Online Courses Handbook 2003

10423 (v.2) Digital Remote Sensing 282

Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	4579 (v.2) Mathematics 181 OR 12165 (v.2) Mathematics 133
Fundamental concepts of digital remote sensing and energy interaction. Satellite sensor systems and resolution considerations. Image statistics, display, preprocessing. Rectification of digital imagery. Image enhancement, spectral and spatial filtering. Thematic information extraction, classification, change detection, and accuracy assessment. Special sensors - thermal, hyperspectral, and microwave. Remote sensing and LIS.