Schedule
Fall 2003
Schedule
Fall 2003
| DATE |
TOPICS |
| Week 1 Sep 3,5 |
Introduction to the Course Introduction to Satellite Climatology |
| Week 2 Sep 8,10,12 |
History of Satellite Meteorology/Climatology Vaughan and Johnson (1994), Lauer et al. (1997) Remote Sensing Process Ex 1: Introduction to Imagery |
| Week 3 Sep 15,17,19 |
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing |
| Week 4 Sep 22,24,26 |
Radiative Transfer Ex 2: Problem Set |
| Week 5 Sep 29, Oct1,3 |
(cont.) Radiative Transfer |
| Week 6 Oct 6,8,10 |
Satellites and Sensors |
| Week 7 Oct 13,15,17 |
Image Interpretation and Enhancement Image Preprocessing - Radiometric and Geometric Correction Ex 3: Atmospheric Correction Ex 4: Geometric Correction |
| Week 8 Oct 20,22,24 |
EXAM 1 Optical, Thermal, Microwave Remote Sensing |
| Week 9 Oct 29,31 |
Class Project
Proposals Due Discussion of Proposals Selection of Topic for Class Project |
| Week 10 Nov 3,5,7 |
Project - Define research problem, Select and order imagery |
| Week 11 Nov 10,12,14 |
(cont. Project) Import date to Image Processing System |
| Week 12 Nov 17,19,21 |
(cont. Project) Process data to extract climate information |
| Week 13 Nov 24,26 |
(cont. Project) " " Thanksgiving Break |
| Week 14 Dec 1,3,5 |
(cont. Project) Select journal, Determine figures, Write paper |
| Week 15 Dec 8,10 |
Class Project Paper Due |
| Week 16 |
Final Exams - December 12-19th. |
Schedule subject to change as the semester progresses.
September 2, 2003