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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Remote Sensing

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0004/07
Abbreviation DPZ
Course title Remote Sensing
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jiří Horák, Dr.

Subject syllabus

1) Electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum. Radiometric
units and indicators.
2) Sources of radiation. Interaction with environment. Reflection. Influence of atmosphere. Disperse in atmosphere. Absorption in atmosphere. Transmission function of the atmosphere.
3) Land objects and its identification and evaluation.
4) Data capturing. Camera. Film material. Type of images. Radiometer.
Mechanic scanner. Electronic scanner
5) Geometrical errors during image capturing.
6) Carriers. Satellites and instruments.
7) Principles of remotely sensed data processing. The goal of Remote sensing.
8) Interpretation of still images.
9) Radar analysis.
10) Principles of digital image processing.
11) Image pre-processing. Image enhancement. Classification.
12) Application of Remote Sensing

Literature

Liu J.G, Mason P.J.: Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing. Willey, 2016. ISBN 9781118724200 
Lillesand T., Kiefer R., Chipman J.: Remote sensing and image interpretation. Wiley, 2015.
Rees, W.G.: Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice. Taylor & Francis, Cambridge, 2006, 285 stran.
Duzgun S., Demirel N: Remote Sensing of the Mine Environment. CRC press, 2011.

Advised literature

Moigne J.L., Netanyahu N.S., Eastman R.D.: Image Registration for Remote Sensing. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Schultz, G.A., Engman, E.T. (Eds.), 2000. Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Water Management. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59583-7
Andronache, C. (Ed.), 2018. Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation, Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer International Publishing, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72583-3
Clevers, J: Overview RS-Basics Digital Lectures. Wageningen, 1999. On-line: http://www.geo-informatie.nl/courses/grs20306/lectures/overview.htm