Remote Sensing Concepts detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSE 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 Computer Science & Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to CSE Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of remote sensing concepts is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
REMOTE SENSING AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 9 Definition – components of RS – History of Remote Sensing – Merits and demerits of data collation between conventional and remote sensing methods – Electromagnetic Spectrum -Radiation principles – Wave theory, Plancks law, Wiens Displacement Law, Stefans Boltzmann law, Kirchoffs law – Radiation sources: active & passive – Radiation Quantities
Unit II
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Unit III
ORBITS AND PLATFORMS 9 Motions of planets and satellites – Newtons law of gravitation – Gravitational field and potential -Escape velocity – Keplers law of planetary motion – Orbit elements and types – Orbital perturbations and maneuvers – Types of remote sensing platforms – Ground based, Airborne platforms and Space borne platforms – Classification of satellites – Sun synchronous and Geosynchronous satellites -Lagrange Orbit.
Unit IV
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Unit V
DATA PRODUCTS AND INTERPRETATION 9 Photographic and digital products – Types, levels and open source satellite data products -selection and procurement of data- Visual interpretation: basic elements and interpretation keys -Digital interpretation – Concepts of Image rectification, Image enhancement and Image classification
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Text Books:
- Thomas M.Lillesand, Ralph W. Kiefer and Jonathan W. Chipman, Remote Sensing and Image interpretation, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New York,2015.
- George Joseph and C Jeganathan, Fundamentals of Remote Sensing,Third Edition Universities Press (India) Private limited, Hyderabad, 2018
Reference Books:
- Janza, F.Z., Blue H.M. and Johnson,J.E. Manual of Remote Sensing. Vol.1, AmericanSociety of Photogrametry, Virginia, USA, 2002.
- Verbyla, David, Satellite Remote Sensing of Natural Resources. CRC Press, 1995
- Paul Curran P.J. Principles of Remote Sensing. Longman, RLBS, 1988.
- Introduction to Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing , Charles Elachi and JacobVan Zyl, 2006 Edition II, Wiley Publication.
- Basudeb Bhatta, Remote Sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, 2011
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