PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING

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What is Remote Sensing?

- Human Visual System: An Example of a Remote Sensing System
- Airborne Remote Sensing
- Spaceborne Remote Sensing

Electromagnetic Radiation
Digital Image
The Earth
The Earth's Atmosphere

- Absorption of Radiation
- Scattering of Radiation

Optical Remote Sensing

- Interpreting Optical Remote Sensing Images

Microwave Remote Sensing

- Frequency, Polarisation and Incidence Angle
- Interpreting Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

Image Processing and Analysis

## Appendix: Spaceborne Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors

Space Shuttles

- Shuttle Imaging Radar

Meteorological Satellites
Optical/Infrared Remote Sensing Satellites

- LANDSAT
- SPOT
- MOS
- ADEOS
- IRS
- RESURS

Microwave Remote Sensing Satellites

- ERS
- JERS
- RADARSAT