COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE BIO-OPTICS AND REMOTE SENSING OF OCEAN COLOR

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CZM 5021 MARINE BIO-OPTICS AND REMOTE SENSING OF OCEAN COLOR ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞÜKRÜ TURAN BEŞIKTEPE

Offered to

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

This course is designed to to provide the student an introduction to properties of the light within the ocean and passive remote sensing of the ocean color from satellite. The couse will begin with the description of the basic concepts of the ocean optics and will include radiative transfer in the ocean. In-situ and satellite sensors will be reviewed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire basic knowled on the optical properties of the sea
2   able to interpret optical properties of sea water to meet the needs of radiative transfer theory as applied to optical oceanography
3   to be able to relate water constituents and the reflected light
4   able to classify water masses according to their optical properties
5   able to use satellite remote sensing to study biogeochemical processes in the ocean

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: purpose, organization of class and background
2 Light and radiometry
3 Inherent optical properties
4 Apperant optical properties
5 Reflectances
6 Optical classifications of marine waters
7 Mid-term
8 Absorbtion and scattering
9 Optical constituents of the ocean
10 Radiative transfer theory
11 Remote sensing of sea surface temperature infrared
12 and passive microwave remote sensing
13 imaging radar
14 discussion of projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Ocean optics web book (2012) (http://www.oceanopticsbook.info)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be presented. Each student will prepare a project on the how optical oceanography can be used to study problems of the coastal ocean.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Şükrü T. Beşiktepe
Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Enstitüsü
sukru.besiktepe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be decided during first lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 60 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 183

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.22151551551
LO.32421431451
LO.45525325453
LO.55525315555

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