EDUCATIONAL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

To enable the students to: Understand the nature of remote sensing data and how they are acquired Understand different types of remote sensing instruments and their missions Understand basic image representation and processing Understand how Earth Observation data can be combined with other sources of data and data techniques (e.g. GIS) Understand how EO data can be used in environmental science (particularly via classification and monitoring) Develop practical skills in these areas, which may be useful in planning of dissertations Develop links with the second year course on Geographic Information Systems Science and with othet courses as appropriate (e.g. hydrology, environmental systems) Lay the foundations for the third year course on Earth Observation There are no prerequisites for this course, but GEOG2021 will form the usual requirement for those wishing to take GEOG3051 and 3052.

EXPECTED COURSE LOAD

Component Hours Lectures 8 Private Reading/
Revision 80 Supervised Laboratory Work (Computing) 24 Independent Laboratory Work (Computing) 20 Required Written Work 10 TOTAL 142*

• (Usual range 100-150 for 1/2 course unit)

ASSESSMENT

60% Two hour unseen written examination 40% Assessed Practical (2500 words) - submission date standard 2nd year submission date i.e. Weds 26th March 2014 (12 noon, TBC).

NB -

Penalties for late submission and over length WILL be applied BOTH components must be submitted for the course to be complete Different arrangements for JYA/Socrates (make sure you inform the lecturers if this affects you)

The practicals for this module consists of the following practices and a coursework project:

Practical #0 Introductory Computing: https://github.com/qwu-hab/geog2021/blob/master/Prac0.ipynb

Practical #1 Image Display: Practical #2 Spatial Filtering: Practical #3 Classification: Coursework Project: