ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCES 442/542:
INTRODUCTION
TO REMOTE SENSING
WINTER
QUARTER, 2013
Last Updated: 2/5/2013
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. David Wallin; Office: AH310 (note that, unlike most Environmental
Sciences faculty, my office is in AH rather than ES)
Phone: 650-7526; e-mail: david.wallin@wwu.edu
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Matt Warren; Office ES430; Phone 650-7353; e-mail: matt.james.warren@gmail.com
TEXT: Introduction
to Remote Sensing, 5th edition, by J.B. Campbell & R.H. Wynne. I have been using this text for a number of
years and older 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions may
be available. The new 5th
edition includes one brand new chapter and each of the other chapters have been updated to varying degrees. Note that the 4th edition came out
in hardcover in 2007 and softcover in 2008.
The content of both versions of the 4th edition are the same
but the softcover is about $30 cheaper.
You can probably get by with an older edition if you can find it, however, if you do use an older edition, you are
responsible for the new material in the 5th edition. I will
place one copy of the 3rd edition and one copy of the 4th
edition on reserve in the main library.
CLASS MEETING TIME: MWF 10:00-10:50, AW405
Lab Meeting, WF 12:00-1:50, AH16
OFFICE HOURS:
Dr. Wallin: MTWF 2:00-3:00 (sign-up on office door) and by appointment.
Matt Warren: TBA and by appointment
Additional readings as assigned: Books are on reserve in the Main library
and journal articles and book chapters are available online (see links below)
or on the Blackboard site.
Click
here for list of readings on reserve in the Main Library
Other useful links for this course:
List of useful Remote Sensing Links
Grades: 1. Midterm exam, 30%; Graduate Students, 25%
2. Final exam, 30% ;
Graduate Students, 25%
3. Lab Reports, 35% Click here for a list
of lab exercises and other information about the lab
4. Class Participation, 5%.
5.
Projects; Graduate Students Only, 10%. Project results will be presented both
as a web page.
(Click here for information about the content of your
Graduate Project)
(Click here for a guide to web page authoring
for your Graduate Project)
Late Assignments: grades reduced by 5%/day if turned in late without a
valid excuse (illness, family crisis, etc.). Assignments that are more than one week
late will not be accepted without a valid excuse (illness, family crisis, etc.)
Grading: A =93; A- 90-92; B+ 88-89; B 83-87; B- 80-82; C+ 78-79; C
73-77; C- 70-72; D+ 68-69; D 63-67 D- 60-62; F 0-59
Academic Dishonesty: There has
been a substantial increase in the number of cases of Academic Dishonesty in
recent years. For this reason, all
faculty members have been instructed by the Registrar’s Office to provide
students with explicit information about Academic Dishonesty. Briefly stated, lying, cheating and stealing
will not be tolerated in any form.
Actions of this type will result in severe consequences that could
include a failing grade in the class and dismissal from the university. Hopefully, this does not come as a surprise
to anyone. All students should review
Appendix D, Academic Dishonesty Policy and Procedure Appendix D,
Academic Dishonesty Policy and Procedure in the back of the University Catalog for a more detailed discussion of what
constitutes academic dishonesty. For
more information see the WWU
Plagiarism Information Web Site.
TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE:
This schedule will be revised and updated from time to time as the term
progresses. You should check this page periodically for updates. This page was
last updated on 1/8/2013.
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Topic |
Chapters from |
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Week 1: 1/9- 11 |
PART I: FOUNDATIONS; History of Remote Sensing ; EM Radiation |
Chapter 1, 2 |
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Week 2: 1/14-18 |
PART II: IMAGE ACQUISITION; Image Classification, |
Chapter 12, Verbyla Chapters 6 & 7 (on
reserve in main library and on the Blackboard site) |
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Week 3: 1/21-25 |
Mapping Cameras, Digital Imagery Each graduate student should meet with D. Wallin NO LATER THAN 1/25 to come up with a topic for your graduate project. There is a 5% penalty/dayon your project grade for failure to meet this deadline.(Click here for details) |
Chapters 3, 4 |
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Week 4: 1/28-2/1 |
Image Interpretation; Graduate Student Project Outlines due by
2/1. These outlines will be graded and
will contribute 10% towards the grade for this project. .(Click here for details) |
Chapters 5 |
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Week 5: 2/4-2/8 |
Land Observation Satellites MID-TERM EXAM tentatively
scheduled for |
Chapters 6 Optional: Irons et al. 2012.
