Understand applications of remote sensing and GIS in Environmental conservation
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 PHOTO INTERPRETATION
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 SYSTEM (GIS) AND GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
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:
Gatrell, A. and Markku, L. (1998). GIS and Health. Philadelphia. Taylor and Francis, Inc.
Griffth, D. A. and Layne,L.J.(1999). A Casebook For Spatial Statistical Data Analysis: A Compilation of Analyses of Different Thematic Data Sets. New York. Oxford Press.
Gupta, R. P. (2003). Remote sensing geology. New York .Springer.
Hay, S.I. and Randolph,S.E. and Rogers,D.J eds.(2000). Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology. San Diego. Academic Press.
Haywood, I. (2000). Geographical Information Systems. Longman.
Joseph G. (2003). Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. Hyderabad. Universities Press.
Joseph G. (2003). Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. Hyderabad. Universities Press.
Lee, Jay and Wong, D.W.S. (2001).Statistical Analysis with ArcView GIS. New York. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
