Course No.: CE 740
Course Title: Microwave Remote
Sensing
Instructor: Dr. R.P.
Singh, WLE 202
House No.: 425
Tel.: 7295 (Off.), 8201 (Res.)
E-mail: ramesh@iitk.ac.in
Course content:
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Introduction
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Earth, Ocean and Atmosphere
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Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere
and Atmosphere and their interactions
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Electromagnetic waves and Electromagnetic
spectrum
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Sources of Electromagnetic waves
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Maxwell’s wave equation
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Conduction and Displacement currents
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Reflection, Emission and Absorption
properties
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Microwave Remote Sensing
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Microwave versus optical remote
sensing
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Active and Passive microwave remote
sensing
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Retrieval of geophysical parameters
from ocean, land and atmosphere
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Various applications
Weightage:
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Attendance/Activeness
100%
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Quizzes
20%
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Assignments
10%
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Term Paper
15%
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Seminar
15%
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I/II Mid Semester Exam
20%
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End Semester
20%
Books:
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Microwave Remote Sensing (Vol. I
& III) (1981), Addison - Wesley Publishing Company, Massachusetts,
F. T. Ulaby, R. K. Moore and A. K. Fung.
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Physical Principles of Remote Sensing
(1st Edition, 1990), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, W. G. Rees.
Journals:
Term Paper:
CE 740 requires a term paper,
which has to be submitted by the first week of April 2002. The term paper
has to be type written in word format, hard and soft copies have to be
submitted. The term paper has to be presented, each one of you have to
present a talk using multi media for 30 minutes.
Choose Term Paper from following
lists:
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Active sensing/Passive microwave
remote sensing and state of art
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Soil moisture
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Rainfall/Precipitation
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Water vapor
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Snow
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Natural Hazards
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Agriculture
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Forestry
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Oceanography
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Wind
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Estimation of Surface Temperature
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Sea surface temperature
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Ocean roughness
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Flood forecast
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Interferrometry
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Hydrological modeling
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Cyclone monitoring
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