BOT/GEOG4111/5111,RemoteSensingofEnvironment(4CreditHours)
Fall2016
TuesdaysandThursdays,8:10-10:50a.m.,AG328
Instructor:KenDriese
DepartmentofBotany
Office:AvenNelson138B(LifeScienceOffice)
E-mail:kdriese@uwyo.edu
Officehours:Wednesday1–3p.m.orbyappt.
ClassWebsite:http://www.uwyo.edu/rs4111
AnnouncementswillcomefromWyoCoursesSite
Objective:
Thisisacombinedlectureandcomputerlabcoursedesignedtopresent:1)thephysical
principlesofremotesensing,2)theapplicationofairborneandsatelliteimagerytothestudyof
thebiosphere,withanemphasisonvegetation,and3)thehands-onapplicationofremote
sensingprinciplesusingtheErdasImagineimageprocessingprograminlabexercises.The
scheduleoflecturesandlabsarecoordinated.
Text:JamesB.Campbell.IntroductiontoRemoteSensing(5thEdition).Note:textbookisin
theGeographysectionofthebookstore.
Grading:
Yourgradewillbebasedontheassignmentsandexamslistedinthetablebelow.Notethat
undergraduateandgraduatestudentrequirementsaredifferent.Sampleproblemsorreview
sheetswillbepassedoutpriortotheexamsasastudyguide.Detailedinstructionsforother
assignmentswillbeprovided.
1
Assignment/Activity
%offinalgradefor4111
Students
10
10
10
10
10
15
15
20
Notrequired
%offinalgradefor5111
Students
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
20
10
MidtermExam1
MidtermExam2
FinalExam
ProblemSet1
ProblemSet2
LabReport
LabWorksheets
LabProject
ResearchPaper
Forallstudents:Examquestionsareproblemsolvingandshortanswerbasedoninsight
intothemechanismsofremotesensing.Gradingonassignmentsis:90%isanA,80%isa
B,70%isaC,etc.Attheendofthesemester,thefinalcutoffsforA,B,andC’sMAYbe
adjusteddownwards(curved)toachieveafairandequitabledistributionoffinalgrades
butthisisrarelynecessary.Thecutoffswillnotberaised.
Additionalcourses
BOT4211/5211(AdvancedRemoteSensingofEnvironment)isalogicalfollow-upifyou
areinterestedinlearningmoreadvancedtechniques.Thiscoursewillbetaughtnextin
thespring2018semester.AlsonotethattheDepartmentofBotanynowoffersaMinor
inRemoteSensing.Seehttp://www.uwyo.edu/botany/undergraduateprograms/remote%20sensing%20minor.htmloraskKenfordetails.Thisisagreat
opportunitytoputamarketablecredentialonyourdiploma.
Plagiarism
Plagiarismisusingsomeoneelse’swordsinwritingassignmentswithoutusing
quotationsandgivingtheauthorcredit.PlagiarismwillNOTbetolerated.Ifyouuse
someoneelse’stextyouMUSTputitinquotationmarksandcitetheoriginalauthor.If
youparaphraseyouMUSTgiveacitationtotheoriginalauthor.Thebulkofwriting
assignmentsmustbeinyourownwords.IfyouhaveANYdoubtsaboutplagiarism,
pleaseask.Plagiarismwillresultinascoreof“0”ontheassignmentandcouldresultin
failingthecourseormoreseriousconsequences.Detailswillbeprovidedwhenwe
discusswritingassignments.
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LectureandLabSchedule
Changeswillbepostedonclasswebsite.
Date
8/30
9/1
9/6
9/8
9/13
9/15
9/20
9/22
9/27
9/29
10/4
10/6
10/11
10/13
10/18
Lecture
Lab
Module1:HistoryandRelevanceofRemoteSensing
Introductiontocourseandlaboratory Organizegroupsfor9/8globalchange
discussion(SeeLab03)
Historyofearthremotesensing
Lab01:IntroductiontoErdasImagine
(Chapter1)
Electromagneticradiation(physics)
Lab02:Worksheet:Radiationphysics
(Chapter2:pgs.31-48)
Module2:PhysicsandSatelliteFundamentals
EMRphysics(cont.);(Chapter21Lab03:Grouporalreportsonglobal
globalissues)
changeandremotesensing
EMRreflectance(Chapter2:pgs.48Lab04:Collectingspectralcurvesin
56,Chapter17:pgs.470-476)
Erdas
EMRreflectance(finish).
Lab05:Collectingspectraldatainthe
labandfield(Bepreparedtogo
outside!)
Digitaldataandimageprocessing
Lab06:Exploringdigitaldata
(Chapter4
Digitaldata(finish);ImageResolution Lab07:Resolutionmerging
(Chapter10)
Imageresolution(Chapter10)(finish) Lab08:Spatial,spectral,and
radiometricresolution;1stProblem
Setdueinclass!
Earthobservingsatellitesandorbits
Gooverproblemsetandreviewfor
Groupexercise(Chapter6)
exam1(Lasthour).
MidtermExam1
Module3:ImagePreprocessing
Gooverexam1;Imagepreprocessing Lab09:Atmosphericcorrections
(radiometric)(Chapter11:pgs.305316)
Imagecorrectionsandpreprocessing
Lab10:GeometriccorrectioninErdas;
(radiometric)(finish);Geometric
Semesterprojectproposalsdue!
processing(Chapter11:pgs.320-330)
Imagecorrectionsandpreprocessing
Lab11:Downloadingandassembling
(geometric)(cont.)
LandsatdatausingGlovis
Module4:VegetationEnhancementandClassification
Vegetationindicespart1(Chapter17:
Lab12:ExploringNDVI
pgs.483-485)
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Date
10/20
10/25
Lecture
Vegetationindicespart2(Chapter17:
pgs.485-498)
Imageclassification(Chapter12)
10/27
Imageclassification(cont.)(Chapter
12)
11/1
Imageclassification(cont.)(Chapter
14)
AccuracyAssessment(Chapter14)
11/3
11/8
Lab
Lab13:Multi-temporalremote
sensingofvegetation
Lab14:Unsupervisedclassification;1st
ProjectMilestonedue!
Lab15:Supervisedclassification;
Graduatestudentresearchpaper
due!;Labreportdue
Openlabforprojectwork.
Lab16:Accuracyassessment;2nd
ProblemSetdueinclass!
Gooverprobs.andreviewforexam2.
12/1
12/6
12/8
FielddatacollectionandGPS(Chapter
13)
MidtermExam2
Gooverexam2;Changedetection
Lab17:Imagemosaics
(Chapter16)
Module5:SpecialApplications
Activeremotesensing(Chapters7&8) Lab18:Introductiontoradardata
Classoptional(projectworkandhelp Openlab;2ndsemesterprojectupdate
available)
due!
Thanksgiving!
FinishactiveRS;Introductionto
Lab18:ThermalRemoteSensing
thermalremotesensing(Chapter9)
FinishthermalRS
Openlab:Finalprojectwork
Studentfinalprojectpresentations
Studentfinalprojectpresentationsandcoursereview
12/13
FinalExam:Tuesday,8–10a.m.
11/10
11/15
11/17
11/22
11/24
11/29
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