Course Details

Remote sensing

Academic Year 2023/24

HE52 course is part of 1 study plan

​ N-P-C-GK / GD Winter Semester 2nd year

Methods of remote sensing (principles and position in science system). Electro magnetic radiation and it’s types, natural and artificial source of radiation. Radio metric quantities and their measuring. Radiant properties of land objects, regime and methods of finding out. Atmosphere position in remote sensing (electromagnetic radiation reach through atmosphere, carrying function of atmosphere). Methodology of collecting ground and aerospace data. Analogy and digital interpretation of remote sensing picture data, classification of picture data. Remote sensing application in geodesy, hydrology, environment protection and it’s connections with geographical information system.

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Viliam Vatrt, DrSc.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Objective

Understanding of physical fundamentals of methods using contctless detection of surface object charecteristics. Image data of remote sensing for solutions of thematic and topographic survey tasks, landscape development monitoring.

Knowledge

Student will manage theoretical basics of methods of remote sensing of the ground objects. They will be introduced with present technical resources of visual data collection and with methods of their interpretation for landscape monitoring and its components and for creation of cartographic works, divided by different purpose.

Syllabus

1. Definition of remote sensing, its importance for study aboutthe Earth, methods of remotesensing.
2. Physical fundamentals of remote sensing.
3. Spectral characteristics of landscape objects.
4. Influence of atmosphere on remote sensing.
5. Basic types of sensors.
6. Historical and actual carriersof sensors.
7. Analoque processing.
8. Rectification digital image data, improvment of images.
9. Methods of image data classification.
10. Main field utilization of remote sensing.

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of atmospheric optics and space mechanics

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/271571

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Definition of remote sensing, its importance for study aboutthe Earth, methods of remotesensing. 2. Physical fundamentals of remote sensing. 3. Spectral characteristics of landscape objects. 4. Influence of atmosphere on remote sensing. 5. Basic types of sensors. 6. Historical and actual carriersof sensors. 7. Analoque processing. 8. Rectification digital image data, improvment of images. 9. Methods of image data classification. 10. Main field utilization of remote sensing.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1-2 Project preparation Imaging Experiment. 3-4 Spectrometry. 5-6 Visual interpretation of aerospace images. 7-8 Temporal interpretation of aerospace images. 9-10 The use of remote sensing. 11-12 Foreign and international organization of remote sensing. 13 Remote sensing in the Czech Republic.