GEOG 5820 Remote Sensing of the Environment

4.0 Credit Hours

Course Description

This course introduces concepts and foundations of image interpretation, photogrammetry, and digital image processing.  Students are exposed to the physical concepts that underlie electromagnetic radiation and its interactions with the earth-atmosphere system through a series of discussions and required readings and through lab exercises.  The ENVI software package will be introduced as an image processing and analysis tool.
GEOG 5820 focuses on deriving knowledge and understanding from remotely sensed imagery.  Students who successfully complete this course should be able to understand the capabilities and limitations of photographic and digital imagery obtained from aircraft and space-borne platforms.