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Remote Sensing

Remote sensing involves acquiring information about objects without direct contact using electromagnetic radiation. There are two main types of remote sensing: passive sensing, which uses natural radiation sources, and active sensing, which uses artificial sources like radar. Different sensors detect reflected or emitted radiation across visible, infrared, and microwave wavelengths from sources on airplanes, satellites, and other platforms. Remote sensing has various applications like agriculture, environmental monitoring, geology, and disaster prediction by allowing observation and monitoring of large, inaccessible areas.

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Remote Sensing

Remote sensing involves acquiring information about objects without direct contact using electromagnetic radiation. There are two main types of remote sensing: passive sensing, which uses natural radiation sources, and active sensing, which uses artificial sources like radar. Different sensors detect reflected or emitted radiation across visible, infrared, and microwave wavelengths from sources on airplanes, satellites, and other platforms. Remote sensing has various applications like agriculture, environmental monitoring, geology, and disaster prediction by allowing observation and monitoring of large, inaccessible areas.

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m Remote Sensing is the science and art of

acquiring information about material objects, area,


or phenomenon, without coming into physical
contact with the objects.

m In remote sensing, information transfer is


accomplished by use of electromagnetic
radiations.
m In respect to the type of Energy Resources:
1.Passive Remote Sensing
2. Active remote Sensing

m In respect to the wavelength regions :


1.Visible and Reflective Infrared Remote Sensing.
2.Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing.
3.Microwave Remote Sensing.
m Sensors detect the reflected or emitted radiation from
natural sources.

m Some passive remote sensors are as follows:


- Imaging Radiometer 3measures the intensity of
EMR

 Spectrometer 3detect, measure & analyze


iincident spectrum)

 Spectroradiometer 3measure the intensity in


multiple wavelength bands
m sensors detect reflected responses from objects
that are irradiated from artificially-generated
energy sources.

m Some active remote sensors are as follows:


-Radar
Scatterometer
Lidar 3uses laser to transmit light pulse and
receiver with detectors to measure the
backscattered light
m The carriers for
remote sensors:
PASSIVE SENSORS ACTIVE SENSORS

m Non-Scanning m Non-Scanning
ë Non-Imaging. (They are a type of profile Non-Imaging:- They are a type of profile
recorder, ex. Microwave Radiometer. recorder, ex. Microwave
Magnetic sensor.Gravimeter.Fourier
Spectrometer. Radiometer.Microwave Altimeter.Laser
ë Imaging. (Example of this are the Water Depth Meter.Laser Distance Meter.
cameras which can be: Monochrome, Scanning
Natural Colour, Infrared etc.) Imaging:- It is a radar ex. Object Plane
m Scanning
ë Imaging. Image Plane scanning.Ex. TV
m scanning
CameraSolid scanner. ë Real Aperture Radar.
ë Synthetic Aperture Radar.
Object Plane scanning.Ex. Optical
Mechanical ScannerMicrowave ë Image Plane Scanning
radiometer. ë Passive Phased Array Radar.
m Provides an electrical signal proportional to the
irradiance on its active surface.

m Most detectors today are made of solid-state


semiconductor metals or alloys.

m In the visible light range, silicon metal and PbO


are common detector materials.
These include the following components

m A uniform energy source

m A non-interfering atmosphere

m A super sensor

m A real-time data handling system

m Multiple data users


TRIOS (Television and Infrared Observation Satelite)

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. satellite)

GMS (Geo-synchronous meteorological satellite)

SPOT, MOS, Radarsat, Landsat

IRS and Cartosat etc.


m To collect data & for monitoring remote
inaccessible areas.

m Agriculture

m Environmental monitoring

m In Geology and Hydrology

m Ocean and coastal monitoring


m useful in prediction of m Expensive to build and
possible disaster in operate.
future. m Measurement
uncertainty can be
m For surveying and large.
observing larger area. m Resolution is often
coarse.
m Data interpretation can
be difficult.
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