1

Prof. Samir P Parmar

Associate Professor, Dharmasinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India

Mail: samirddu@gmail.com

2 Disclaimer

This presentation is on net just for educational purposeonly. The person, places, brands mentioned here are notpromoted by author. The copyright material might be herebut it is expected that the purpose of violation is justeducational hence should be waved. Thank You

- Prof. Samir P Parmar

REMOTE SENSING DEFINITION

Science of acquiring information about a physical phenomenon of an object or surface of the earth measured at a distance without being in physical contact with the object of interest

3

REMOTE SENSING PROCESS

PRISM

Energy Source or Illumination (A)Radiation and the Atmosphere (B)Interaction with the Target (C)Recording of Energy by the Sensor (D)Transmission, Reception and Processing (E)Interpretation and Analysis (F)Application (G)

4

Electro Magnetic Radiation

Wavelength Frequency

Electro Magnetic Spectrum

5

6

7

Satellite electromagnetic sensors “see” reflected and emitted radiation8

Blue sky

Day timeEarth

Atmosphere

BG

R

Earth

Sunset

Blue

Red

Sun

Sun

9 Scattering Phenomenon

Remote Sensing Process Components

• A. Energy Source or Illumination

• B. Radiation and the Atmosphere

• C. Interaction with the Target

• D. Recording of Energy by the

• Sensor

• E. Transmission, Reception,

• and Processing

• F. Interpretation and Analysis

• G. Application

10

11

Source Effect

Ionospheric effects ± 5 meter

Ephemeris errors ± 2.5 meter

Satellite clock errors ± 2 meter

Multipath distortion ± 1 meter

Tropospheric effects ± 0.5 meter

Numerical errors ± 1 meter or less

Sources of error 12

Common Platforms

(1) Ground-Based

(2) Airborne

(3) Space borne

13

Landsat 1,2,314

Landsat 4,515

Landsat 716

IRS 1 C IRS 1 D

17

Space-LISS-III18

space- WiFS19

Landsat Satellite

20

IKONOS Satellite

21

22

Orbits

• The path followed by a satellite is referred to as its orbit.

Geostationary Orbit

Near-Polar Orbits

Equa. W-E satellite orbiting Earth

Mainly used for communication and

meteorological applications – GOES,

METEOSAT, INSAT etc.

Satellite Orbital plane is near polar and the

altitude is such that the satellite passes

each place at same local sun-time.

Cover entire globe – LANDSAT, SPOT,

NOAA, IRS etc.

23

Low-Earth orbits

~700-800 km

Sun-synchronous, near-polar, near-circular

Satellite orbit is fixed in space: Earth rotates beneath it

Orbit inclined at 98.7

Cross the equator (N-S) at ~10.30am local time

~90 minutes per orbit

Geostationary orbits

35,770 km, 0° inclination

Period of orbit = 24 hours

Global coverage requires several

geostationary satellite in orbits at

different latitudes

Good for repetitive observations, poor for

spatially detailed data

Large distortions at high latitudes

24

Swath

• As a satellite revolves around the Earth, the sensor "sees" a certain

portion of the Earth's surface. The area imaged on the surface,

• Imaging swaths for space borne sensors generally vary between tens

and hundreds of kilometers wide.

Swath Swath Area

25

SPECTRAL RANGE

Sensors for mapping – usual spectral range:

BLUE ~ 0.45 – 0.52µm - not in any case, problems with atmospheric scattering

GREEN ~ 0.52 – 0.60µm – used

RED ~ 0.63 – 0.69µm – used

Near Infrared (NIR) ~ 0.76 – 0.90- (1.2)µm – used

Mid infrared ~ 1.55 – 1.70 µm – often used by more new sensors, usually larger pixel size, advantage for classification

Thermal infrared – not for mapping, only for classification, lower resolution

Wide field sensors usually only red and NIR – determination of vegetation index

26

SENSOR PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS

SPATIAL- THE PHYSICAL DIMENSION ON EARTH IS RECORDED :

SPATIAL RESOLUTION

SPECTRAL- RELATING OF WAVELENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF

EMR MEASURED NUMBER OF BANDS, BANDWIDTH:

