GI3403 Microwave Remote Sensing Syllabus:

GI3403 Microwave Remote Sensing Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To impart the knowledge on Microwave Remote Sensing and its applications.

UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS AND ACTIVE SYSTEM

Introduction–Radar frequency bands – SLAR – Antenna System – SLAR Imaging Geometry – RADAR equation – Resolution concepts: Range and Azimuth resolution – Synthetic Aperture Radar – Geometric Distortions – Multilook averaging and speckle correction.

UNIT II RADAR INETERACTION WITH EARTH FEATURES

System parameters – target parameters: roughness scales and criteria, dielectric constant and penetration depth – Surface backscattering models: Clapp, Facet, Bragg resonance models and Hard targets – Volume backscattering – RADAR Image signatures.

UNIT III IMAGING AND NON IMAGING SENSING

SAR Interferometry-Basics- Differential SAR Interferometry-applications polarimetry- Introduction – Polarization Ellipse – Polarization types –- Synthesis and signatures – Polarimetric parameters Information extraction – Polarimetric Image Interpretation and applications. Altimetry – Principle – Frequency bands – Location Systems- missions, Scatterometry- Scatterometer types and calibration – missions

UNIT IV SAR APPLICATIONS

Airborne, Space borne – different platforms and sensors- History- ENVISAT, ASAR, ALOS / PALSAR- RADARSAT , RISAT, GRACE and Sentinel 3 missions – SAR Data products and selection procedure – Applications in Agriculture- Forestry – Geology –Hydrology – snow cover mapping-snow depth estimation – Landuse/landcover mapping – Ocean related studies.

UNIT V PASSIVE SYSTEM

Radiometry- Passive microwave sensing components – Blackbody radiation and Grey body radiation – Emissivity, Radiometers – Components – Brightness temperature – Antenna temperature – Powertemperature correspondence, passive microwave interaction with atmospheric constituents – Emission characteristics of various earth features – Data products and Applications – Passive missions-DMSP, TRMM, Aqua missions, AMSR-E, AMSU.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the student is expected to
CO1 Understand the fundamentals of microwave remote sensing system such as SLAR, RAR and SAR
CO2 Learn the interaction mechanism of Radar with target features
CO3 Understand the principles and applications of Imaging and Non-Imaging observation
CO4 Learn the about the satellite sensing system and applicability of SAR
CO5 Understand the concepts of passive microwave systems and applications

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Ulaby, F.T., Moore, R.K, Fung, A.K, “Microwave Remote Sensing; active and passive, Vol. 1,2 and 3, Addison – Wesley publication company, 2001.
2. John R.Jensen,”Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective”,Pearson Education India, 2013.
3. John A.Richards,”Remote Sensing with Imaging RADAR”, Springer,2009.

REFERENCES:

1. Prashant Srivastava, Dillep Gupta, Tanvir Islam, Dawei Han,Rajendra Prasad,”RADAR Remote Sensing Application and Challenges”, Elsevier,2022.
2. Pranab Kumar Karmakar Microwave Propagation And Remote Sensing Atmospheric Influences With Models And Applications, Taylor & Francis,CRC Press, 2020
3. Alessandro Ferretti ,”Satellite InSAR data: Reservoir monitoring from Space”, EAGE Publications, 2014.
4. Jhon R.Schott, Fundamentals of Polarimetric Remote Sensing , SPIE press, 2010
5. Woodhouse lain. H, “Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing” Taylor & Francis, 2006.