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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Remote Sensing

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0907/02
Abbreviation DPZ
Course title Remote Sensing
Credits 10
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

Lillesand T., Kiefer R., Chipman J.: Remote sensing and image interpretation. Wiley, 2004, 763 pages.
Liu J.G., Mason P.J.: Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing. Wiley, 2016, 457 pages.

Advised literature

Avery T.E., Berking G.L.: Fundamentals of remote sensing and airphoto interpretation (6th Ed.). Prentice Hall, 2003