UNSW Handbook Course - Principles of Remote Sensing

Principles of Remote Sensing - GMAT9953


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Offered: Session One
	Fee Band: 2

Description

History and development of remote sensing. Definition and physics of basic electromagnetic radiation quantities. Basic energy-matter relationship. Spectral signatures of surfaces. Atmospheric considerations and the reduction of atmospheric effects. Sensor concepts including films and electro-optical sensors. Principles of thermal infrared and microwave remote sensing. An introduction to data processing and enhancement, including image interpretation procedures.

Note: By distance learning.

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