ADVANCE PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING

Paper Code: 
RES 331
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

With the knowledge of the Advanced principles of Remote Sensing the students will be able to understand the concept of Remote Sensing better. 

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

CLO 01:  With the knowledge of the Advanced principles of Remote Sensing the students will be able to understand the concept of Remote Sensing better.

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

 

 

18.00

Physics of Remote Sensing- Electromagnetic Radiation and its Quantities- Radiant Energy- Radiant Flux- Irradiance- Exultance- Solid angle Unit- Radiant intensity, Radiance Spectral Quantities- Radiation laws- Plancks, Stefans- Boltezman and Kirchoffs Laws.

 

18.00

Whisk Broom and Push Broom- sensors used in IRS- Landsat- spot satellite, Resolution: spatial, spectral, temporal and radiometric.     

18.00

Fundamental of Image interpretation: Image interpretation key.

 

18.00

Digital Image Processing: pre possessing, geometric and radiometric corrections, contrast starching, principle component and analysis and filtering.

 

18.00

Image Classification: Supervised and unsupervised. Accuracy assessment. 

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Cracknell, A and Hayes, L. (1990): Remote Sensing Year Book, Taylor and Francis,London
  • Curran    Campbell, J. B. (2002): Introduction to Remote Sensing. 5th edition. Taylor and Francis,     London.
  • Cracknell, P.J. (1985): Principles of Remote Sensing, Longman, London.
  • Deekshatulu, B.L. and Rajan, Y.S. (ed.) (1984): Remote Sensing. Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore.
  • Floyd, F. and Sabins, Jr. (1986): Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, W.H.Freeman, New York.
  • Guham, P. K. (2003): Remote Sensing for Beginners. Affiliated East-West Press Private Ltd., New Delhi.
  • Lillesand, T.M. and Kiefer, R.W. (2000): Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. 4th edition
  • Hallert, B. (1960): Photogrammetry, McGraw Hill Book Company Inc., New York
Academic Year: 
2020-2021