Remote Sensing Instrumentation
Remote Sensing Instrumentation
William J. Emery
Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
May 2008
1. Overview
(a) Background, Examples of Past, Current, and Future Instruments
(b) Radiative Transfer Basics (specifics of optical and microwave radiation)
(c) Sensor Systems Engineering: Requirements Analysis and Functional Design
(d) System Engineering: Design Optimization and Trade Studies
(e) System Engineering: Development, Integration and Test
2. Optical Remote Sensing Instrumentation
(a) Optics Review (Snells law, reflection, refraction, lenses, focal length)
(b) Optical Design (mirrors, telescopes, optimizing focal lengths, aperture, field of view, etc., constraints)
(c) Detectors: Overview (photoelectric, semiconductor, CCD)
(d) Detectors: Technological Challenges (real world examples of some common issues)
(e) Spectral Response (dichroics, filters, hyperspectral approaches)
(f) Instrument Calibration 1
(g) Instrument Calibration 2
(h) Optical Design Example: AVHRR
(i) Optical Design Example: MODIS
3. Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Instrumentation
(a) Introduction to Passive Microwave Remote Sensing
(b) Antennas: Overview (differences and similarities with optical telescopes)
(c) Antennas: Design (optimization of antenna size, etc.)
(d) Antennas: Technological Challenges (more real world examples)
(e) Synthetic Apertures 1
(f) Synthetic Apertures 2 (example of how to overcome the size constraint problem)
(g) Instrument Pointing Requirement/control
(h) Design Example: SSM/I , SMOS
4. Active Microwave (Radar) Remote Sensing Instrumentation
(a) Differences Between Passive and Active Microwave Remote Sensing
(b) Radar Design Optimization
(c) Synthetic Aperture Radar
(d) Radar Polarimetry
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