Postgraduate Course: Active Remote Sensing: Radar and Lidar (PGGE11235)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is intended to provide an introduction to the techniques used in active remote sensing, namely radar and Lidar. The course covers the underlying principles of the measurement techniques in both systems, as well as the interaction of microwaves with natural surfaces. The course focuses on the role of active systems and their application to monitoring aspects of the Earth's surface, with particular examples in mapping of forests. |
| Course description |
1: Introduction, History and Context of Active RS Properties of Microwaves vs Visible/IR Interference and Coherence
2: Echo location, range finding and the radar/lidar equation
3: EM Interactions with Natural Objects
4: Radar ranging and Altimetry
5: Lidar systems and factors affecting accuracy
6: Feature detection with lidar
7: Spaceborne lidar
8: Radar Interferometry
9: Radar polarimetry
10: Practicals
|
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
|
Quota: 40 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 100,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
62 )
|
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Multiple Choice Exam: 30%
Coursework: 70% (Individual Coursework: 40%, Team Coursework: 30%)
Assessment Deadlines:
Team Coursework: Friday, week 5
Individual Coursework: Friday, week 8.
Exam: week 10 |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback on coursework based on presentation/video of progress by week 5.
Formative feedback on first draft of coursework by week 6.
|
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the key principles of active remote sensing systems within the context of altimetry, scatterometry and imaging radar
- Comprehend some of the more complex topics such as polarimetry and interferometry
- Process and handle differnt forms of LiDAR data (waveform, discrete)
- Place the value of active remote sensing systems into the wider context of Earth observation and remote sensing
- handle different forms of active data and interpret the information contained within such data
|
Reading List
- Woodhouse, I. H. (2005) Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing.
- Oliver and Quegan (2004) Understanding Synthetic Aperture Radar Images.
- Massonnet and Souyris (2008) Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Elachi (1988) Spaceborne Radar Remote Sensing: Applications and Techniques.
|
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course will provide the students with a range of highly marketable skills and intriduce them to technologies sought after by employers. These technical skills relate closely to the employment opportunities identified by our Industrial External Examiner, professional bodies and graduate feedback. The students also gain skills in logical thinking, project work, organisation and report-writing. |
| Keywords | Remote Sensing,Radar,Lidar |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Steven Hancock
Tel: (01316)51 7112
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Benjamin McNab
Tel: (0131 6)50 8105
Email: |
|
|
University Homepage