Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
ING-INF/03 (TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2017 - 09/06/2017)
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Knowledge of physics and mathematics at the undergraduate level.
Learning outcomes
Introductory course to remote sensing. Basic knowledge of remote sensing, of the essential sensor structure in ground-based, airborne or space-borne platforms; of data generated by different systems, and their usage. Basic familiarity with images generated by remote sensing systems and with their possible exploitation in environmental and other types of applications. Capability to evaluate the usefulness of the different types of remotely sensed images to a geointelligence problem. Basic skills in remote sensing data processing
Course contents
Physical grounds of remote sensing
propagation, reflection, refraction of electromagnetic waves in Earth Observation
spectral features
Digital remotely sensed images
spectral and spatial characteristics
contrast, enhancement, visual interpretation
Multispectral remote sensing
photographic systems
optical-mechanical scanning
along-track and across-track scanning
data correction
Classification
Image classification
Main types of classification algorithms
Multitemporal classification
Accuracy estimation
Microwave remote sensing
Radar principles
Basic elements of radar operation in its various types
Basic intrepretation techniques for radar data
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
Titolo del riferimento da modificare. * Thomas Lillesand, Ralph W. Kiefer, Jonathan Chipman. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. Wiley. ISBN-13: 978-0470052457. .
Titolo del riferimento da modificare. * Mark A. Richards (Editor), James A. Scheer (Editor), William A. Holm (Editor). Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles. SciTech Publishing, Raleigh NC USA. ISBN: 978-1891121524. .
Titolo del riferimento da modificare. * Course slides, available at http://tlclab.unipv.it/.
Assessment methods
Oral examination. At the end of the course it is usually organized a written test which, if successful, entitles to directly registering the mark.
Further information
Oral examination. At the end of the course it is usually organized a written test which, if successful, entitles to directly registering the mark.
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