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EVSC 494

INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Calendar

• Test Dates

• Project Due Dates

• Office Hours

Introduction

• History

• Applications

• New Perspectives in Environmental Science

Satellite Orbits

• Newton's Laws
• Kepler's Laws
• Geostationary Orbits
• Polar Orbits

Introduction to HTML

• Writing HTML
• Using an Editor

Principles of Remote Sensing

• Multi-spectral Radiometers (sensors)
• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Solar and Terrestrial Spectra

GOES Image Interpretation I

• image scales and enhancements
• image tutorial
  

Atmospheric Fundamentals

• atmospheric composition
• definitions of radiative processes
• review of atmospheric thermodynamic 
  

Radiative Transfer Fundamentals

• Planck's Function
• the development of quantum theory

GOES Image Interpretation II

• 3.9 um tutorial

• image interpretation assignment

• Brief Review of Images
  

Radiative Transfer Lab Activity

• Planck's Curves

• Wein's Displacement Law
  

GOES Atmospheric Sounder

• sounder radiometer spectral channels
• CIMSS sounder tutorial
• realtime derived products

 Introduction to Polar Orbiting Satellites

• Landsat Thematic Mapper
• USGS Earthshots Material
• On-line Image Processing Tutorial
• Landsat Image Interpretation Examples

Atmospheric Chemistry

• Ozone
• TOMS, SBUV
• Ozone Imagery and Modelling

 NOAA POES

• Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)
• Vertical Sounders (TOVS, MSU, SSU)
• Science Applications (NDVI, SST, etc)
• MSU Temperatures to assess Global Warming

Remote Sensing Precipitation

• Special Sensor Microwave Imager
• TRMM

Satellite Oceanography

• Ocean Circulation by Radar Altimetry
• Global Ocean Color

 Final Projects (Examples from 1998)