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The document is a letter informing a student about an assignment for their course SWE 608: Remote Sensing Techniques for Natural Resources. It includes a list of 14 topics in Section A and 10 topics in Section B that the student can choose 5 topics total from, with a minimum of 2 from each section. The student is instructed to write brief summaries on the chosen topics and submit them by August 25th following formatting instructions such as using A4 paper, writing their name and ID on each page, and submitting a scanned PDF copy of their assignment.

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Remote Sensing Question Bank

The document is a letter informing a student about an assignment for their course SWE 608: Remote Sensing Techniques for Natural Resources. It includes a list of 14 topics in Section A and 10 topics in Section B that the student can choose 5 topics total from, with a minimum of 2 from each section. The student is instructed to write brief summaries on the chosen topics and submit them by August 25th following formatting instructions such as using A4 paper, writing their name and ID on each page, and submitting a scanned PDF copy of their assignment.

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Dear student

I am enclosing the list of the assignment topics, out of which you have two choose any five (minimum
two from each section), write briefly on that topics and submit on or before 25th Aug. 2020 for
evaluation of the course SWE 608 : Remote Sensing Techniques for Natural Resources

While preparing the assignment you go through instructions given below.

Instructions:

1. Total marks of assignment is 50 ( Fifty only).


2. Submit the hand written assignment (Own hand writing) on or before 25th August.
3. Use A4 size paper for writing assignment and the maximum page limit is 05.
4. Draw neat diagram and label it where it is required.
5. Write the name and I.D. number in the top of every page of assignment.
6. Students can write the assignment in Hindi or English.
7. Scan the page, make PDF and return by email. The Name of PDF file should be your exam roll
number. Also numbered the pages.

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
SECTION A
1. Stages of Remote sensing
2. Interaction of EMR with the atmosphere
3. Interaction of EMR with the Earth’s Surface
4. Remote Sensing sensors ( Optical Infra Red Sensors and Micro Wave Sensors)
5. Sensors operation ( Across Track Multispectral Scanning & Along Track
6. Types of satellite orbits
7. Satellite orbital characteristics ( Altitude, Inclination angle, period, Repeat cycle, Swath,
Ascending pass, descending pass, Perigee, Apogee)
8. Resolution ( Spatial resolution, spectral resolution, Radiometric resolution, Temporal resolution)
9. Multispectral scanning principle ( Across track multispectral scanning, along track multispectral
scanning)
10. Satellite Missions ( list operational earth observations satellites in tabular form)
11. Enlist Landsat series of satellites with brief description ( Characteristics of Landsat 1 to 7
mission, Orbital characteristics)
12. Enlist SPOT series of satellites with brief description ( Characteristics of SPOT satellites, Orbital
characteristics)
13. Enlist IRS series of satellites with brief description ( Characteristics of IRS satellites, Orbital
characteristics)
14. Enlist INSAT series of satellites with brief description also mention Orbital characteristics
15. Enlist Sensors with brief description ( LISS, LISS-3, Panchromatic camera,WiFS, LISS-4, AWiFS
etc.)
SECTION B

1. Visual image interpretation and importance of image interpretation elements.


2. Ground truth data collection and it's essential elements
3. Sampling pattern in ground truthing
4. Procedure to locate oneself on the ground during ground truth data collection and things to
carry while going for data collection.
5. Estimation of cost of ground truth data collection
6. Digital image interpretation
7. Remote sensing for land cover mapping
8. High resolution remote sensing for soil biophysical properties
9. Spectral reflectance of vegetation for estimating productive potential
10. spectral reflectance of vegetation, soil and water.
11. spectral reflectance and radiance characteristics of water pollutants
12. Soil loss estimation using GIS and remote sensing
13. Mapping Salinity using remote sensing
14. Land degradation assessment using GIS and remote sensing.

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