Academic Year/course:
2023/24
419 - Degree in Geography and Land Management
28319 - Remote Sensing
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
28319 - Remote Sensing
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
419 - Degree in Geography and Land Management
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
3
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
This subject aims to provide a solid training in the theoretical and practical aspects of spatial remote sensing as a tool for geographic analysis analysis tool, focusing on the basic concepts and methods for the treatment and application of satellite images using computer resources.
It provides competencies that contribute to the achievement of the following SDGs (Agenda 2030):
SDG 2 Zero Hunger (Goals 2.3 and 2.4).
SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation (Goal 6.6).
SDG 7 Affordable and non-polluting energy (Goal 7.2).
SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities (Goals 14.1, 14.3 and 14.4).
SDG 13 Climate action (Goal 13.1 and 13.3).
SDG 15 Life of terrestrial ecosystems (Goal 15.1 to 15.3).
This subject requires the prior acquisition of skills in thematic cartography, digital information management, statistical processing and GIS analysis. The high practical component of the subject gives great importance to the active participation in the classroom sessions.
2. Learning results
* Describe the concepts and components of space remote sensing and accurately use the vocabulary, terminology and nomenclature of the discipline.
* Explain the physical fundamentals of remote sensing and the interactions of electromagnetic energy with atmospheric energy, identifying their significance in the processing of satellite images
* Know the main spatial remote sensing systems and programs (sensors and platforms) and assess their potential for geographic analysis.
* Describe the nature of the information provided by remote sensing systems, locate it, interpret it and critically assess it critically
* Explain and apply the procedures for improving the visualization of satellite images (monoband and false color) and interpret the most common color compositions.
* Describe the factors responsible for the spectral behavior of the fundamental land covers, identifying them from their typical signatures
* Know and apply remote sensing data modeling processes in the context of continuous variable generation and digital image classification
* Use computer resources for the digital processing of satellite images in their application to the analysis and modeling of the territory at different scales.
* Solve with solvency the instrumental and methodological problems that arise during the use of remote sensing techniques.
* Develop teamwork in relation to the operational application areas of remote sensing for geographic analysis and land use planning.
3. Syllabus
1. Introduction to spatial remote sensing: Basic concepts and evolution. Epistemological and technological context.
2. Nature of remote sensing data: Electromagnetic spectrum. Physical fundamentals and atmospheric interactions.
Typical spectral signatures.
3. Remote sensing systems. Concepts of 'resolution'.
4. Image display and enhancement: Monoband and RGB and HSI color compositions. Visual analysis.
5. Application of pretreatments and filters: Atmospheric correction. Spatial enhancements.
6. Notions of digital processing: Transformations applied to images and generation of continuous variables.
Digital classification.
7. Remote sensing-GIS integration. Proximal remote sensing (radiometry, drones).
4. Academic activities
The learning activities constitute a successive approach, in increasing complexity, to the critical use of remote sensing. In this way, the technical and instrumental skills required for a methodologically well-founded theoretical operational application are acquired and . Theory and practice are intertwined.
- Theoretical-practical sessions:
a) master class;
b) practical application of visual and digital processing techniques of satellite images using software;
c) seminars (spectro-radiometry and drones).
- Personal study of the student for the assimilation of the syllabus, the use of bibliography and Internet resources and the practice in the use of specific computer programs.
- Two written evaluation tests.
5. Assessment system
I Call for Proposals
a) Continuous assessment
- Written tests related to items 1 to 4 (1st) and 5 to 7 (2nd) of the syllabus (each test 40% of the grade, averaging if the grade is ?4). They include both (a) short-answer objective questions and (b) open-ended questions of medium length and others (c) open-ended questions using computer resources. Evaluation criteria: (a) mastery of concepts, concreteness and accuracy; (b) mastery of contents, originality of approach, ability to relate, structuring, pertinence of arguments, terminological correctness; (c) diagnostic capacity, coherence in argumentation, justified incorporation of concepts and theoretical contents, terminological correctness, concreteness and clarity.
- Practical work (15% of the grade): delivery of the work. Evaluation criteria: correctness of the general approachand the techniques used, coherence and completeness of the contents, relevance and diversity of sources.
- Seminars (5% of the grade): short questionnaire.
b) Overall assessment
Written test divided into two parts (each part 50% of the grade):
-- Examination of theoretical contents by means of short-answer objective questions (a) and open-ended questions of medium length (b).
-- Examination of the practical contents by means of open questions with the use of computer resources (c).
The evaluation criteria are the same as those expressed for the continuous evaluation.
II Call for Proposals
Global evaluation with the same type of tests and identical criteria as the global evaluation carried out in the first call.