ERS 186:
Environmental Remote Sensing
Syllabus
Spring 2006
Instructor: Susan Ustin (slustin@ucdavis.edu)
Phone: 752-0621
Office: 115A, the Barn
Office Hours: Monday 10am -12pm
TA: Shruti Khanna (shrkanna@ucdavis.edu)
TA: Shawn Kefauver (sckefauver@ucdavis.edu)
Phone: 752-5092
Office Hours: 11:30am - 1:00pm, 1137 PES immediately after lab
Tuesday and Thursday
Classroom: 1137 PES
Lecture: Tuesday, Thursday 8:00-9:20am
Lab: Tuesday, Thursday 09:30-11:20am (open lab for breaks)
Course listserv: ers186-s06@ucdavis.edu
Datasets are available for download on the CSTARS ftp server (ftp://cstars.ucdavis.edu/outgoing/ers-186l-s06)
Grading: Midterms (2) 25% each, Final 50%
Study questions will be provided (ungraded)
Text: Jensen, John R. 2000. Remote Sensing of the
Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective,
You are responsible
for reading material, even if it is not covered in class.
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Reading
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30-Mar |
Introduction |
Chapter 1, 2 |
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Survey of environmental digital remote sensing |
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Wavelength, frequency, energy |
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Reflectance, Transmission, Absorption |
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Target and path radiance |
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4-Apr |
Leaves and Plant Spectra |
Chapter 10, 2, 7 |
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Plant functions |
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Refraction |
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Optical Properties of leaves and canopies |
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6-Apr |
Vegetation mapping/ spatial patterns |
Chapter 10, 2, 7 |
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Signatures, Endmembers |
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Spatial patterns and scales |
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Land use/Changes in ecosystem structure |
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and invasive species |
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Primary Topic
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Reading
Assignment |
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11-Apr |
Plant/Ecosystem Function |
Chapter 10, 8, 2 |
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and Temporal patterns |
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Phenological patterns; inter-annual to |
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Century-scale patterns |
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Temperature relationships: |
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Stefan-Boltzmann Law |
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Emittance, Wien’s Law, Kirchoff’s Law |
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Plant stress indicators |
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13-Apr |
Ecosystem 3-d Structure |
Chapter 9, 10 |
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Biomass, ecosystem function, biodiversity |
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Wildlife habitat |
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Lidar, radar, and optical methods |
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18-Apr |
Soils |
Chapter 13 |
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Soil moisture, mineralogy |
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Organic matter, soil quality and fertility |
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Texture, roughness |
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20-Apr |
Wildfire detection and mapping |
Chapter 9, 10 |
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Land cover, biomass, fuel ladders, fuel moisture content |
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Fire extent mapping, fire temperature (and emissions), |
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Fire risk assessment |
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Kinetic heat, temperature |
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Review |
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25-Apr |
MIDTERM
EXAM I |
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27-Apr |
Water |
Chapter 11, 8, 9 |
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Spectral properties of phases of water |
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Specular, Lambertian (diffuse) reflectance |
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Water color, turbidity, sea surface temperature |
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2-May |
Water |
Chapter 11, 8, 9 |
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Passive microwave |
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Precipitation, ice, snow |
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Surface hydrology, drainage |
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4-May |
Weather monitoring |
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GOES, POES |
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Scattering and absorption in atmosphere |
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Radiation and energy budget |
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Aerosols and clouds |
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Date |
Primary Topic
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Reading
Assignment |
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9-May |
Weather Monitoring |
Chapter 11 |
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Severe storms, prediction |
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Evapotranspiration |
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11-May |
Climate Change |
Handout |
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Greenhouse gases and energy budget |
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Biogeochemical cycles |
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16-May |
Geology |
Chapter 13, 2, 8 |
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Mineralogy |
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Optical and Thermal signatures |
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18-May |
Geology |
Chapter 13 |
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Geomorphology |
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Faults, geologic features |
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Radar, interferometry |
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23-May |
Geology (continued) + Review |
Chapter 13 |
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25-May |
MIDTERM
EXAM II |
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30-May |
Urban |
Chapter 12, 8 |
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Heat islands |
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Land use, land cover |
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High spatial resolution mapping |
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1-Jun |
Disaster prediction/monitoring |
handout |
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Fires, floods, Earthquakes, |
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Severe Storms |
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Security and related issues |
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+ review (possibly move to lab period) |
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6-Jun |
Lab presentations |
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8-Jun |
Lab presentations |
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14-Jun |
FINAL EXAM – 1:30
to 3:30 p.m. |
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Web based Information Resources:
http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/tutorials/tuman008.htm
http://www.profc.udec.cl/~gabriel/tutoriales/rsnote/contents.htm
http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/education.html
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/vgd/remote.sensing/tutorials/tutorials.html