Remote Sensing and GIS in Mining Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech third year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Remote Sensing and GIS in Mining B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) third year second sem is as follows.
B.Tech. III Year II Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code: MN613PE 3/0/0/3
Course Objectives: To introduce with basic concept of with remote sensing process, Geographical Information System and applications in mining, and modern trends of GIS in various natural resources and engineering applications.
Course Outcomes: In the present scenario, remote sensing and GIS application in mining plays important role. Details of the course enable the student to understand basic concept of remote sensing and its process to acquire data, digital Image processing system, and various application in mining.
UNIT-I Remote Sensing Process: Introduction to Remote Sensing, data acquisition and processing,
sensor systems, applications, Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) and its characteristics, Radiation principles, Planck’s Law, Stefan’s law, properties of solar radiant energy, atmospheric windows.
UNIT-II Physical Basis of Remote Sensing: Interaction in the atmosphere, nature of
atmospheric interaction, atmospheric effects of visible, near infrared thermal microwave wavelengths, interaction at ground surface and, interaction with soils and rocks, effects of soil moisture, organic matter, particles, size and texture, interaction with vegetation, spectral characteristics of individual leaf, vegetation canopies, effect of leaf pigments, cell structure, radiation geometry.
UNIT-III Platform and Sensors: Multi concept in remote sensing, general requirements of
a platform, balloon aircraft, satellite platforms sun synchronous orbits, sensors for visible near infrared wavelengths, profilers, images, scanners, radiometers, optical mechanical and push button scanners, spectral, spatial, radiometric and temporal resolution, IFOV, FOV, geometric characteristics of scanners, V/H ratio, comparison of satellite/ aerial platforms and sensors and remote sensing data
products, land sat and TM, SPOT, IRS, ERS; applications in mining.
TEXT BOOKS:
- B. Bhatta – Remote Sensing and GIS
- T.M. Lillensand and R.W. Keifer – Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
REFERENCE BOOKS:
- P.J. Curren – Principles of Remote Sensing
- R. C. Gonzalez, R. E. Woods, Digital Image Processing.
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