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2011-2012 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2011-2012 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ECE 528 - Passive Remote Sensing of the Environment

3 credits
3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: ECE 336, ECE 384; or permission of instructor
Principles and applications of passive remote sensing techniques. Course addresses the use of sensors such as thematic mappers, optical multispectral scanners, infrared radiometers and multispectral microwave radiometers. The following sensors are covered: Thematic Mapper, SPOT, AVHRR, SSM/I and WINDRAD. Applications include ocean color and productivity measurements, ocean temperature measurements, salinity measurements, ocean wind measurements, marine pollution monitoring, and atmospheric measurements. Course also includes laboratory computer exercises for analyzing and processing real sensor data.