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REMOTE SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT GEOG/GEOL 4093/5093 – Spring, 2009 Waleed Abdalati CIRES Ekeley Building, W240C e-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 303-492-5087 Lecture: CIRES Ekeley W240, Tuesday & Thursday, 9:30-10:45 Lab: CIRES Ekeley W240, Tuesday 11:00 - 12:50 Office hours: CIRES Ekeley W245C, Tuesday 2 PM - 3:30 PM and by appointment Teaching Assistant and Office hours: Pakorn Petchprayoon: [email protected] CIRES Ekeley W225, Monday 3:30-5:00 PM Thursday 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM Tel: 303-492-5051 Required Text: Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource perspective, John R. Jensen, Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science, 2nd edition, Year published 2007, (ISBN 0-13-188950-8). Recommended Text: Our Changing Planet, The View From Space. Edited by: King, M.D.; Parkinson, C.L.; Partington, K.C.; Williams, R.G. 2007. Grading: Midterm (30%), 5 March, 2009; Final (40%), 30 April, 2009, Lab (30%), to be returned following week during lab. Graduate Students: Term paper on the application of remote sensing in one of the four areas: a) atmosphere, b) cryosphere, c) lithosphere, d) biosphere. Will also be graded and counts equivalent to 40% of final grade. Course Summary: Global environmental change is one of the most pressing international issues of this century. There is a need to monitor the earth’s vital signs from atmospheric ozone to sea level change. Satellite data sets are critical for monitoring regional and global changes, determining natural variability of the Earth System, and addressing fundamental global change issues. The course is designed to introduce students to the techniques of remote sensing measurements of environmental parameters from aircraft and satellite platforms. The course is based on the application of simple physical principles of electromagnetic radiation. Different sensing systems such as electro-optical systems, passive microwave systems, ranging systems and scattering techniques will be discussed with applications for the atmosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere.Course'Outline!!Week! Topic!!1! 1!General!concepts!! 1.1!Definitions!! ! 1.2!The!need!for!remote!sensing!! ! 1.3!Classification!of!RS!systems!!2! 2!Physical!Principles!! ! 2.1!Electromagnetic!radiation!! ! 2.2!Basic!laws!! ! 2.3!Interaction!of!radiation!!3! 3!Platforms!! ! 3.1!Ground!! ! 3.2!Aircraft!! ! 3.3!Satellite!! ! 3.4!Orbits!!4! 4!Aerial!and!Space!Photography!! ! 4.1!Cameras!! ! 4.2!Camera!optics!! ! 4.3!Films!!5,6! 5!Imaging!systems:!Passive!Sensors!! ! 5.1!Landsat!! ! 5.2!Spot!! ! 5.3!HCMM!! ! 5.4!Aircraft!! ! 5.5!NOAA!! ! 5.6!DMSP!! ! 5.7!ERS‐1!ATSR!! ! 5.8!Nimbus!CZCS!! ! 5.9!GOES,!METEOSAT!! ! 5.10!Passive!microwave!!7! 6!Imaging!Systems:!Active!Sensors!! ! 6.1!Introduction!! ! 6.2!Scatterometer!! ! 6.3!SLAR!and!SAR!!8' MIDTERM'(March'5)'!9! 7!Non‐Imaging!Systems!! ! 7.1!Altimeter!! ! 7.2!Lidar!!9,10!! 8!Earth!Observing!System!(Mission!to!Planet!Earth)!! ! 8.1!Objectives!! ! 8.2!Satellites!! ! 8.3!EOS!Data!processing!and!distribution!! ! 8.4!Future!Missions!! ! 8.5!Research‐to‐operations!(R2O)!!Spring!Break!!10,11!! 9!Application:!Atmosphere!! ! 9.1!Radiation!Budget!! ! 9.2!Atmospheric!Temperature!structure!! ! 9.3!Cloud!classification!! ! 9.4!Detection!of!hurricanes!! ! 9.5!Antarctic!ozone!hole!!12! 10!Application:!Cryosphere!! ! 10.1!Snow!mapping!! ! 10.2!Bi‐directional!reflectance!snow!! ! 10.3!Onset!of!snow!melt!! ! 10.4!Elevation:!Greenland!ice!sheet!!12,!13! 11!Application:!Hydrosphere!! ! 11.1!Sea!surface!temperature!! ! 11.2!Ocean!circulation!! ! 11.3!El!Nino!! ! 11.4!Winds!over!the!ocean!! ! 11.5!Ocean!altimetry!and!sea!level!rise!!13,14! 12!Application:!Lithosphere!! ! 12.1!Geological!reconnaissance!! ! 12.2!Detection!of!land!forms!! ! 12.3!Thermal!inertia!mapping!! ! 12.4!Spectral!remote!sensing!in!Geology!! ! 12.5!Crustal!Deformation!from!InSAR!!15! 13!Application:!Biosphere!! ! 13.1!Vegetation!damage!! ! 13.2!Crop!identification!! ! 13.3!Soil!reflectance!! ! 13.4!Estimation!of!green!leaf!area!! !


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