Lecturer: Paolo Ettore Gamba  

Course name: Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring
Course code: 062235
Degree course: Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio
Disciplinary field of science: ING-INF/03
University credits: CFU 3
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

Basic knowledge of the types of images obtained through remote sensing, and the information useful for the study of environment and land that can be extracted from each of them. Ability to understand the usefulness of various remote sensing images to solve an environmental problem. Elementary skills of interpretation of remotely sensed images.

Course programme

Physical principles of remote sensing
Propagation, reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere. Interaction between electromagnetic fields and the Earth surface: absorption, emission, refraction and reflection.Spectral characteristics of some materials.

Digital remotely sensed images
Characteristics of the images recorded by various sensors. Concept of spectral and spatial resolution.

Multispectral remote sensing
Scanning devices in the optical domain: principles and data extraction. Problems and methods to recover from radiometric, geometric and atmospheric distortions.

Classification
Image classification. Unsupervised and supervised classification. Classification accuracy. Multitemporal classification.

Course entry requirements

Basic knowledge of physics.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 22
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 2
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Thomas M. Lillesand, Ralph W. Kiefer. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. John Wiley & Sons, 1999.

Testing and exams

Written test.