Course Syllabus

Date 

Topic

Reading

Homework

Lecturer

WEEK 1

Download and install MATLAB

Matlab Installation instructions

Python Installation Instructions (Anaconda)

LAB 0

28MAR

Introduction to course,  labs, term papers
Overview of remote sensing

Rees 1.1-1.4 
Appendix

 

Sandwell/ Fricker

30MAR

Fricker/Hensman/ Sandwell

01APR

Platforms and orbits
Use of color in RS

Rees 10.1-10.4
notes on orbits

HW1

Sandwell

WEEK 2

MATLAB basics, plotting

LAB 1

04APR

Electromagnetic radiation, polarization

Rees 2.1-2.2 
EM Summary

Fricker

06APR

Fricker/Hensman/Sandwell

08APR

GPS and the Ionosphere
Fourier transform introduction 

Rees 2.3

HW2

Sandwell

WEEK 3

1-D and 2-D Fourier transforms

LAB 2

11APR

Spectra and Fourier transforms 
Diffraction 

Rees. 2.7
notes on Fourier

 Sandwell

13APR

 Sandwell/Hensman/Fricker

15APR 

Thermal radiation

Rees. 2.5-2.6 
notes on radiation

HW3

Fricker

WEEK 4

 Data Types

  

LAB 3

18APR 


Propagation, dispersion, and scattering

Rees 3.1, 3.3, 3.5

 

 Fricker

20APR

 Sandwell/Hensman

22APR 

Surface scattering

Rees 11.1-11.2

HW4

 Fricker

WEEK 5

Image Processing

LAB 4

25APR

Image Processing

 

Sandwell

27APR

Optics Rees 5.1-5.3   HW5

Sandwell/Hensman

29APR

CORONA and Satellite Design

Rees 11.3-11.4

Sandwell

WEEK 6

  

02MAY

MODIS

Stereo Notes/Examples

Rees 11.3-11.4

Term Paper - Part 1 Due
(grad students)

 

04MAY

Review and go over HW 1-5

Introduce Lab 5

Practice Midterm

06MAY 

Midterm

 

WEEK 7

Google Earth Engine LAB 5

09MAY 

Passive microwave systems and applications 

Rees 7.1-7.4


  

Fricker

11MAY

Image classification
Machine learning

Introduce Lab 6

Sandwell/Hensman

13MAY

Passive microwave/Radar altimetry

 

HW6

Fricker/Sandwell

 WEEK 8

 Image Classification

LAB 6

16MAY 

Radar and laser altimetry

Rees  8.1 - 8.3

Term Paper - Part 2 Due
(grad students) 

Fricker

18MAY

Scattering

Sandwell/Hensman

20MAY 

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Rees 9.1 - 9.3

HW7

Sandwell

WEEK 9

Laser and Radar Altimetry



LAB 7

23MAY 

Radar Interferometry


Rees 9.4-9.5 

Sandwell

25MAY

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 

Sandwell

27MAY

Remote sensing of the cryosphere

Fricker

 WEEK 10

Radar Interferometry

 

LAB 8 (optional)

30MAY

Holiday

01JUN


Grad. Student 
Presentations

Monitoring Stormwater Discharge

Using InSAR to track Deforestation in the Amazon

 

Kian Bagheri

 

Matthew Brandin

 

 

03JUN

Grad. Student Presentations 
Review for Final Exam

LAST DAY TO TURN IN ALL HOMEWORK AND LABS

Using remote sensing to determine oceanic chlorophyll concentration

Analyzing Forest Fires Through Classification and Vegetation Indexes

Cliff Erosion Monitoring Using Airborne LiDAR Data

Sabrina Ulfer

 

Anthony Wilson

 

Conner Mack

10JUN 

Final Exam 
11:30 - 1:30 PM

The final exam will include questions from the graduate student presentations.  The exam will have questions from the entire course.

Term Paper - Part 3 Due (grad students)