GEOE 431 INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING
Course Outline
2023-2
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Lütfi SÜZEN e-mail: [email protected]
Course Assistant: Research Assistant Duygu Tüfekçi Enginar email:
[email protected]Room no: Geological Engineering Department, 111 RSGIS Lab, 114
Phone: 2688 (From outside of campus dial 210-2688) 5723 (210-5723)
Expected Outcomes:
After this course students are expected to have knowledge about:
• The concept of remote sensing
• The concept of earth observation
• Sensors and systems
• Digital image visualization
• Introductory digital image processing techniques
• Spectral reflectance curves and their uses
• The possible products of a remote sensing system
• The effective range of remote sensing products
Official Home page of the lecture: ODTU Class
Lecture hours Wednesday 13.40 – 16.30 Face to Face GR-236
Tentative Outline:
28/02 1.week First meeting / Introduction and history of remote sensing and earth observation
06/03 2.week The nature, theory and properties of Electro-magnetic spectrum and its usage in RS
13/03 3.week Energy-matter interactions in the atmosphere and in the terrain
20/03 4.week Orbits, sensors and platforms
27/03 5.week Satellite systems for Earth Observation
03/04 6.week Image Data Characteristics
10/04 7.week Religious Holiday
17/04 8.week Midterm
24/04 9.week Image Visualization
01/05 10.week Spectral Reflectance curves and their usage
08/05 11.week Spectral Libraries
15/05 12.week Image Geometry
22/05 13.week Term Project Presentations
29/05 14.week Term Project Presentations
GRADING :
MT : 20 %
Quiz : 20 %
Final : 25 %
Active Participation : 10 %
Attendance : 10 %
Term Project : 15 %
Final Examination date (generally happens to be the second day of final examinations period)
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