CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

1.1 Concept of remote sensing
1.2 Characteristics of electro-magnetic radiation
1.3 Interactions between matter and electro-magnetic radiation
1.4 Wavelength regions of electro-magnetic radiation
1.5 Types of remote sensing with respect to wavelength regions
1.6 Definition of radiometry
1.7 Black body radiation
1.8 Reflectance
1.9 Spectral reflectance of land covers
1.10 Spectral characteristics of solar radiation
1.11 Transmittance of the atmosphere
1.12 Radiative transfer equation

Chapter 2 Sensors

2.1 Types of sensors
2.2 Characteristics of optical sensors
2.3 Resolving power
2.4 Dispersing element
2.5 Spectroscopic filter
2.6 Spectrometer
2.7 Characteristics of optical detectors
2.8 Cameras for remote sensing
2.9 Film for remote sensing
2.10 Optical mechanical scanner
2.11 Pushbroom scanner
2.12 Imaging spectrometer
2.13 Atmospheric sensors
2.14 Sonar
2.15 Laser radar

Chapter 3 Microwave Remote Sensing

3.1 Principles of microwave remote sensing
3.2 Attenuation of microwave
3.3 Microwave radiation
3.4 Surface scattering
3.5 Volume scattering
3.6 Types of Antenna
3.7 Characteristics of Antenna

Chapter 4 Microwave Sensors

4.1 Types of microwave sensor
4.2 Real aperture radar
4.3 Synthetic aperture radar
4.4 Geometry of radar imagery
4.5 Image reconstruction of SAR
4.6 Characteristics of radar image
4.7 Radar images of terrains
4.8 Microwave radiometer
4.9 Microwave scatterometer
4.10 Microwave altimeter
4.11 Measurement of sea wind
4.12 Wave measurement by radar

Chapter 5 Platforms

5.1 Types of platform
5.2 Atmospheric condition and altitude
5.3 Attitude of platform
5.4 Attitude sensors
5.5 Orbital elements of satellite
5.6 Orbit of satellite
5.7 Satellite positioning systems
5.8 Remote sensing satellites
5.9 Landsat
5.10 SPOT
5.11 NOAA
5.12 Geostationary meteorological satellites
5.13 Polar orbit platform

Chapter 6 Data used in Remote Sensing

6.1 Digital data
6.2 Geometric characteristics of image data
6.3 Radiometric characteristics of image data
6.4 Format of remote sensing image data
6.5 Auxiliary data
6.6 Calibration and validation
6.7 Ground data
6.8 Ground positioning data
6.9 Map data
6.10 Digital terrain data
6.11 Media for data recording,storage and distribution
6.12 Satellite data transmission and reception
6.13 Retrieval of remote sensing data

Chapter 7 Image Interpretation

7.1 Information extraction in remote sensing
7.2 Image interpretation
7.3 Stereoscopy
7.4 Interpretation elements
7.5 Interpretation keys
7.6 Generation of thematic maps

Chapter 8 Image Processing Systems

8.1 Image processing in remote sensing
8.2 Image processing systems
8.3 Image input systems
8.4 Image display systems
8.5 Hard copy systems
8.6 Storage of image data

Chapter 9 Image Processing - Correction

9.1 Radiometric correction
9.2 Atmospheric correction
9.3 Geometric distortions of the image
9.4 Geometric correction
9.5 Coordinate transformation
9.6 Collinearity equation
9.7 Resampling and interpolation
9.8 Map projection

Chapter 10 Image Processing - Conversion

10.1 Image enhancement and feature extraction
10.2 Gray scale conversion
10.3 Histogram conversion
10.4 Color display of image data
10.5 Color representation -color mixing system
10.6 Color representation -color appearance system
10.7 Operations between images
10.8 Principal component analysis
10.9 Spatial filtering
10.10 Texture analysis
10.11 Image correlation

Chapter 11 Image Processing - Classification

11.1 Classification techniques
11.2 Estimation of population statistics
11.3 Clustering
11.4 Parallelpiped classifier
11.5 Decision tree classifier
11.6 Minimum distance classifier
11.7 Maximum likelihood classifier
11.8 Applications of fuzzy set theory
11.9 Classification using an expert system

Chapter 12 Applications of Remote Sensing

12.1 Land cover classification
12.2 Land cover change detection
12.3 Global vegetation map
12.4 Water quality monitoring
12.5 Measurement of sea surface temperature
12.6 Snow survey
12.7 Monitoring of atmospheric constituents
12.8 Lineaments extraction
12.9 Geological interpretation
12.10 Height measurement(DEM generation)

Chapter 13 Geographic Information System (GIS)

13.1 GIS and remote sensing
13.2 Model and data structure
13.3 Data input and editing
13.4 Spatial query
13.5 Spatial analysis
13.6 Use of remote sensing data in GIS
13.7 Errors and fuzziness of geographic data and their influences on GIS products

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Main data distributers of remote sensing data


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