The next Landsat satellite: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission. Rem. Sens. Env.
122:11-21 Irons
et al. 2012 And see: http://ldcm.nasa.gov/index.html |
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Week 6: 2/11-15 |
Change Detection . |
Chapter 16, cohen_etal_1998.pdf |
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Week 7: 2/18-22 |
Image Resolution; Image Segmentation |
Chapter 10 other readings |
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Week 8: 2/25-3/1 |
Thermal Radiation; PART II: ANALYSIS; Preprocessing;
Field Data Accuracy Assessment, Hyperspectral Remote
Sensing. Graduate
Student Project Preliminary Results due by 3/1. These results will be graded and will
contribute 10% towards the grade for this project. (Click here for
details) |
Chapter 9, 11 Chapter 13, 14 |
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Week 9: 3/4-8 |
Active Microwave and LIDAR Geographic Information Systems, Land Use and Land Cover Classification |
Chapters 7, 8 LIDAR Readings: Lefsky_etal_2002_LIDAR_Remote_Sensing_Ecosystems Chase_etal_2011_Lidar_Archaeology_Mayan_landscape_Belize_J_Archaeology Chapter 15, 19 |
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Week 10: 3/11-15 |
Hydrospheric Sciences; Global Remote Sensing Graduate Student Final Projects due by
3/15. (Click
here for details) |
Chapter 18, 20 |
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Finals week 3/18-22 |
Check University’s Timetable of Classes for date and time of final exam Click here for the WWU Online Final Exam Schedule |
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Links to papers that I will discuss in class:
Cohen, W.B., M. Fiorella, J. Gray, E. Helmer and K. Anderson. 1998. An efficient and accurate method for mapping forest clearcuts in the Pacific Northwest using Landsat imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 64(4):293-300. cohen_etal_1998_apr_293-300.pdf
Cohen, W.B., T.A. Spies, R.J. Alig, D.R. Otter, T.K. Maiersperger and M. Fiorella. 2002. Characterizing 23 years (1972-95) of stand replacement disturbance in western Oregon forests with Landsat imagery. Ecosystems 5:122-137. cohen_etal_2002.pdf
He, H.S., D.J. Mladenoff, V.C. Radeloff and T.R. Crow. 1998. Integration of GIS and Satellite Data. Ecological Applications 8(4):1072-1083 http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1051-0761%28199811%298%3A4%3C1072%3AIOGDAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
Imhoff, M.L., W.T. Lawrence,
C.D. Elvidge, T. Paul, E. Levine, M.V. Privalsky and V. Brown. 1997. Using nighttime DMSP/OLS images of city
lights to estimate the impact of urban land use on soil resources in the United
States. Remote Sensing of Environment 59:105-117. http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00046-1
Imperv surface mapping using CIR Imagery COB_ColorIR2004_Processing.pdf
Kennedy, R.E., W.B. Cohen and T.A. Schroeder. 2007. Trajectory-based change detection for automated characterization of forest disturbance dynamics. Remote Sensing of Environment 110:370-386. kennedy_etal_2007_rse.pdf
Potter, C.,
P.-N. Tan, V. Kumar, C. Kucharik, S. Klooster, V. Genovese, W. Cohen and S. Healey. 2005.
Recent history of large-scale ecosystem disturbances in North America
derived from the AVHRR satellite record.
Ecosystems 8:808-824. http://www.springerlink.com/content/ln7135j19qhm8530/
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