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LIST OF TOPICS

Exam 1

1. History and Scope of Remote Sensing
2. Electromagnetic Radiation
3. Photographic Sensors
4. Digital Data
5. Satellite Receiving Station

Exam 2

1. Image Interpretation
2. Types of Sensors
3. Image Resolution
4. Preprocessing
5. Image Classification

Exam 3

1. Introduction to GIS
2. Plant Sciences
3. Earth Sciences
4. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
5. Hydrospheric Sciences


SCHEDULE OF TOPICS FOR FALL 2008

August 11: Introduction, Chapter 1-History and Scope of Remote Sensing
August 13: Lab-Introduction to the Laboratory Tools
August 18: Chapter 2-Electromagnetic Radiation                             
August 20: Lab-Field Radiometric Measurements
August 25: Chapter 3-Photographic Sensors, Chapter 4-Digital Data          
August 27: Lab-Introduction to ENVI and Aerial Photography                               
September 3: Visit to UPRM-Space Information Laboratory

September 5: First Partial Exam

September 8: Chapter 5-Image Interpretation, Chap. 6-Land Observation Satellites          September 10: Lab-Interpreting digital images
September 15: Chapters 7, 8 and 9-Remote Sensors, Chapter 10-Image Resolution     
September 17: Lab-Images with different resolutions
September 22: Chapter 11-Preprocessing                
September 24: Lab-Preprocessing methods
September 29: Chapter 12-Image Classification     
October 1: Lab-Classification of multispectral images
October 6: Chapter 16-Remote Sensing and GIS (By Vilmaliz Rodriguez)
October 8: Lab-Overview of ArcGIS (By Vilmaliz Rodriguez

October 15: Second Partial Exam

October 20: Chapter 17-Plant Sciences               
October 22: Lab-Vegetation Index
October 27: Chapter 18-Earth Sciences               
October 29: Lab-Geological Features
November 5: Lab-Work with Research Projects
November 10: Chapter 15-Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (By Samuel Rosario)          
November 12: Lab-Processing of Hyperspectral Images (By Samuel Rosario)
November 17: Chapter 19-Hydrospheric Sciences
November 24: Lab-Ocean Color Studies
November 26: Work with Research Projects
December 1: Work with Research Projects

December 3: Practical Laboratory Exam

December 8: Students Presentations

December 13: Third Partial Exam