2014 - Remote Sensing 2

Remote Sensing
Instructor: Professor Yuji Murayama

Teaching Assistant: Niloofar Haji Mirza Aghasi
What is remote sensing used for?
Remote sensing is a method for getting information

about of different objects on the planet, without any
physical contacts with it.
Image Source: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu

What is remote sensing?
Remote sensing is a technology foe sampling

electromagnetic radiation to acquire and read
non-immediate geospatial data from which to
pull info more or less features and objects on his
Earths land surface, seas, and air.
- Dr. Nicholas Short
Advantages of Remote Sensing
• Provides a view for the large region

• Offers Geo-referenced information and digital
information
• Most of the remote sensors operate in every season,
every day, every time and even in real tough weather
Elements of Remote Sensing
Source:staff.aub.edu.lb
Remotely Sensed Data
Landsat/Ikonos/Quickbard/Aster
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Satellite pictures
Satellite imagery consists of
photographs from which
collected by satellites.
Image Source: www.wonderwhizkids.com Japan Satellite View

Image Source: www.loneotaku.net
Satellites offer a Global View
What does satellite imagery give you?

-Information on land cover, land use, habitats, landscape
and infrastructure
-multiple engagements by time series
-Mapping and monitoring changes and predict future
Application of Remote Sensing
Urbanization & Transportation

• Urban planning
• Roads network and transportation
planning Image source: www.ldeo.columbia.edu
• City expansion
• City boundaries by time
• Wetland delineation
Image source: www.geospectra.net

Agriculture
The application of remote sensing in

agriculture include:
- Soil sensing
- Farm classification
- Farm condition assessment
- Agriculture estimation
- Mapping of farm and agricultural land
characteristics
- Mapping of land management practices
- Compliance monitoring  Wageningen UR 2002
Natural resource Management
• Forestry: biodiversity, forest, deforestation

• Water source management
• Habitat analysis
• Environmental assessment
• Pest/disease outbreaks
• Impervious surface mapping Md. Bodruddoza Mia
• Hydrology
• Mineral province
• Geomorphology
Satellite image of deforestation
Comparison of an aerial photograph (bottom) with a

radar image (top) of deforestation along a road
 Wageningen UR 2002
Land Use
Land cover means any surface cover on the ground
which can include vegetation, urban infrastructure, water,
lake, mountain, transportation networks, buildings or any
other. The attributes measured by remote sensing
techniques relate to land cover, from which land use can
be inferred, particularly with ancillary data or a priori
cognition.
Mapping
Generating different maps from
remotely sensed data can be so
effective ad valuable. A classification
of sensing elements and methodologies
to generate theses remotely sensed Radar image of a continuously clouded area
models are essential for mapping. Two
primary methods of generating
elevation data are:
1. Stereogrammetry techniques by air

photos
2. Radar interferometry
Map with the road network
 Wageningen UR 2002
Types of Satellites
Geostationary
Satellites
A geostationary satellite is one
of the satellites which is getting
remote sense data and located
satellite at an altitude of
approximately 36000 kilometres
and directly over the equator.
Image Source: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu
Types of Satellites
Polar-Orbiting
Satellites
A polar orbit is a satellite
which is located near to
above of poles. This
satellite mostly uses for
earth observation by time.
Image Source: globalmicrowave.org

Some Image Processing Software
• ERDAS Imagine
• ENVI
• ILWIS
• ArcGIS
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Reference
• Jan Clevers, EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS WITH REMOTE SENSING IMAGES,

Centre for Geo-Information,Dept. Environmental Sciences,Wageningen UR.
• Md. Bodruddoza Mia, Remote Sensing, GIS and Its application, Earth Resources Engineering,
Kyushu University, Japan.
• Olga Wilhelmi, GIS in Weather and Society, Institute for the Study of Society and
Environment
• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Somchai Baimoung, Meteorological Early Warning Systems for Prevention and Mitigation of
Natural Disasters:Case of Maa Wang River Basin, Weather Forecast Bureau,Thai
Meteorological Department.

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Remote Sensing

Instructor: Professor Yuji Murayama

Remote sensing is a method for getting information

Image Source: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu

Remote sensing is a technology foe sampling

• Provides a view for the large region

Image Source: www.wonderwhizkids.com Japan Satellite View

What does satellite imagery give you?

Urbanization & Transportation

Image source: www.geospectra.net

The application of remote sensing in

• Forestry: biodiversity, forest, deforestation

Comparison of an aerial photograph (bottom) with a

1. Stereogrammetry techniques by air

Image Source: globalmicrowave.org

• Jan Clevers, EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS WITH REMOTE SENSING IMAGES,

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