Environmental Remote Sensing

3 credits · Graduate

This course introduces remote-sensing techniques that provide environmental and geoscience information. The potential and limitations of remotely sensed data are stressed. Lectures discuss the fundamentals with an emphasis on multi-spectral satellite systems. Laboratory exercises include digital image enhancement and thematic information extraction on optical, radar, and hyperspectral data. Remote-sensing information and GIS techniques are integrated throughout the course. PREREQUISITES: ERTH 5600.03 OR Permission of Instructor RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to graduate students in the Department of Earth Sciences EXCLUSIONS: ERTH 4530.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Lab