SIO 135Satellite Remote Sensing
Satellite remote sensing provides global observations of Earth to monitor environmental changes in land, oceans, and ice. Overview, physical principles of remote sensing, including orbits, electromagnetic radiation, diffraction, electro-optical, and microwave systems. Weekly labs explore remote sensing data sets. Graduate students will also be required to write a term paper and do an oral presentation.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “undergraduate: PHYS 2A-B or PHYS 4A-B-C, or consent of instructor. Graduate: graduate-level standing or consent of instructor.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (3)
- Environmental Systems—Earth Sciences (B.S.)
- Geosciences (B.S.)
- Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (B.S.)