סמינריון בחישה מרחוק ומערכות מידע גיאוגרפיות

Seminar in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems

דר' אלכסנדרה צ'ודנובסקי

Dr. ALEXANDRA CHUDNOVSKY

תשע"ו, 2015-2016

Course Description: The students will read, analyze and summarize the state of the art of a given remote sensing and GIS research area with an extended focus in one of the subjects. There are two main parts of the course: building a theoretical background, writing skills (first semester) and practical, data analyses, results and discussion.

Goals: To review and summarize the state of the art of a selected remote sensing and GIS research area.

Learning outcomes –

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Search the scientific literature for the main papers of a selected research area
Analyze the current knowledge of this research area
Present a summary of the research area state of the art
Identify open questions related to this area
Describe active research directions

Course/Module Content:
Presentation of the selected remote sensing and GIS research areas
Literature review, preparation of a general scientific background and its presentation
Selection of a specific research question
Scientific papers review and analysis
Presentation of the state of the art of the selected research question

Requirements:

Basics if remote sensing and GIS analyses

Literature:

Jensen, J. R., 2007. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, Prentice-Hall. Chapters 10-13. Jensen, John R. 2007.

Lillesand, T. M. and R. W. Kiefer, 2005.Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5^th

ed. John Wiley & Sons.

Journal references:

Remote Sensing of Environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Course/Module evaluation:
Home works and Presentation 20 %
Project work 80 %