Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications

By Prof. Eswar Rajasekaran | IIT Bombay

Learners enrolled: 1825

Remote sensing (RS) is the technology that helps to gather information about objects and phenomena from a distance. There has been a radical transformation in the technology from the early application of ‘image interpretation’ to the paradigm of quantitative RS. The advancement in sensors and data processing algorithms have led to multiple applications of RS in various domains. To perform quantitative RS, one must understand the basic nature of RS sensors, the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and earth surface features and the assumptions and limitations of the algorithms applied. This course will enable the participants to learn about the necessary physical concepts involved in different phases of RS which will help in better appreciation of algorithms and existing datasets. The concepts will further be strengthened through explanation of selected applications.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Civil Engineering, Earth Science, Agriculture, Geoinformatics

PREREQUISITES : None

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Civil Engineering Environment
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	24 Jan 2022
End Date :	15 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	07 Feb 2022
Exam Date :	24 Apr 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction, electromagnetic radiation, basic laws

Week 2: Radiometry, Interaction of EMR with terrain features

Week 3: RS in visible and IR domain: Radiance to reflectance, atmospheric and topographic correction

Week 4: RS image acquisition, Different types of sensors, resolution concepts

Week 5: Resolution concepts, Spectral reflectance curves

Week 6: Spectral reflectance curves, Spectral indices

Week 7: Thermal infrared remote sensing

Week 8: Passive microwave radiometry

Week 9: Active microwave remote sensing: Imaging radar

Week 10: Platforms used for RS data acquisition and characteristics

Week 11: LIDAR, Common remote sensing datasets and data portals

Week 12: Applications of RS for land use and land cover monitoring, water resources management

Books and references

• Rees, W. G. (2012), Physical Principles of Remote Sensing, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press

• Joseph, G. and Jeganathan, C. (2018), Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, Third Edition, Universities Press

• Jensen, J. R. (2007), Remote sensing of the environment: An earth resource perspective, Second edition, Pearson

• Lillesand, T. M., Kiefer, R. W. and Chipman, J. W. (2008), Remote sensing and image interpretation, Sixth or Seventh edition, Wiley

• Journal articles as provided by instructor

Instructor bio

Prof. Eswar Rajasekaran

IIT Bombay

Dr. Eswar is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. Previously he was working as Postdoctoral fellow in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California from 2016-2018. Dr. Eswar completed his Bachelors in Geoinformatics from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai with University Gold Medal and Ph.D. from IISc, Bangalore. His primary research interests are thermal infrared remote sensing (TIR RS), mapping evapotranspiration and flux partitioning from RS, drought monitoring from RS datasets, spatial disaggregation of TIR data, applications of TIR RS in areas such as agriculture, water and urban studies. He had published articles in leading journals and is also a peer reviewer for some of the top journals in the field such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing etc.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 April 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Bombay.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

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