CS 321 - Remote Sensing: Computer Methods for Satellite Data Analysis

3 Credits; 2 Class Hours
2 Lab Hours
This course emphasizes the scientific principles of satellite data analysis and efficiency of computer methods for carrying out this analysis and convert raw data into meaningful physical quantities. Topics include: concepts and systems, electromagnetic energy, photographs from aircraft and satellite, remote sensing in the visible and IR spectrum, active and passive remote sensing, thermal IR images, Earth resources, image processing and interpretation, meteorological, oceanographical and environmental applications, and monitoring natural hazards, geographic information system and overview of scatterometry. Course includes Hands-on demonstrations and data analysis of satellite data.

Pre-requisite: CS 151

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