OEFS Schedule - Spring 2020

 

Date Lecture Instructor Readings Lab
Jan 14
Jan 16
Intro to Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Properties

Lee/Smith

Chs 1 & 2 1 - Introduction to the YCEO Lab and Remote Sensing software
Jan 21
Jan 23
Physics of Radiation
Satellites and Sensors
Smith Chs 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 2 - Experiments With a Portable Spectrometer
Jan 28
Jan 30
Enhancement, Ratioing, Filtering Lee/Smith Chs 4 & 5 3 - Image Enhancement and Manipulation
Feb 4
Feb 6
Map Projections, Data Formats, Georeferencing Lee Ch 11 4 - Image Rectification
Feb 11
Feb 13
Classification Lee Ch 12, 13 & 14 5 - Introduction to Image Classification

Feb 18

Feb 20

Non-image Data
Review session 7:00 PM
Mid-Term Exam
Schultz
Lee/Smith
  6 - DEM, Raster vs. Vector, Cartography, Project Data Concerns
Feb 25
Feb 27
Forest Harvesting
Change Detection
Ashton
Lee
Ch 16, 17 & 20 7 - Change Detection and Forest Harvesting
Project Discussions
Mar 3
Mar 5
Atmospheres & Cloud Properties Smith Ch 19 8 - Atmospheres & Cloud Property Analysis
Project Prospectus Due
Mar 24
Mar 26
Climate, Seasons and Vegetation Smith Ch 17 & Handout 9 - Monitoring Seasonal Cycle of Vegetation Growth
Mar 31
Apr 2
Remote Sensing Products
Atmospheric Compositions
Lee Handout 10 - NO2 analysis of China 2007 - 2008
Apr 7
Apr 9

GPS & Field Survey
BioGeography

Schultz
Jetz
Ch 13 11 - Field Trip Prep
Project Roundtable Discussions
Apr 11      <==== Saturday  ====> Field Survey Trip
Apr 16
Apr 18

Remote Sensing with Drones
Oceans

Lee
Smith
  Work on Term Project
Apr 21
Apr 23

Remote Sensing of Planets Google Earth Engine

Lora
Chakraborty
  Work on Term Project
Apr 28 Reading Period
No Classes
Work on Term Project

Apr 30

Project Presentations (Students are required to attend a minimum of 3 hours)

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

May 2 Project report due by midnight