GEOG 5960 -
Introduction to Remote
Sensing
Fall 2006.
Thursday
6:00 PM - 8:50 PM, EESAT 336
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Instructor:
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Pinliang
Dong
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Office:
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EESAT
310B
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Phone:
Email:
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(940)
565-2377
pdong@unt.edu
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Office
Hours:
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Wed
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thu
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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(or by
appointment)
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Objectives
This course is designed to introduce the principles of remote sensing
and image analysis, including:
(1) The
fundamental characteristics of electromagnetic radiation and how the
energy interacts with Earth surface materials;
(2) Remote
sensing platforms and instruments, and
platforms and sensor to be launched;
(3) Principles
of visual interpretation and and
application examples;
(4) Techniques
of digital image display, processing and analysis;
(5)
Remote
sensing of vegetation, water, soils, minerals, geomorphology, and urban
landscape.
Textbook
Jensen,
John R., 2006, Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource
Perspective (2nd edition), Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ,
608 pages.
Lab
and Homework
Each class has an instruction
session followed by an in-class lab session. Five individual homework
assignments will be turned in and marked. Late homework will be marked
down 10% for every day late. Students are required to read designated
chapters for each week.
Project
As a graduate student, you are required to complete an individual
project on satellite image processing, interpretation and analysis.
Detailed requirements of the project will be distributed in class. The
project report (6-20 pages, typed and double-spaced) should be submitted
in the final week on or before December 14.
Grading Structure
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Undergraduates
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Graduates
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Homework
(5)
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50%
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40%
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Mid-term
Examination
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25%
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20%
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Final
Examination
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25%
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20%
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Course
Project
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20%
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Total
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100%
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100%
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90-100: A
80-89: B 70-79:
C 60-69: D 0-59:
F
Schedule
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Week
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Date
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Topic
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Homework
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1
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08/31
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What Is Remote Sensing?
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Chapters
1, 2, and 3
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Exercise
1: Using ERDAS Imagine Image Processing Software
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2*
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09/07
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Electromagnetic Radiation Principles
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Chapter
5
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Exercise
2: Measurement and Analysis of Target Reflectance (Homework 1)
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3
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09/14
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Elements of Visual Interpretation
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Chapter
7
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Exercise
3: Interpretation and Analysis of Aerial and Satellite Imagery (1)
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4*
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09/21
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Multispectral Remote Sensing Systems (1)
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Chapter
8
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Exercise
4: Interpretation
and Analysis of Aerial and Satellite Imagery (2)
(Homework
2) |
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5
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09/28
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Multispectral
Remote Sensing Systems (2)
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Chapters
8 & 9
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Exercise
5: Thermal Infrared Image Interpretation
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6
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10/05
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Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
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Chapter
9
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Exercise
6: Imagery on the Internet
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7*
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10/12
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Active and Passive Microwave, and LIDAR Remote
Sensing (1)
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Review
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Exercise
7: Analysis and Interpretation of Radar Imagery (Homework 3)
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8
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10/19
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Mid-term
Examination
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Chapter
9
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9
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10/26
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Active and Passive Microwave, and LIDAR Remote
Sensing (2)
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Chapter
10
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Exercise
8: Analysis and Interpretation of Radar Imagery (continued)
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10*
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11/02
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Remote
Sensing of Vegetation
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Chapter
11
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Exercise
9: Remote Sensing of Vegetation (Homework 4)
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11
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11/09
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Remote
Sensing of Water Resources
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Chapter
12
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Exercise
10: Remote Sensing of Water Resources
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12*
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11/16
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Remote
Sensing of Urban Landscapes
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Chapter
13
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Exercise
11: Remote Sensing of Urban Landscapes (Homework 5)
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13
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11/23
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Thanksgiving
(university closed)
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Chapter
13
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14
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11/30
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Remote
Sensing of Soils, Minerals, and Geomorphology
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Review
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Exercise
12: Remote Sensing of Soils and Geomorphology
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15
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12/07
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(Pre-Final
Week)
Class
Review
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Review
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16
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12/14
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Final
Examination (6:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
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Graduate
students submit project report.
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* with homework assignments (due in two weeks).
Statement
on Cheating and Plagiarism
Students
caught cheating or plagiarizing will receive a "0" for that
particular assignment or exam. Additionally,
the incident will be reported to the Office of Student Rights and
Responsibilities for further penalty.
According to the UNT catalog, the term "cheating"
includes, but is not limited to:
- Use of any unauthorized assistance in
taking quizzes, tests, or examinations;
- Dependence upon the aid of sources beyond
those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing
reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments;
- The acquisition, without permission, of
tests or other academic material belonging to a faculty or staff
member of the university;
- Dual submission of a paper or project, or
resubmission of a paper or project to a different class without
express permission from the instructor(s); or
- Any other act designed to give a student
an unfair advantage.
The
term "plagiarism" includes, but is not limited to:
- The knowing or negligent use by paraphrase
or direct quotation of the published or unpublished work of another
person without full and clear acknowledgment; and
- The knowing or negligent unacknowledged
use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the
selling of term papers or other academic materials.
Accommodations
The Department of Geography, in cooperation with the Office of
Disability Accommodation, complies with the Americans with Disabilities
Act in making reasonable accommodations for qualified students with
disabilities. Please present your written accommodation request before
the 12th class day.
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