Spring 2008

NRM641 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources

nrm.salrm.uaf.edu/~dverbyla/nrm641/

MW 11:45-12:45pm Arctic Health 183

Th 3:40-5:00 ONEILL 359 GIS lab

Mondays: Discussion of journal arcticles or introduction to exam
Wednesdays: Lecture as foundation for Thursday's lab
Thursdays:Lab exercise processing digital images



Instructor: Dave Verbyla,  Professor, ONeill 366


Email: D.Verbyla@uaf.edu Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-3:30 PM or by email appointment


Course Objectives:

1) To learn how remote sensing is used in natural resoures management and research applications.

2) To discuss current research articles on remote sensing in natural resources.

3) To learn image processing and GIS tools using ArcGIS. 


Grading:

Based on five exams @100 points each, class participation@100 points




NRM641 Semester 2008 Schedule

Week:
Mondays:

Wednesdays:
Lecture

Thursdays:
Lab
24-Jan 
   

ArcGIS Rasters

QUIZ

28-31 Jan

Lidar Readings :
1)Ecosystem Studies
2)Marsh Application

Questions

Image Display

Image Display


Lidar

4-7 Feb

Spectral Mixture Readings:

1) Per pixel caution
2) Arctic application

Questions

Spectral Regions
Spectral Regions
11-14 Feb

Color Infrared Photos

Discuss Spectral Regions Lab

Image Rectification

Rectification Lab


18-21 Feb

Wetland Readings:

Kenai Peninsula

Seward Peninsula


Supervised Classification

 

ArcGIS Example

 Supervised Classification Lab
25-28 Feb
Exam#1: Image Rectification

Work on Exam#1

Work on Exam#1

3-6 Mar

Boreal Readings:
Boreal Lakes

Boreal Soil Moisture

ISODATA/dendrogram

ArcGIS Unsupervised Classfication

Unsupervised
Classification Lab


10-13 Mar

Spring Break

Spring Break 

Spring Break
17-20 Mar

Exam#2: Image Classification

Work on lab/exam

ONEILL 359

Classification Accuracy Assessment

24-27 Mar

Radiometric Normalization Readings:

M. S. Thesis

Change Detection

Change Detection

1-3 Apri

Exam#3: Change Detection

Landat TM/ETM+

Work on Exam#3

ONeill 359 Lab


ETM+ Water Temperature
7-10 Apr

Fire Severity Readings :

AVIRIS/ETM+

Fire Severity Slides

AVHRR

AVHRR NDVI

14-17 Apr

Classification Cleanup

Exam#4: Fire Severity Landsat ETM+


MODIS Products

Work on Exam#4

ONeill 359 Lab


MODIS
Land Surface Temperature


21-24 Apr

 

MODIS Quality Control (QC) Bits

Exam#5:MODIS NDVI

High Resolution Satellite Sensors
Quickbird Lab

28Apr-5 May
Radar Satellite Sensors

Work on exam

(ONEILL359 lab)

Radar Remote Sensing Lab




Email: Dave Verbyla (D.Verbyla@uaf.edu).


Page last updated 14-January-2008.