RS4008 Microwave Remote Sensing Syllabus:
RS4008 Microwave Remote Sensing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
To impart the knowledge of Microwave Remote sensing and its applications.
UNIT I PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING
Introduction – History, plane waves, antenna systems – Radiometry – Emission laws – Brightness temperature – Antenna temperature – Power – temperature correspondence, interaction with atmospheric constituents – interaction with earth features, Missions – applications
UNIT II ACTIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING
Radar basics – RADAR operation and measurements – Radar frequency bands – Antenna Configuration, SLAR- Imaging Geometry – Resolution Concepts, SAR – Concepts-Doppler principle &Processing System Parameters and fading concepts – SAR focusing, Geometric Distortions, Operational limitations, RADAR energy quantification, Interaction with Earth surface and vegetation , Scattering Models- Surface and volume scattering.
UNIT III PHYSICS OF MICROWAVES
Light Theory , Wave description of simple harmonic waves – Complex wave description, Energy and power of waves – Brightness or Intensity – Polarization property of Microwaves – Wave equation for polarized waves, Wave combination – Interference- Coherence, Phase as a relative distance measure – Interference pattern – Fraunhofer criterion, Microwave propagation – Maxwell equation – Signal loss through lossy media.
UNIT IV PLATFORMS, SENSORS AND DATA PROCESSING
Airborne, Space borne and Indian missions, Modes of Acquisition, Data products and selection procedure, SAR Image Processing software – Measurement and discrimination – Header extraction – Slant range to ground range – Multi-looking from SLC – Filtering technique – Geometric correction, Factors affecting geometrical correction – Backscattering coefficient – speckle processing – Image Interpretation, SAR Image Fusion – Hybrid classification of optical microwave.
UNIT V TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
Polarimetry, interferometry, Altimetry, Scatterometry – Principles – Data & Resource availability – Principle & Applications in Agriculture, Forestry, ocean, Geology, Hydrology, cryospace studies, landuse mapping and ocean related studies
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Understand of the importance of Microwave Remote Sensing over other Remote Sensing Techniques
CO2 Gain knowledge on SAR data acquisition and processing.
CO3 Understand the physical fundamentals about wave theory related to Microwave Remote Sensing.
CO4 Impart the skills required to analyze and understand polarimetric and Interferometric concepts.
CO5 Knowledge about the Oceanographic applications of Scatterometry and Altimetry and other active, passive microwave remote sensing applications over land and atmosphere.
REFERENCES:
1. Ulaby,F.T.,Moore,K.R. and Fung, Microwave remote sensing vol-1,vol-2 and vol-3, Addison – Wesley Publishing Company, London,1986.
2. Iain H.woodhouse, Introduction to microwave remote sensing, 2017, Speckled Press; 1st edition,ISBN-13: 978-0415271233
3. Floyd.M.Handerson and Anthony, J.Lewis “Principles and applications of Imaging RADAR”, Manual of Remote sensing, 3rd edition, vol.2, ASPRS, Jhumurley and sons, Inc, 1998.
4. Philippe Lacomme,Jean clande Marchais,Jean-Philippe Hardarge and Eric Normant, Air and spaceborne radar systems – An introduction, Elsevier publications,1st Edition,2007.
5. Roger J Sullivan, Knovel, Radar foundations for Imaging and Advanced Concepts, SciTech Pub, 2004.
6. Ian Faulconbridge, Radar Fundamentals, Argos Press, 2nd Edition, 2019.
7. Eugene A.Sharkov,Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Earth: Physical Foundations,1st Edition, Springer, reprint 2010.