1) Introduction to Active Remote Sening, Properties of Microwaves vs Visible & Infrarad
2) Radar and LIDAR Interactions with Manmade and Natural Objects
3) The Radar/Lidar Equation
4) Radar Polarimetry and Interferometry
5) LIDAR systems
6) Radar systems
7) LIDAR data processing
8) Radar data processing
9) Application examples
At the end of the course, students should be able to
- understand the principles of active remote sensing systems
- have a basic understanding of polarimetry and interferometry
- process and handle radar data
- process and handle differnt forms of LiDAR data (waveform, discrete)
- interpret the information contained in radar and LIDAR data and use them in meaningful