SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING – SIO 135/SIO 236
(http://topex.ucsd.edu/rs)


David Sandwell; 1102 IGPP; dsandwell@ucsd.edu; Ph. 858 534-7109
Helen Fricker; 3202 IGPP; hafricker@ucsd.edu; Ph. 858 534-6145
Kyla Drushka(TA), kdrushka@ucsd.edu Ph. 858 534-6864

4 Units
Lecture TuTh 12:30p - 1:50p, IGPP 4301
Lab  Th 3:30p - 5:00p  or  F  1:00p-2:30p, IGPP 1102

Office Hours:   by appointment, send e-mail

Grades: undergrad HW/Labs (50%), Midterm (20%), Final (30%)
                        
grad HW/Labs (50%), Midterm (20%), Final (1%), Term Paper (29%)

class e-mail

SYLLABUS
Date Topic Reading Homework Lecturer
 LAB 0  get matlab running



31MAR
Introduction Rees 1-8 + Appendix 2 +  notes on color
  Sandwell
02APR Platforms and orbits Rees 246-269 + notes on orbits  HW1
Due April 09
Fricker
 LAB 1  MATLAB basics, plotting
 Lab 1 Due April 14  Drushka
07APR
Electromagnetic radiation, polarization Rees 9-21 +  notes on E/M

  Fricker
09APR Spectra and Fourier Transforms notes on fourier HW2 - Rees, Ch.2,
Prob. 1, 3, 5
Due April 21
Sandwell
 LAB 2  1-D and 2-D Fourier transforms

Lab 2 Due April 21
lab2start.m
Drushka
14APR Diffraction Rees 28-33 + notes
Sandwell
16APR Thermal radiation Rees 22-28 + notes HW3 - Due April 23
Fricker
 LAB 3  Data Types

Lab 3 Due Apr 28
lab3start.m
 Drushka
21APR Propagation, dispersion, and scattering Rees 34-63
Rees 87-108
Ocean scattering web site
  Fricker
23APR Image processing

Rees 270-299 + notes
HW4 - Rees
Ch.5   - Prob 2,3
Due  May07

Sandwell
 LAB 4  Google Earth

 Lab 4 Due May 07
 Drushka
28APR
Review and go over HW 1-4
 
Term Paper - Part 1 Due
(grad students)
Sandwell/Fricker
30APR
Midterm

Fricker
 LAB 5  Image Processing

Lab 5 Due May 12
lab5start.m
 Drushka
05MAY Optics, stereo and
electro-optical systems
Rees 109-133
Sandwell
07MAY MODIS, image classification
Rees p. 291-299  
Sandwell





 LAB 6   Image Classification

Lab 6 Due May 19
lab6demo.m demo.jpg
lab6start.m
 Drushka
12MAY Passive microwave systems and applications Rees 175-191 + notes1 + notes2 HW5 - Ch. 7, Prob 3, 4
Due May 14.
Fricker
14MAY  Radar and laser altimetry   Rees 192-212 + notes
HW6 - Due May 21
Fricker
 LAB 7  Laser and Radar Altimetry
Lab 7 Due May 26
lab7start.m
 Drushka
19MAY Applications of Altimetry - Ice

Fricker
21MAY Applications of Altimetry - Ocean
 
Drushka
Sandwell
 LAB 8  Radar Interferometry
Lab 8 (optional)
Due June 2
lab8start.m
 Drushka
26MAY Radar scattering and SAR
Rees 213-227 +
SAR Summary
SAR Image Interpretation
SAR Image Formation (optional)

HW7, Due June 4
Term Paper - Part 2 Due
(grad students)

Sandwell
28MAY SAR and InSAR Applications

InSAR Summary (optional)

Sandwell
Fricker





 LAB 9  Review for Final


 Fricker
02JUN Student Presentations

Urquahart - Solar Irradiance
Sun - Internal Tide
Stukel - California Current Ecosystem
Sorenson - Seacliff Erosion
04JUN Student Presentations

Li - Ice Sheet
Jones - Archaeology in Jordan
Dominguez - Urban Thermal Analysis
Chojnacki - Groundwater Subsidence
08JUN 11:30 Final Exam

  Fricker
 11 JUN
All three components of term paper due




SIO 236 REQUIRED TEXT:

Rees, W. G. TITLE Physical principles of remote sensing SECOND EDITION / W.G. Rees. PUBLISHED Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. DESCRIPTION xiv, 335 p. : ill. (some col.) ;  ISBN 0 521 66948 0 (pbk.) SUBJECT Remote sensing.

WEB MATERIAL:

NASA Missions
NASA Science

OTHER TEXT BOOKS:

Massom, R., D. Lubin, Polar Remote Sensing, V II: Ice Sheets, Springer Verlag, 426 pp., 2006.

King, M. D., C. L. Parkinson, K. C. Partington, and R. G. Williams, TITLE Our Changing Planet: The View From Space, PUBLISHED Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 390 pp. ISBN 9780521828703, 2007.

Figures from Changing Planet: The View From Space.

Elachi, Charles TITLE Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing /Charles Elachi. PUBLISHED New York : Wiley, c1987. DESCRIPTION xvii, 413 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. SERIES Wiley series in remote sensing. NOTE "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Includes bibliographies and index. ISBN 0471848107.

Stewart, Robert H. TITLE Methods of satellite oceanography / Robert H. Stewart. PUBLISHED Berkeley : University of California Press, c1985. DESCRIPTION viii, 360 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. SERIES Scripps studies in earth and ocean sciences. 1. NOTE Includes index. Bibliography: p. [329]-351. ISBN 0520042263. SUBJECT Astronautics in oceanography.

Gonzalez, Rafael C.  TITLE Digital Image processing using MATLAB / Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, Steven L. Eddins.  Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Pearson Prentice Hall,  c2004.  UCB   Engin       TA1632 .G66 2004

Gonzalez, Rafael C. TITLE Digital image processing / Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard C. Woods. PUBLISHED Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1992. DESCRIPTION xvi, 716 p.. [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. NOTE Includes bibliographical references (p. 683-703) and index. ISBN 0201508036. SUBJECT Image processing --Digital techniques. AUTHOR Woods, Richard C.

Richards, J. A. (John Alan), 1945- TITLE Remote sensing digital image analysis : an introduction / John A. Richards. EDITION 2nd rev. and enlarged ed. PUBLISHED Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1993. DESCRIPTION xx, 340 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 3540548408 (Berlin : acid-free paper) 0387548408 (New York : acid-free paper) SUBJECT Remote sensing.