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REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
Paper Code:
ENV 423
Credits:
5
Contact Hours:
75.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
17.00
Unit I:
PRINCIPLES OF SATELLITE BASED REMOTE SENSING
- Fundamental principles of remote sensing-electromagnetic radiation
- EM spectrum
- Development of remote sensing
- Interaction with earth materials
- Interaction with Atmospheric windows
- Sensors, Resolution
- Microwave sensors
- Thermal Remote Sensing
- Landsat, SPOT, Sea-Sat, ERS, IRS
- Meteorological satellites
13.00
Unit II:
BASICS OF AERIAL PHOTOINTERPRETATION
- Development of aerial photography
- Fundamental principles of aerial photography
- Types of aerial photographs, types of films
- Factors affecting photo-images
- Basic principles of Stereoscope
- Scale of aerial photographs
- Digital Image Processing, Image enhancement classification
15.00
Unit III:
INTERPRETATION OF DATA PRODUCTS
- Data products- Photographic and digital data
- False colour composites
- Elements of interpretation of satellite imagery
- Spectral signatures
- Ground truth
- Visual analysis of remotely sensed data
12.00
Unit IV:
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
- Introduction to GIS- Functional elements (components) of GIS,Spatial and Non-spatial data
- Introduction to GPS (NAVSTAR and GAGAN)
- GPS segments
- Errors in GPS
18.00
Unit V:
APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING, GIS and GPS
- Surface water pollution monitoring
- Location of ground water rich zones
- Forest management
- Study of animal behavior and population
- Watershed management
- Preparation of land use/land cover maps
- Disaster management
Essential Readings:
- M. Anji Reddy: Textbook of remote sensing and GIS, Hyderabad: B.S. Publications
- Study Material (Handbooks) of Sikkim Manipal University for Science Health and Technology for the Degree of Post Graduation in Ecotourism.
- A.N. Patel and Surendra Singh. Remote Sensing : Principles and ApplicationsJodhpur, Scientific, 2004
- S M Rashid B S Sokhi. Remote Sensing Of Urban Environment(1999) Manak Publications
- P.Nag and M.Kudrat. Digital remote sensing .Publisher: Concept
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