Instructor: Dr. Saurabh Das (Course co-ordinator)
Dr. Abhirup Datta
Text
Book:
Distribution of Marks:
MSE
(20%), ESE (40%) Class Evaluation (15%) Class Project (25%)
Week |
|
Weekly Lab Topic |
Aug. 9 - 13 |
History
and development, State of art, EM Waves in free space |
No Lab - Tour of internet sources on
remote sensing data |
Aug. 16 - 20 |
Sources
of Energy; EM wave interaction with atmosphere and Earth surface |
Lab 1: Data collection and exploration |
Aug. 23 - 27 |
Data Acquisition Platforms, Passive
electro-mechanical system |
Lab 3: Analysis of EM wave interaction
with atmosphere |
Aug 30 – Sept 3 |
Visualization,
radiometric correction, Elementary image processing and geometric operations |
Lab 4: Elementary Image processing-
Enhancement of contrast and filtering |
Sept. 6 - 10 |
Visual
data interpretation and Digital Image analysis |
Lab 5: Visual image interpretation and
Digital image analysis |
Sept. 13 - 17 (AD) |
Electromagnetic
Radiation, Fundamentals of Radiometry, Microwave Remote Sensors |
Lab 6: Microwave Lab |
Sept.
20 - 24 |
Midterm Break (no
lectures) |
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Sept.
27 – Oct. 1 |
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Oct. 4 - 8 (AD) |
Principles
of Radar –Resolution, Range, Angular Measurements, Antenna, ST/MST radar |
Lab 7: Antenna: Rx and Tx modes |
Oct. 11 – 15 (SD) |
LIDAR Remote Sensing, Applications and Satellite Missions in
Land Surface study |
Lab 8: Digital Image analysis. |
Oct. 18 – 22 (SD) |
Applications
and Satellite Missions: Case studies in earth and atmosphere |
Work on project time. |
Oct. 25 - 29 (AD) |
Microwave Remote
Sensing: Active and Passive Systems,
Advantages, Platforms and Sensors, Microwave Radiation and Simulation. |
Work on project time. |
Nov. 1- 5 (AD) |
Imaging RADAR, Synthetic Aperture
RADAR, PolSAR, Differential InSAR,
RADAR Interferometry |
Work on project time. |
Nov. 8-12 |
Applications
and Satellite Missions: Case studies in astronomy and planetary studies |
Work on project time. |
Nov. 15-19 |
Final
Project Presentation |
No lab |
Nov. 22-30 |
End Semester
Examination (no
lectures) |
Tentative Class projects: