ES 771 Schedule

James S. Aber

ES 771 will meet on Tuesday afternoons, 1:00-2:20, in the GeoSpatial Analysis (GSA) Laboratory, SH 16. Note: this course begins the first week of September (after Labor Day). The following weekly schedule reflects the Tuesday meeting dates. Much of the lecture and laboratory material is presented via World Wide Web, and datasets for lab exercises are provided by FTP. Students are encouraged to contact the instructor at any time via e-mail.

Weekly announcements.


Schedule for Fall 2007 Semester -- First Block

Session Topic Web Lecture Reading * Supplement * Lab Special
Sep. 4 Introduction to remote sensing Introduction to Remote Sensing RSE 1, 2 RST 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4 Idrisi tutorial Establish e-mail
Sep. 11 Photography and photogrammetry Aerial Photography
Photogrammetry Basics 		RSE 3, 4, 6 RST Sec. 10-1, Sec. 10-2 Lab 1: Aerial photography
Sep. 18 Multispectral scanning
Thermal-IR sensing 		Spectral Signatures RSE 7, 8 RST 2-5, 2-24, Sec. 9 Lab 2: Landsat MSS
Sep. 25 Landsat I Introduction to Landsat RSE 7, 8 RST 2-15, 2-16
2-17, 2-20 		Lab 3: Landsat
MSS and TM
Oct. 2 NOAA AVHRR Vegetation Monitoring RSE 11 RST Sec. 3 Lab 4: AVHRR vegetation
Oct. 9 Mid-term Mid-term exam
Oct. 5-9

* RSE = Remote sensing of the environment.
RST = Remote sensing tutorial.

Schedule for Fall 2007 Semester -- Second Block

Session Topic Web Lecture Reading * Supplement * Lab Special
Oct. 16 Manned-space photography Space Photography RSE 7 RST Sec. 12 and 2-14
Lab 5: Ikonos imagery
Oct. 23 Microwave and radar Space-based radar RSE 9 RST 2-25, Sec. 8 Lab: 6 SAR imagery Fall break
Oct. 30 Remote sensing and GIS RS/GIS on Internet RSE 10 RST Sec. 15 Lab 7: Internet imagery search
Nov. 6 Image interpretation I Landsat processing RSE 5, 12 RST Sec. 2, Sec. 4 Sec. 5, Sec. 17 Lab 8: Landsat vegetation
Nov. 13 Image interpretation II Landsat Applications RSE 13, 14 Geomorphology
from space 		All labs due Choose project
Nov. 20
Ground observation and
Bidirectional reflectance 		Ground truth RSE 15 RST Sec. 13 See note below Thanksgiving
Nov. 27 NASA's Mission to Planet Earth NASA MTPE RST Sec. 16 Project preparation
Dec. 4 Individual projects none none none Present projects
Dec. 10 Finals week Final exam
Dec. 7-11

Schedule note: all lab exercises are due before Thanksgiving.
No late exercises will be accepted after Thanksgiving.

ES 771 syllabus.
Last updated Jan. 2007.

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