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- Tutorial: Digital Images and Digital Analysis Techniques
- Tutorial: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
- Acknowledgements & permission to use
- Notes for teachers and students
- Download
- Introduction
- Satellites and sensors
- On the Ground, In the Air, In Space
- Satellite Characteristics: Orbits and Swaths
- Spatial Resolution, Pixel Size, and Scale
- Spectral Resolution
- Radiometric Resolution
- Temporal Resolution
- Cameras and Aerial Photography
- Multispectral Scanning
- Thermal Imaging
- Geometric Distortion in Imagery
- Weather Satellites/Sensors
- Land Observation Satellites/Sensors
- Marine Observation Satellites/Sensors
- Other Sensors
- Data Reception, Transmission, and Processing
- Endnotes
- Microwave remote sensing
- Image interpretation & analysis
- Applications
- Introduction
- Agriculture
- Crop Type Mapping
- Crop Monitoring & Damage Assessment
- Forestry
- Clear Cut Mapping & Deforestation
- Species Identification & Typing
- Burn Mapping
- Geology
- Structural Mapping & Terrain Analysis
- Geologic Unit Mapping
- Hydrology
- Flood Delineation & Mapping
- Soil Moisture
- Sea Ice
- Ice type and concentration
- Ice motion
- Land Cover & Land Use
- Land Use Change (Rural / Urban)
- Land Cover / Biomass Mapping
- Mapping
- Planimetry
- Digital Elevation Models
- Topographic & Baseline Thematic Mapping
- Oceans & Coastal Monitoring
- Ocean Features
- Ocean Colour & Phytoplankton Concentration
- Oil Spill Detection
- Endnotes
- Tutorial: Image interpretation quiz
- Tutorial: Radar Polarimetry
- Acknowledgements
- User guide
- References
- Basics of SAR polarimetry
- Polarimetric data expressed in the power domain
- Polarization Synthesis
- Polarimetric parameters
- Polarization Signatures
- Polarimetric image interpretation
- Tutorial: Radar Polarimetry - Classification Algorithms
- Polarimetric Interferometry
- Applications of SAR polimetry
- Tutorial: Radar Remote Sensing
- Tutorial: Radar and Stereoscopy
- Acknowledgements
- Notes for Teachers and Students
- Introduction
- Tutorial: Radar and Stereoscopy - Visual ability in 3-D
- Tutorial: Radar and Stereoscopy - Viewing Methods in 3-D
- Tutorial: Radar and Stereoscopy - Stereo Basics
- Tutorial: Radar and Stereoscopy - Radar Basics
- Tutorial: Radar and Stereoscopy - RADARSAT Basics
- Stereo Interpretation
- Viewing and Printing Instructions
- Image Type Comparisions
- Airborne versus Spaceborne Platforms
- Optical and VIR sensors versus radar sensors
- Mixed Sensor Pairs
- RADARSAT Stereo Images
- Terrain Type
- Geographical Latitude
- Stereo Configuration
- Beam Mode
- Processing Technique Examples
- Resizing Images
- Slant range to ground range correction to minimize scale differences
- Rotation
- Radiometric Balancing
- Filtering
- Bibliography
- Tutorial: RADARSAT-1 Stereo Advisor
- Tutorial: Satellite Data Reception
- Remote sensing satellites
- Tracking the satellites
- Data stream handling
- Recording
- Conclusion
- Tutorial: Watching over our planet from space - A kit for kids!
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements and permission for use
- Instructions
- Teachers
- About this tutorial
- What is Remote Sensing?
- What can you see on a satellite image?
- Who uses Remote Sensing and why?
- Which is which?
- Find it!
- Measure this (Northern Saskatchewan)
- Measure this (Halifax area)
- Clearcutting in the forest
- Oil spill danger
- Crop types
- Forest fire
- Navigating a ship through ice
- You figure it out!
- Land use mapping
- At a mine site
- A different perspective
- Why does remote sensing work so well?
- Frequently asked questions
- Glossary of remote sensing terms
- Appendix A: Using a dot grid (to measure area)
- Appendix B: Using a compass
- Appendix C: Using coordinates
- Appendix D: Answers to the activities
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