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HRT2050Fundamentals of Remote Sensing2+1+0ECTS:3
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Mualla YALÇINKAYA
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To ensure that students have knowledge about the basic issues of remote sensing
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Know the usage areas of Remote Sensing1.33,
LO - 2 : Will learn Remote Sensing systems4.1 - 4.23,
LO - 3 : Will make Geometric, Atmospheric corrections6.33,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Areas of use of remote sensing, concept of electromagnetic energy, digital image, concept of resolution, concept of band and color, satellites, sensors, geometric, atmospheric correction, color spaces
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction, scope of the course, concepts, general definitions
 Week 2Areas of use of remote sensing
 Week 3The concept of electromagnetic energy and its propagation principles
 Week 4Digital image, the concept of resolution, properties of remote sensing systems
 Week 5
 Week 6Concept of band and color, multispectral sensing, hyperspectral sensing
 Week 7Satellites, sensors and their features
 Week 8geometric correction
 Week 9Midterm exam
 Week 10 geometric correction
 Week 11Atmospheric correction, radiometric correction
 Week 12 band rates
 Week 13Color spaces and color space transformations
 Week 14APPLICATION
 Week 15APPLICATION
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Landgrebe, D. A. (2003). Signal theory methods in multispectral remote sensing (Vol. 24). John Wiley & Sons.
 
Recommended Reading
1Richards, J. A., & Richards, J. A. (1999). Remote sensing digital image analysis (Vol. 3, pp. 10-38). Berlin: Springer.
2Qu, J. J., Gao, W., Kafatos, M., Murphy, R. E., & Salomonson, V. V. (Eds.). (2006). Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing: Vol. 1: Science and Instruments. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg.
3Qu, J. J., Gao, W., Kafatos, M., Murphy, R. E., & Salomonson, V. V. (Eds.). (2006). Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing: Vol. 2: Data, Computational Processing, and Tools. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 2 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 12 2 20
End-of-term exam 16 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 4 14 56
Sınıf dışı çalışma 6 14 84
Arasınav için hazırlık 3 1 3
Arasınav 2 1 2
Ödev 1 5 5
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 4 1 4
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load156