What is electromagnetic spectrum, what are the major wavelength ranges used for remote
sensing, and how you may describe or represent EMR?
Types of remote sensing platform and types of satellite-based remote sensing platforms, examples
What is a polar orbit? What is an equatorial orbit (or non-sun-synchronous)? What is a geostationary
orbit?
Types of remote sensing in terms of energy sources
Types of resolution and their definitions
Radiometric resolution: 10 bits, meaning what? How many digital numbers one single pixel can be?
What are the major parameters to describe the wave model of EMR?
Describe the path and interactions between EMR and atmosphere if using the Sun as energy
source for satellite-based remote sensing.
Explain four types of interactions between EMR and atmosphere, and what are the main reasons
for various colors of sky and clouds