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302760 (v.2) Remote Sensing Science 402
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Department of Applied Physics |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
7.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Lecture: |
3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: |
2 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Other Requisite(s): |
Admission: to the Physics honours program.
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| Syllabus: |
Radiative transfer concepts, definitions, laws, equations, instruments. Solar and infrared radiation in the earth-atmosphere system and temperature profile determination techniques. Satellite applications from last decade - satellite remote sensing in the EM Spectrum, current capabilities, radiation emission, reflection and scattering, radiative transfer equation, temperature profile retrieval, determination of surface characteristics, water vapor effect, detecting clouds, estimation of atmospheric parameters, winds, satellite instrument and orbit considerations, evolving in the global observing system. Computer - MatLab, MODIS spectral bands, AIRS hyperspectral infrared data and cloud top pressure determination, microwave remote sensing with AMSU and TMI. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 010301 Physics | | Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying | | SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information | | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
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Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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