GEOG 314 - Satellite Image Processing Applications to the Environment

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: Any GEOG course; familiarity with computers recommended
 

See Addenda  for changes to this course, effective Spring 2018.

The acquisition of information for intensive environmental monitoring is increasingly done through remote sensing, which permits a rapid, efficient manner for analysis and decision making by environmental researchers and resource managers. This course will explore techniques to analyze remotely sensed data using a variety of image-analysis systems. Principles of acquisition and interpretation of data collected by imaging sensor such as radar, thermal and multispectral scanners are discussed. Digital-image-processing techniques such as rectification and restoration (processing), image enhancement, image classification and data merging are covered. The course is taught as a combination of lectures and computer laboratory time with hands-on use of one of the remote-sensing softwares. Offered alternate years, fall semester.