544-0158/02 – Remote Sensing (DPZ)
Gurantor department | Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will be acquainted with the current technical means of collecting image data and methods of their interpretation for monitoring the landscape and their components and for the creation of thematic cartographic works of various purposes.
They demonstrate an understanding of the physical nature of the contactless method of determining the qualitative and quantitative properties of the Earth's surface.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The principle of remote sensing and its position in the science system. Electromagnetic radiation and its species, natural and artificial sources of radiation. Radiometric quantities and their measurements. Properties of the radiation of landscape objects, mode and methods of their discovery. Position of the atmosphere in the remote sensing. Methodology of collection of ground level and aero cosmic data. Detection devices and their vehicles. Interpretation of remote earth observation data and their classification. Practical application of remote sensing and its linkage with geographic information systems. Institutions that deal with remote sensing.
Compulsory literature:
CHANDRA, P. G. (ed.).: Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover: Principles and Applications. CRC Press, 2012
RICHARDS, J. A.; XIUPING, J.: Remote sensing digital image analysis. Springer, Berlín, 2006
Recommended literature:
LILLESAND Thomas, KIEFER Ralph W., CHIPMAN Jonathan: Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. 6th Edition, NJ John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken 2008, 756 s.; 7th Edition, Hoboken Wiley, Hoboken 2015, 736 s.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Active participation in seminars and fulfillment of given topics. Oral exam.
E-learning
https://www.hgf.vsb.cz/544/cs/o-katedre/zamestnanci/planka/#DPZ
Other requirements
Follow-up tasks processed in the exercise.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Definition of remote sensing and its importance in studying Universe and Earth.
2. Physical basics of remote sensing.
3. Spectral properties of landscape objects (spectrometry), vegetation indices.
4. The state of the earth's atmosphere in Earth exploration.
5. Basic types of sensing devices for acquiring image data in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
6. Carrier of sensing devices.
7. Processing of analogue and digital remote sensing data.
8. Instrumentation and software provisioning of data processing.
9. Methods of interpretation and classification of image data.
10. Use of Earth remote sensing data.
11. The specifics of exploration of mining landscapes using Earth remote sensing methods.
12. European Union Remote Sensing Projects.
13. Institutional provision of remote Earth exploration.
14. Project preparation of imaging experiments.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction