Geomatics for Ocean and Coastal Applications detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of geomatics for ocean and coastal applications is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNDAMENTAL OCEANOGRAPY AND COASTAL PROCESSES
Origin and formation of large water bodies – Ocean basins-Oceanic Zones -Ocean Circulations: Global thermohaline, wind driven circulations and currents – Regional Upwelling and eddy development – Waves: structure, characteristics and wave generated currents -Current meters -Tides – Coastal erosional and accretional landforms.
Unit II
SEA WATER CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASUREMENT
Heat, Light and sound transmission characteristics -Sea water chemistry – Ocean Biology – Marine food web -sea water sampling and measurement -NISKIN water sampler and DSRT -CTD profiler – CTD rosette – Bathythermograph – XBT -Sediment samplers: Dredge,GRAB and deep sea coring devices
Unit III
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Unit IV
REMOTE SENSING RETRIEVAL AND MAPPING
Ocean color remote sensing – bio-optical algorithm and SeaDAS processing – sea surface temperature estimation -sea surface topography mapping: RADAR altimetry and data processing -Sea level Anomaly – Scatterometry:Sea surface wind retrieval and mapping – Bathymetry -Bathymetric LiDAR.
Unit V
APPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Coastal zone management :critical issues, LU/LC and wetland mapping -Coastal Regulation Zones -Potential Fishing Zone Mapping – Shoreline Change Analysis -Sea Level Rise Monitoring — Cyclone tracking and damage assessment – Tsunami early warning system and damage assessment – Use of SAR images- Ship detection – Oil spill studies.
Course Outcomes:
•On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Understand the basic concepts of Ocean and Coastal processes.
- Gain knowledge on physical, chemical and biological characteristics of sea water.
- Familiarize about coastal hydro dynamism and operational sensing systems
- Acquire knowledge on retrieval through remote sensing methods.
- Analyze the applicability of retrievals for solving critical issues and develop strategic management plan.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Robert Stewart,”Introduction to Physical Oceanography, Orange Grove Books publisher ,2009.
- Motoyoshi Okeda and Frederic W.Dobson, ’’Oceanographic applications of Remote Sensing”, CRC Press,2005.
- Vasilis D. Valavanis, GIS in oceanography & Fisheries, Taylor & Francis London &NewYork, 2002.
- David Halpem,”Satellites, Oceanography and Society”,Elsevier,2000.
- Alasdair J.Edward, Remote Sensing Handbook for Tropical Coastal Management, UNESCO publishing, 2000.
- Karsten Mangor, Shoreline Management Guidelines, Publisher: Horsholm, DHI Water & Environment, Denmark, 2004.
- L.S.Robinson,”Satellite Oceanography: An introduction for Oceanographers and RemoteSensing Scientists”, John Wiley and Praxis Publishing, 1995.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem, visit Geo 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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