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; hafricker@ucsd.edu

TA:
Soli Garcia(TA), esg006@ucsd.edu

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

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SYLLABUS
Date Topic Reading Homework Lecture
 LAB 0   get matlab or octave running



03APR
 Overview of remote sensing
 Introduction to labs, term papers
Rees 1-8 + Appendix 2
  Sandwell
05APR
 Platforms and orbits
 Use of color in RS
 notes on orbits
 Rees 246-269
HW1
Due April 12
Sandwell
 LAB 1  Matlab basics, plotting

Lab 1 Due April 17
solutions: lab1_sol.m
 Garcia
10APR
Platforms and orbits
Remote Sensing of an Earthquake

Sandwell
12APR
Electromagnetic radiation, polarization
Ionosphere
Rees 9-21 +  notes on E/M HW2 - Rees, Ch.2,
Prob. 1, 3, 5
Due April 19
Sandwell
 LAB 2  1-D and 2-D Fourier transforms

Lab 2 Due April 24
lab2start.m lab2start.py
solutions: lab2_sol.m
 Garcia
17APR
Spectra and Fourier Transforms
Diffraction - Resolving Penguins
notes on fourier
Rees 28-33 + notes

 Sandwell
19APR Thermal radiation Rees 22-28 + notes HW3 - Due April 26
 Sandwell
 LAB 3  Data Types
  Lab 3 Due May 01
lab3start.m
solutions:  lab3_sol.m
 Garcia
24APR Propagation, dispersion, and scattering Rees 34-63
Rees 87-108
Ocean scattering web site
  Sandwell
26APR Image processing

Rees 270-299 + notes
HW4 - Rees
Ch.5   - Prob 2,3
Due  May 08

Sandwell
 LAB 4  Google Earth

Lab 4 Due May 08
solutions:  lab4_sol.kmz
 Garcia
01MAY
Review and go over HW 1-4
 
Term Paper - Part 1 Due
(grad students)
Fricker/Garcia
03MAY
Midterm

Fricker
 LAB 5  Image Processing

Lab 5 Due May 15
lab5start.m
solutions:
 Garcia
08MAY Optics, stereo and
electro-optical systems - 
Rees 109-133
Sandwell
10MAY MODIS, image classification
Rees p. 291-299  
Fricker





 LAB 6   Image Classification

Lab 6 Due May 22
lab6demo.m demo.jpg
lab6start.m
solutions: 
 Garcia
15MAY Passive microwave systems and applications Rees 175-191 + notes HW5 - Ch. 7, Prob 3, 4
Due May 22
Fricker
17MAY  Radar and laser altimetry Rees 192-212 + notes

Fricker
 LAB 7  Laser and Radar Altimetry
Lab 7 Due May 29
lab7start.m
solutions:
 Garcia
22MAY Applications of Altimetry - Oceanand Ice

HW6 - Due May 29 Fricker
24MAY Google Earth and Oceans  
Kurt Schwehr
 LAB 8  Radar Interferometry
Lab 8 (optional)
Due JUN 05
lab8start.m
 Garcia
29MAY Radar Scattering - SAR

Rees 213-227 +
SAR Summary
SAR Image Interpretation
COMPLETE CAPE SURVEY
HW7, Due June 5
Term Paper - Part 2 Due
(grad students)

Sandwell

31MAY SAR - Solid earth
SAR - Cryosphere
 
COMPLETE CAPE SURVEY Sandwell/
Fricker






 LAB 9  Review for Final


 Sandwell
05JUN
Student Presentations


07JUN
Student Presentations


12JUN?
Final Exam - 11:30 to 2:30

  Sandwell
 14 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.