Z0008 Remote sensing

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Petr Dobrovolný, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Stanislav Řehák, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Dobrovolný, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Z0031 GIS - introduction
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Concepts and foundations of Remote Sensing. Energy sources and radiation principles, energy interactions in the atmosphere and with the Earth surface features. Electromagnetic spectrum and its basic parts used in Remote Sensing. History of Remote Sensing. Ideal and real Remote Sensig system. Methods of Remote Sensing. Spectral reflectance curves. Basic elements of photographic systems. Principles of multispectral images. Multispectral, thermal and hyperspectral scanning. Satellite systems. Basic orbits. Characteristic of Earth resources satellites and Meteorological satellites. Principles of photointerpretation. Principles of photogrammetry and orthophoto. Principles of digital image processing. Utilization of pictures nad images in geographical disciplines.
Literature
  • DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr. Dálkový průzkum Země. Digitální zpracování obrazu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 208 s. ISBN 8021018127. info
  • Advances in environmental remote sensing. Edited by F. Mark Danson - Stephen E. Plummer. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1995, 184 s. ISBN 0471954640. info
  • LILLESAND, Thomas M. and Ralph W. KIEFER. Remote sensing and image interpretation. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994, xvi, 750. ISBN 0471577839. info
  • CAMPBELL, James B. Introduction to remote sensing. New York: Guilford Press, 1987, xxiv, 551. ISBN 0-89862-776-1. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2000, recent)
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