SPECTRAL RESOLUTION

RADIOMETRIC- ACCURACY AND MINIMUM CHANGE POSSIBLE IN

RADIANCE MEASUREMENT :

RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION

TEMPORAL- FREQUENCY OF OBSERVATION :

TEMPORAL RESOLUTION

27

TEMPORAL RESOLUTION

The concept of revisit period that refers to the length of time it takes for a satellite to complete one entire orbit cycle. The revisit period of a sensor is usually several days depending upon satellite to satellite

28

Required resolution for mapping (pixel size)

rule of thumb: pixel size of 0.05 – 0.1 mm at publishing scale1: 10 000 0.5 – 1 m1: 25 000 1.2 – 2.5 m photographic resolution1: 50 000 2.5 – 5 m - pixel size: 2 pixel ~ 1 lp1:100 000 5 -- 10 m1:200 000 10 -- 20 m

Detectability of objects pixel sizeurban buildings 2 mfoot paths 2 mminor road network 5 mfine hydrology 5 mmajor road network 10 mbuilding blocks 10 m

29

CLASSIFICATION OF REMOTE SENSORS

REMOTE SENSORS ARE INSTRUMENTS THAT MEASURE THE

PROPERTIES OF THE REFLECTED/ EMITTED EMR

Photographic camera,

Opto-mechanical

Scanner(MSS),

Push-broom Scanner

(IRS-LISS)

Scanning

microwave

radiometer (MSMR)

LIDAR Scatter meter,

SAR

Remote Sensors

Passive Active

Optical IR (OIR) Microwaves Optical IR (OIR) Microwaves

30

SPECIFICATIONS OF PAYLOADS FOR IRS SATELLITE SERIES

CHARACTERISTICS LISS-I LISS-II LISS-III PAN WiFS

RESOLUTION (m) 72.5 36.25 23.5 5.8 188

SWATH (km) 148 74 141 71 810

SPECTRAL BANDS

.45 - .51

.52 - .59

.62 - .68

.77 - .86

Same as

LISS-I

.52 - .59

.62 - .68

.77 - .86

1.55 – 1.70

.50 - .75 .62 - .68

.77 - .86

STEERABILITY NIL NIL NIL ± 26 NIL

REVISIT (DAYS) 22 22 24 5 5

31

Remote SensingVisual Image Interpretation

Spatial characteristics are:

shape size shadow pattern texture

32

Deductive Approach

1. Photo / Image

Elements

• Shape

• Size

• Tone / Colour

• Texture

• Pattern

• Shadow

• Association

2. Terrain / Geotechnical Elements

• Landform

• Drainage Pattern, Density & Anomaly

• Vegetation & land Use

• Erosional Pattern

• Soil

Convergence of Evidence

Existing Geological Information & Ground Checks

33

EXISTING GEOLOGICAL MAPS & LITERATURE

PREPARATION OF FINAL LITHOLOGICAL MAP OVERLAY

FIELD VERIFICATION

PREPARATION OF PRE-FIELD LITHOLOGICAL MAP OVERLAY

COORELATION OF IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS & ROCK TYPES

STUDY OF IMAGE & TERRAIN ELEMENTS

VISUAL INTERPRETATION

SATELLITE IMAGERYContd..

Amount of Information Extracted α Amount of Experience

34

Sensors in photographic Image Interpretation

Black and white panchromatic

Black and white infrared

Colour

Colour infrared/ false colour

35

VISUAL INTERPRETATION

Shape

Texture

Size

Pattern

Tone

Shadow

Location /

Association

36

false colour imageColour image37

FUSED

IMAGE

38

Goa, Maharashtra, India

Forest Area

Run way

Sedimentation in river

39

Sensor : IRS1C WiFS

Wet Land

Haze & Moisture present in Vegetation

Sedimentation in river

40

Sunder bans , West Bengal India

Remote Sensing - Visual Image Interpretation

Full colour Panchromatic

41

Remote Sensing - Visual Image Interpretation

42

Remote Sensing - Visual Image Interpretation

SHADOW

43

Remote Sensing - Visual Image Interpretation

PATTERN44

Spatial Resolution45

Less Number of pixels/ unit area = Unclear Picture

More Number of pixels/ unit area = Clear Picture

10 m resolution 30 m resolution 80 m resolution

A "High Resolution" image refers to one with a small resolution size. Fine

details can be seen in a high resolution image. On the other hand, a "Low

Resolution" image is one with a large resolution size, i.e. only coarse

features can be observed in the image.

