windows

·      Scattering

·      Areal Atmospheric Window

 

15.00
Unit III: 

Interaction With Earth Materials

·      Types Of Earth Material

·      Interaction process

 

15.00
Unit IV: 

Remote sensing platforms

·      Interaction to Sensing Platforms

·      Sensors

·       LandSat

 

15.00
Unit V: 

Other Important Platforms

·       Spot                                          

·       Sea- Sat                                     

·       ERS                                         

·       IRS

 

Essential Readings: 

·      Adrados, C., Girard, I., Gendner, J., & Janeau, G. (2002). Global Positioning System (GPS) location accuracy due to selective availability removal. C.R. Biologies, 325, 165-170.

·      Arvanitis, L., Ramachandran, B., Brackett, D., Rasoul, H., & Du, X. (2000). Multiresource interventions incorporating GIS, GPS, and database management systems: A conceptual model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 28, 89-100.

·      Basudeb Bhatta, Remote sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, Nov 2011.

·      Ellis, E. A., Nair, P.K.R., Linehan, P.E., Beck, H.W., & Balance, C.A. (2000). A GIS-based database management application for agroforestry planning and tree selection, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 27, 41-55.

·      Lillesand, Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

·      Walsh, A., and J.C. Ollenburger, 2000. Essential Statistics for the Social and Behavioural Sciences: A conceptual approach, Prentice Hall, pp. 320. ISBN-13:978-0130193391.

 

References: 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023