This three-day course will cover the fundamentals of passive and active microwave remote sensing and provide a summary of the information needed to understand space-based microwave remote sensing systems. The course is designed for satellite design engineers and managers who wish to understand remote sensing of the land, sea and atmosphere. The course will enhance the knowledge of both people working in the field and also provide a systems perspective for satellite engineers and instrument designers. Each topic will be illustrated using published data
about current remote sensing instruments, focusing on practical working systems and issues. Passive remote sensing techniques will be emphasized. From this course you will obtain the knowledge and ability to perform basic systems engineering calculations, evaluate tradeoffs and evaluate advanced systems. Each participant will receive a complete set of notes and the textbook Microwave Remote Sensing written by the instructor.
Instructor:
Dr. Fawwaz T. Ulaby is the Vice President for Research and the Williams
Distinguished Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His current
research include microwave and millimeter-wave remote sensing, radar systems,
and radio wave propagation. He has
authored 10 books and published over 500 papers. He is the recipient of
numerous awards, including the MacDonald Award as "An Outstanding
Electrical Engineering Professor in the United States", the IEEE
Distinguished Achievement Award, The IEEE Centennial Medal, The American
Society of Photogrammetry's Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service, the
NASA Group Achievement Award, and the University of Michigan's Distinguished
Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Ulaby has served as
President of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, as Executive
Editor of its Transactions, and as Chairman of several international
symposia.He is a member of the
National Academy of Engineering and serves on scientific boards and
professional committees. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and received the B.S.
degree in physics from the
American University of Beirut, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Texas, Austin.
Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing — The electromagnetic spectrum.
Frequency allocations. Brief history and the u.c. scale.
Review of Basic Concepts — Wave propagation, polarization, reflection, refraction and penetration, microwave dielectric properties of materials (water, ice, snow, rocks, soils,and vegetation).
Antenna Fundamentals — Antenna properties, basic types, gain and
sidelobes, electronic scanning.
Introduction to Active Remote Sensing — History of radar remote sensing, basic radar operation, types of radars, the radar equation, radar applications.
Principles of Imaging Radar — Altimeters, real-aperture imagers, synthetic-aperture imagers Interferometry and Polarimetry. Basic principles of each applications and satellite programs.
Introduction to Microwave Radiometry — Radiometric quantities. Thermal emission. Brightness temperature and apparent temperature. Emissivity.
Radiometric Receivers — System operation, types of receivers, sensitivity and calibration.
Emission Models — Surfaces, atmospheric layers and scattering albedo.
Microwave Interaction with Atmospheric Constituents — Physical properties of the atmosphere. Absorption, emission, and scattering. Emission spectrum.
Passive Microwave Sensing of the Atmosphere — Temperature profiling, water-vapor profiling, total water measurements, cloud water measurements and
limb-sounding.
Oceanographic and Land Applications — Sea-surface temperature, sea-surface salinity, sea-surface wind speed and direction, soil-moisture mapping.
Tuition:
Tuition for this three-day course is $1795 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@aticourses.com.
