ES 771 Schedule

James S. Aber

ES 771 meets on Wednesday afternoons, 1:00-2:50, in the GeoSpatial Analysis (GSA) Laboratory, SH 16. 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.

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Schedule for Spring 2009 Semester -- First Block

Session Topic Web Lecture Read * Supplement * Lab Special
Jan. 14 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
Jan. 21 Photography Aerial Photography
RSE 3, 4 RST Sec. 10-1 Lab 1: Aerial photography
Jan. 28 Photogrammetry Photogrammetry Basics RSE 6 RST Sec. Sec. 10-2 Stereoscope demo
Feb. 4 Landsat I Introduction to Landsat RSE 7 RST 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-20 Lab 2: Landsat MSS
Feb. 11 Multispectral scanning
Thermal-IR sensing 		Spectral Signatures RSE 8 RST 2-5, 2-24, Sec. 9 Lab 3: Landsat
MSS and TM
Feb. 18 NOAA AVHRR Vegetation Monitoring RSE 11 RST Sec. 3 Lab 4: AVHRR vegetation
Feb. 25 Manned-space photography Space Photography RST Sec. 12 and 2-14
Complete labs 1-4
Mar. 4 Mid-term exam Feb. 27-Mar. 3

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

Schedule for Spring 2009 Semester -- Second Block

Session Topic Web Lecture Read * Supplement * Lab Special
Mar. 11 Landsat II Landsat applications RSE 7 RST Sec. 6 and Sec. 7 Lab 5: Ikonos imagery
Mar. 18 Spring break Spring break
Mar. 25 Microwave and radar Space-based radar RSE 9 RST 2-25, Sec. 8 Lab: 6 SAR imagery
Apr. 1 Remote sensing and GIS RS/GIS on Internet RSE 10 RST Sec. 15 Lab 7: Internet imagery search
Apr. 8 Image interpretation I RSE 5, 12 RST Sec. 2, Sec. 4 Sec. 5, Sec. 17 Lab 8: Landsat vegetation
Apr. 15 Image interpretation II RSE 13, 14 Geomorphology
from space 		All labs due (see note below) Choose project
Apr. 22 Ground observation and
Bidirectional reflectance 		Ground truth RSE 15 RST Sec. 13 Project preparation
Apr. 29 NASA's Mission to Planet Earth NASA MTPE RST Sec. 16 Project preparation
May 6 Individual projects none none none Present projects
May 11 Final exam May 8-12

Schedule note: all lab exercises are due by April 17th.
No late exercises will be accepted thereafter.

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Last updated Dec. 2008.

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