NPTEL : NOC:Remote Sensing Essentials (Civil Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Dr.Arun K.Saraf


Lecture 1 - Rudiments of Remote Sensing and Advantages

Lecture 2 - Historical Perspective of development of remote sensing technology

Lecture 3 - EM spectrum, solar reflection and thermal emission

Lecture 4 - Interaction of EM radiation with atmosphere including atmospheric scattering, absorption and emission

Lecture 5 - Interaction mechanisms of EM radiation with ground, spectral response curves

Lecture 6 - Laws of Radiation and their relevance in Remote Sensing

Lecture 7 - Basis of remote sensing image representation

Lecture 8 - Various Remote Sensing Platforms

Lecture 9 - Multi-spectral scanners and imaging devices

Lecture 10 - Significant characteristics of LANDSAT, SPOT, Sentinel sensors

Lecture 11 - Prominent characteristics of IRS, Cartosat, ResourceSat sensors

Lecture 12 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/Drone

Lecture 13 - Passive Microwave Remote Sensing

Lecture 14 - Image characteristics and different resolutions in Remote Sensing

Lecture 15 - Different techniques of Image acquisition

Lecture 16 - Importance of digital image processing

Lecture 17 - Digital Image Processing Software

Lecture 18 - Basic image enhancement techniques

Lecture 19 - Colour representations and transformtions

Lecture 20 - Image Histograms and statistics

Lecture 21 - Atmospheric errors and corrections

Lecture 22 - Geometric transformations/Geo-referencing Technique

Lecture 23 - Digital Image Processing Software Demonstration - 1

Lecture 24 - Image enhancement techniques - 1

Lecture 25 - Image enhancement techniques - 2

Lecture 26 - Digital Image Processing Software Demonstration - 2

Lecture 27 - Spatial Filtering Techniques, Band rationing and PCA

Lecture 28 - Frequency Doman Fourier Transformation

Lecture 29 - Digital Image Processing Software Demonstration - 3

Lecture 30 - Unsupervised image classification and density slicing techniques

Lecture 31 - Supervised image classification techniques and limitations

Lecture 32 - Digital Image Processing Software Demonstration - 4

Lecture 33 - LiDAR Technique and applications

Lecture 34 - Mosaicking, subsets, sub-sampling techniques and applications

Lecture 35 - False Topographic Phenomena and correction techniques - 1

Lecture 36 - False Topographic Phenomena and correction techniques - 2

Lecture 37 - High Spatial Resolution Satellite Images and limitations

Lecture 38 - Basic Image Compression techniques and different image file formats

Lecture 39 - Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

Lecture 40 - Digital Image vs Digital Photograph

Lecture 41 - NDVI and other indices

Lecture 42 - Active Microwave Remote Sensing - 1

Lecture 43 - Active Microwave Remote Sensing - 2

Lecture 44 - Radar Images interpretation and applications

Lecture 45 - SAR Interferometry (InSAR) Technique - 1

Lecture 46 - SAR Interferometry (InSAR) Technique - 2

Lecture 47 - Principles of image interpretation

Lecture 48 - Image interpretation of different geological landforms, rock types and structures

Lecture 49 - Remote Sensing of Moon and Mars

Lecture 50 - Google Earth and its Applications

Lecture 51 - Integrated applications of RS and GIS in groundwater studies - 1

Lecture 52 - Integrated applications of RS and GIS in groundwater studies - 2

Lecture 53 - Applications of Remote Sensing in Earthquake Studies - 1

Lecture 54 - Applications of Remote Sensing in Earthquake Studies - 2

Lecture 55 - Different sources of free satellite images

Lecture 56 - Limitations of Remote Sensing Techniques