Subject Code: EC6L011 Name: Remote Sensing Systems L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Electromagnetics basis: Electromagnetic waves, Polarization, Spectra and Fourier transform, Doppler effect, Angular distribution of radiation, Thermal radiation, diffraction
Interactions of electromagnetic radiation: Propagation through homogeneous materials, Reflection and emission from real materials, Propagation through the atmosphere Molecular absorption and scattering, Radiative transfer equation

Electro optical remote sensing system: Spectral Imagery, VIR imaging systems, Thermal infrared imagers

Passive Microwave Systems: Antenna Theory, Microwave Radiometry

Ranging Systems: Laser profiling, Radar altimetry

Scattering Systems: Lidar, Microwave Scatterometry,  Synthetic Aperture Radar

Data Processing: Image Processing, Classification and Segmentation

Applications of Remote Sensing Systems

Prerequisite: None

Text Books:
  1. W. G. Rees, Physical Principles of Remote Sensing, Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition, 2013.
Reference Books:
  1. Remote Sensing from Air And Space by R. C. Olsen, SPIE Press, 2007.
  2. James B. Campbell, Randolph H. Wynne, Introduction to Remote Sensing, 5th Edition, The Guilford Press, 2011.