Environmental Science 454: Remote Sensing and GIS

Spring 2009

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Office: LS 463, Phone: 465-2246
email: dutchs@uwgb.edu, HOME PAGE:  http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs
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Syllabus

Week Topic Reading Hands-On
Jan. 26- Jan. 30 Introduction   Map Basics
Feb. 2 - Feb. 6 Electromagnetic Radiation   Introduction to Excel
Feb. 9- Feb. 13 Satellites and Orbits   Formulas
Feb. 16 - Feb. 20 Remote Sensing Systems   Functions, lookup tables
Feb. 23 - Feb. 27 Mapping and Map Projections   Graphing
Mar. 2 - Mar. 6 Datums and UTM   Macros
Mar. 9- Mar. 13 Photogrammetry   Data Sources on Line
Mar. 14 - Mar. 22 Spring Break    
Mar. 23 - Mar. 27 Imagery outside the visible spectrum   Google Earth
Mar. 30 - Apr. 3 Remote Sensing and the Atmosphere   UTM
Apr. 6 - Apr. 10 Remote Sensing of the Oceans   Special Grid Systems
Apr. 13- Apr. 17 Remote Sensing of Rocks and Soils   HTML
Apr. 20 - Apr. 24 Remote Sensing of Vegetation    
Apr. 27 - May 1      
May 4 - May 8 Radar and Lidar    
       
       
       

Text: NASA Tutorial on Remote Sensing

Final Exam Wednesday, May 13, 10:30 - 12:30 AM

Grading: xxxx

1. Introduction to Concepts and Systems

Units of Measure / Electromagnetic Energy / Electromagnetic Spectrum / Image Characteristics / Vision / Remote Sensing Systems / Spectral Reflectance Curves / Multispectral Imaging Systems / Hyperspectral Scanning Systems / Sources of Remote Sensing Information

2. Photographs from Aircraft and Satellites

Interactions between Light and Matter / Film Technology / Characteristics of Aerial Photographs / Photomosaics / Stereo Pairs of Aerial Photographs / Low-Sun-Angle Photographs / Black-and-White Photographs / Color Science / Normal Color Photographs / IR Color Photographs / Normal Color and IR Color Photographs Compared / High-Altitude Aerial Photographs / Sources of Aerial Photographs / New Technology / Photographs from Satellites

3. Landsat Images

Landsats 1, 2, and 3 / Landsats 4 and 5 / Orbit Patterns / Path-and-Row Index Maps / Selecting and Ordering Images / Landsat Mosaics / Regional Interpretation, Saudi Arabia / Detailed Image Interpretation, Saharan Atlas Mountains, Algeria / Seasonal Influence on Images / Lineaments / Plate-Tectonic Interpretations

4. Earth Resource and Environmental Satellites

SPOT Satellite, France / SPOT and Landsat Images Compared / JERS-1 Satellite, Japan / India Remote Sensing Satellite / Geostationary Environmental Satellites / Polar-Orbiting NOAA Environmental Satellites / Environmental and Earth Resources Images Compared / Future Satellite Systems

5. Thermal Infrared Images

Thermal Processes and Properties / IR Detection and Imaging Technology / Characteristics of IR Images / Conducting Airborne IR Surveys / Land Use and Land Cover—Ann Arbor, Michigan / Heat-Loss Surveys / Indio Hills, California / Imler Road Area, California / Western Transvaal, South Africa / Mauna Loa, Hawaii / Satellite Thermal IR Images / Thermal IR Spectra / Thermal IR Multispectral Scanner

6. Radar Technology and Terrain Interactions

Radar Systems / Characteristics of Radar Images / Radar Return and Image Signatures / Polarization / Interferometry

7. Satellite Radar Systems and Images

Seasat / SIR-A Mission / SIR-A Images of Tropical Terrain, Indonesia / Radar Interaction with Vegetated Terrain / SIR-A Images of Desert Terrain, Eastern Sahara / Radar Interaction with Sand-Covered Terrain / Land Use and Land Cover, Imperial Valley, California / SIR-B Mission / SIR-C Mission / JERS-1 / ERS-1 / Almaz-1 / Radarsat / Magellan Mission to Venus

8. Digital Image Processing

Structure of Digital Images / Image-Processing Overview / Image Restoration / Image Enhancement / Information Extraction / Hardware and Software for Image Processing

9. Meteorologic, Oceanographic, and Environmental Applications

UV Radiation and Ozone Concentration / Climate and Weather / Ocean Productivity / Ocean Currents / Sea Ice / Bathymetry / Environmental Pollution

10. Oil Exploration

Exploration Programs / Sudan Project / Papua New Guinea Project / Central Arabian Arch Project / Oil Exploration Research / Other Energy Resources

11. Mineral Exploration

Regional Lineaments and Ore Deposits of Nevada / Regional Lineaments and Ore Deposits of South Africa and Australia / Local Fractures and Ore Deposits / Mapping Hydrothermally Altered Rocks / Goldfield Mining District, Nevada / Porphyry Copper Deposits / Collahausi Mining District, Chile / Borate Minerals, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia / Additional Mineral Exploration Projects / Hyperspectral Scanners for Mineral Exploration / Strategy for Mineral Exploration / Mineral Exploration in Covered Terrain

12. Land Use and Land Cover: Geographic Information Systems

Need to Classify Land Use and Land Cover / Multilevel Classification System / Multilevel Classification System of the Los Angeles Region / Digital Classification of Land Use, Las Vegas, Nevada / Interpreting Land Use and Changes in Phoenix, Arizona / Vegetation Mapping with AVHRR Images / Geographic Information Systems / Archaeology

13. Natural Hazards

Earthquakes / Landslides / Land Subsidence / Volcanoes / Floods / Forest and Range Fires

14. Comparing Image Types: Summary

Death Valley / Summary

 


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