Remote Sensing of the Environment

This course is new since 2022. Smets is very friendly during the exam!

2022-2023

20 juni 

Definitions (3 pp):

1. SAR Coherence 

2. DIC

3. Sentinel-5P (Tropomi) 

4. Interior orientation

5. FRP

6. Landat 8 (OLI)

7. Nadir

8. SAR

9. Sentinel-2 (SLSTR)

10. BTD

Explain image (1pp):

• Image of passive and active sensor + atmospheric distrubances

• Image of corner reflextion 

• Image of  distortion and residual map

• Image of clouds and ash (BTD)

Explain Method (1pp):

• SAR Interferometry 

• Thermal hotspot detection 

• InSAR

2021-2022 

You have to explain 3 definitions, one image and one method per student by drawing cards. The examples below were all asked during the oral exam:

Definitions (per 3): 

1. Azimuth and range direction

2. ESA

3. GOES-17

1. BTD

2. Photogrammetry

3. Sentinel-1

1. Nadir

2. SAR

3. Sentinel3-SLSTR

1. Interferrometric phase unwrapping

2. SfM

3. Sentinel-2

Explain image: 

• Image of DEM and dense point cloud of volcano 

• Image of atmospheric disturbance

• Image of digital image correlation (+can you see vertical displacement? No)

• Image of earth radiation budget

• Image of Notre dame and lines (image matching)

Explain method: 

• Hotspot detection (Wien's law and NTI)

• SfM and MVS (+ difference tie point and point in sparse point cloud)

• Volcanic ash detection

• SAR inferrometry