James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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GE3501:03

Environmental Remote Sensing

Townsville

Prerequisites: GE2502 or TG2100
Inadmissable Subject Combination: GE5501 TG3112 TG5105

Second semester intensive block mode.

Staff: Dr A Lewis.

This subject introduces the student to a variety of digital image analysis methods applicable to environmental data. These include spectral enhancement, geometric enhancement, spatial enhancement, registration, multivariate analysis and classification.

Learning Objectives:

  1. have a working knowledge of the underlying theory of remote sensing;
  2. be able to apply this theory to digital image analysis;
  3. be able to analyse and model remotely sensed data and combine with other types of spatial data.

Assessment by on-course work (50%); examination (50%).


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