46

Characteristics of remotely sensed data

Different remote sensing systems acquire different types of data

which are often categorised according to four different types of `resolution`

1. Spatial resolution: the ability to distinguish between adjacent objects on the ground.

30-m pixels5-m pixels

47

Temporal resolution: How often are the data collected?

Temporal and spatial resolution generally inversely related

Characteristics of remotely sensed data

AVHRR - 1 km pixels - 12 hour repeat SPOT - 10m pixels - 26 day repeat

48

Digital Terrain Modeling (DTM)

Digital Elevation Model

49

Aerial photograph showing a strike-slip fault. 50

Location: Near Rongtong Pass, North of Kaja, Spiti Valley

IRS LISS-III Image

51

River Topography Change

1 2

52

Volcanic cone and crater

Volcanic Crater53

55

Oil Spills56

57Tornado/ Storms

58

Temperature sensor image

59

60

Quick Bird 0.5 m resolution image

61

62

Landsat-76-Aug-199915m resolution

63

b/w, true color and false color (infrared) ImagesDifferent features are differentiated automatically

64

Infra red image for lava flow

65

Pyramids of Egypt

66

67

Digital Elevation Model Using GIS

68

69

Beijing

70

71

Vatican City

72

73

74

IKONOS, 0.8 m Resolution, Vancouver, Canada, October 29, 2002

75Quick Bird 60 cm resolutionRiyadh, Saudi Arabia30 Dec-2005

76

77

0.5 m Resolution Image

78

Washington DC0.15m Resolution

79

1m DEM, IKONOS Data, 0.8 m Resolution, Sahara Desert

80

IKONOS YOKOHAMA

81

Natural Hazards

Land slides

82

83

Quarry site and conveyer system along with sand heaves

84

85Individual Plots and Street s Digitized

86

Individual Plots and Street s Digitized

87

Buffer for a Road

Buffer= effective, influence zone

88

DEM of a City, Digitized buildings in 3D

89

DEM of a City, Digitized buildings in 3D

90

DEM of a City, Digitized buildings in 3D

91

DEM of a City, Digitized buildings in 3D

92

DEM of a Flood in City

93

DEM of a Flood in City

94

DEM of a Flood in City with real time monitoring

95

96

97 DEM model of IIRS, Dehradun, Uttarakhand India

98

99

100

101 GIS Supporting equipment's

102

GARMIN, GPS Instrument

103

Precision in GPS

104

105

106

107

GIS Links:GIS Cafe.com (http://www.giscafe.com/) GIS Internet Directories (Related topics) (http://www.compinfo-

center.com/tpgis-t.htm) GIS Internet Directories (Special topics)

(http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/gis/links.htm) Guide to GIS Resources on the Internet (Berkely Digital Library)GIS Case Studies

Map Projections /Datums/ Coordinate syetms

1. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection

108

GIS RESOURCES

More Linkshttp://www.geospatialtoday.com/http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/http://www.gisdevelopment.net/http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/http://www.mycoordinates.org/http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/Default.asp(Almost all are freely available)

109

GIS RESOURCES

Remote Sensing Links:

Publications, References, Books, Journals & many

more links

AAG-RSSG Web Resources Sensor Systems and Data

Products

CEOSDIS - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

Disaster Management Support Group

Remote Sensing Educational Guide

110

RS RESOURCES

ILWIS S/W (http://www.itc.nl/ilwis/downloads/default.asp)

GRASS (http://grass.itc.it/download/index.php)

ARCVIEWARC GISGEOMETICAGEOSTUDIOERDAS GRAM ++ (IIT Bombay)TNT MIPS (http://www.microimages.com/products/tntmips.htm)

111

GIS SOFTWARES

Special Thanks to Faculty members and Management who provided meexcellent expert level training in NNRMS course in 2007, IIRS, Dehradun,Uttaranchal, INDIA

112

Thank You !