{"id":79,"date":"2014-06-13T16:34:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2021-12-07T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:42:36","slug":"remote-sensing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/research\/courses\/remote-sensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Sensing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>HIRES Remote Sensing <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Brian Vant-Hull\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bvanthull@ccny.cuny.edu\">bvanthull@ccny.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remote Sensing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator ttfmake-line-dotted\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The basics of remote sensing will be covered in this section of the course.&nbsp;&nbsp; Visible and thermal infrared radiation are both part of the electromagnetic spectrum so follow the same rules of transmission, scattering and absorption.&nbsp; Mathematically manipulating the observed intensities from each scene lets us estimate vegetation, temperature, and other quantities beyond what we would just see with our eyes.&nbsp;&nbsp; You will learn how to take data from satellites to make such images and estimations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scoring: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>3 classworks x 20 pts each<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>1 final project x 40 pts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>100 pts total<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Wednesday July 7<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Satellite Orbits<\/li><li>Collimation<\/li><li>The Electromagnetic Spectrum<\/li><li>Units of Intensity<\/li><li>Transmission, Absorption, Scattering<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Thursday July 8<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Color images with Octave<\/li><li>Reading a text file<\/li><li>Making an image from satellite data<\/li><li>Changing Contrast<\/li><li>The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Monday July 12<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thermal Radiation<\/li><li>Calculating temperature from infrared<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Tuesday July 13<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Histograms and scatter plots<\/li><li>Selecting points by criteria<\/li><li>Mapping colors<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Project<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>&nbsp;write a main program + functions that does the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reads the landsat visible and thermal data into variables<\/li><li>Calculates and displays NDVI from the visible and Brightness temperature from thermal infrared<\/li><li>Makes a histogram of brightness temperature<\/li><li>Selects out cloud points based on histogram of temperature<\/li><li>Makes a map showing clouds in white and vegetation in green<\/li><li>Makes a scatter plot of cloud brightness versus temperature<\/li><li>Makes scatter plot of NDVI versus temperature for no clouds.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Included with the project, write an explanation of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why does the histogram in step 3 take the shape that it does?<\/li><li>Explain why the scatter plot of cloud brightness versus temperature slopes the way it does \u2013 this must have a physical explanation.<\/li><li>Explain why the scatter plot of NDVI versus temperature slopes the way it does \u2013 this must have a physical explanation.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click below for PowerPoint Presentations used during this course:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HIRES-2021-Remote-Sensing-Syllabus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HIRES 2021 Remote Sensing Syllabus<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IntroRemoteSensingHIRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduction to Remote Sensing<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Satellite_Imagery.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satellite Imagery<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/thermal_hires.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thermal Radiation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator ttfmake-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Archives<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Course Curriculum for Summer 2016 is available &#8211;&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HIRES_syllabus_2016_python-remsense.pdf\">HIRES_syllabus<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Course Curriculum for Summer 2015 is available &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/hires_rem_syllabus_2015.pdf\">HIRES_syllabus<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Course Curriculum for Summer 2014 is available &#8220;<a 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