Phy 6204 Remote Sensing and GIS Credit - 3

Fundamentals of remote sensing, Sensors, Optical mechanical scanner, Cameras for remote sensing, Remote sensing satellites, Geostationary meteorological satellite, Data used in remote sensing, Procedure of data analysis, Calibration and validation, Satellite image processing systems, Generation of thematic maps, Stereoscopy, Atmospheric and geometric corrections, Coordinate transformation, Collinearity equation, Resampling and interpolation, Application of remote sensing, Cyclone monitoring, Vegitation map, Estimation of precipitation, Geographic information system (GIS), GIS and remote sensing, Basic function of GIS, GIS information infrastructure, GIS hardware and software, Special query and analysis.