Remote Sensing in Physical Oceanography MP 435
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Course Title
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Course No.
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No. of Hours
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Prerequisite
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Credit
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Lect.
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Prac.
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Remote Sensing in Physical Oceanography
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MP 435
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3
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2
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3
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PHYS 203 + MP 338
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Objectives: Getting the student familiar with the principles of remote sensing and its various applications in the field of physical oceanography.
Contents: Concept of remote sensing – History of remote sensing – Physics of remote sensing – Satellite platform system – Image processing – Satellites for marine applications.
Practical: Satellite image displaying – Histograms and scatter plots – Filtering and noise removal – Image enhancements by linear and non-linear techniques.
Text Books & References:
- Robinson, I. S. (1985). Satellite Oceanography – An Introduction for Oceanographers and Remote-Sensing Scientists. Ellis Horwood.
- Lillesand, T. M. and Kiefer, R. W. (1994). Remote Sensing and Images Interpretation . John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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