COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REMOTE SENSING AND IMAGE INTERPRETATION OF BASIC SCIENCES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EES 5020 REMOTE SENSING AND IMAGE INTERPRETATION OF BASIC SCIENCES 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

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ATILLA HÜSNÜ ERONAT

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS

Course Objective

In this lecture, Remote Sensing and Image Processing techniques, which have been indispensable for Environmental Earth Sciences for over half century, will be presented with an interdisciplinary approach. Basic Principles and Applications of Remote Sensing will be given to students who do not have any prior experience in this subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Basic Principles of Remote Sensing
2   Active and Passive Remote Sensing
3   Satellite Types
4   Digital Air Photography
5   Geometric Correction
6   Image Enhancement
7   Unsupervise Classification
8   Supervise Classification

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Remote Sensing: What is Remote Sensing History of Remote Sensing.
2 Introduction to Remote Sensing:Pasif Remote Sensing. Active Remote Sensing
3 Introduction to Remote Sensing:Geostationary Satellites
4 Introduction to Remote Sensing:Polar Orbiter Satellites
5 Air Photography: Digital Air Photography
6 Image Processing Techniques: Geometric Correction
7 Image Processing Techniques: Image Enhancement
8 Presentations
9 Image Processing Techniques: Unsupervise Classification, Supervise Classification
10 Geological, Oceonografical, Agricultural and archeological Remote Sensing
11 IDRISI Applications
12 IDRISI Applications
13 Homework
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Idrisi Selva Tutorial Manual Version 17
Rencz A.N. 1999. Remote sensing for the earth sciences. Manual of remote sensing.John
Wiley and Sons. 3rd Edition, Volume 3, USA.
Jensen, J. R. (1996) Introductory digital image processing: a remote sensing perspective, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class
Presentation
Computer Aplications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

to be announced.

Assessment Criteria

to be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

There will be two midterm exams at 8th and 14th weeks. The first midterm will be a presentation of a scientific paper and the second midterm will be the application of Supervise Classification

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. A. Hüsnü Eronat
Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Enstitüsü Haydar Aliyev Blv. No:32 Inciraltı
278 65 15 / 108
0 532 407 3804

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Reading 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparing presentations 2 30 60
Quiz etc. 2 5 10
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1433
LO.224
LO.324
LO.423224
LO.52
LO.62
LO.723233
LO.8244