Minor in Geography - Environmental Remote Sensing
ERTH 5530 Environmental Remote Sensing
CREDIT HOURS: 3
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.
FORMAT:
LAB HOURS PER WEEK: 3
PREREQUISITES:
ERTH 5600.03 OR Permission of Instructor
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to graduate students in the Department of Earth Sciences
EXCLUSIONS:
ERTH 4530.03