Advanced Remote Sensing

The course addresses the processing of remote sensing data for applied environment monitoring and analysis.
A Sentinel-1 radar dataset over Malmö in southern Sweden and the Öresund bridge.

A Sentinel-1 radar dataset over Malmö in southern Sweden and the Öresund bridge. The image shows changes over time. Photo: Ian Brown.

Included in the course material is enhanced theory regarding remote sensing’s physical basis, data calibration and correction, image processing algorithms and data quality issues including validation. Learning outcomes:

  • Explain the principles of calibration and image processing for satellite and airborne sensors
  • Evaluate and analyse image data from satellites using advanced image processing methods
  • Evaluate data quality in remote sensing products

The course is part of Master's Programme in Geomatics with Remote Sensing and GIS. The course can also be read as a separate course.


Modules

  • Theory and Practice, 8 credits
  • Project, 7 hp

Teaching Format

Instruction consists of seminars, exercises and project work.


Assessment

For details see syllabus. 

Plagiarism and regulations for disciplinary matters

As a student you must be conscientious about clearly accounting for the material used in the texts that are submitted for examination. To use another person’s expressions or ideas without stating the source is plagiarism. To translate and/or change some words in someone else’s text and present it as your own is also a form of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered cheating and if discovered in an exam or paper, the exam or paper will be failed immediately and disciplinary measures may be taken.

Any student who is caught cheating or disrupting academic activities may be suspended from lectures and exams for a period of up to six months. The Vice Chancellor or the Disciplinary Council decide whether the student is to be subject to any disciplinary measures.

The link to Stockholm University's guidelines for disciplinary matters and expulsion can be found on the website:

During your studies/Plagiarism and regulations for disciplinary matters


The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
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Registration is normally done at the beginning of each semester.

Course responsible
Ian Brown
E-mail: ian.brown@natgeo.su.se

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