REMOTE SENSING AND LAND MONITORING

Course objectives

Educational goals: The aim of the course is also to provide the basic elements of knowledge for the acquisition, management and processing of data with the most modern techniques of remote sensing both for digital modeling of landforms and for the monitoring of deformation processes related to geomorphological instabilities. The course aims to provide students with the knowledge about the basic principles of the terrain analysis and the latest, more advanced techniques for the quantitative analysis – at different spatio-tempral scales -of Earth Surface processes stating from DEMs at different resolution. Learning ouctomes: Students will also gain experience and skills related to the management, processing and interpretation of remote sensing data through exercises with specific software packages. At the end of the course students will therefore be able, through the use of specific tools in GIS environment, to conduct the most advanced quantitative analyses of the Earth Surface processes.

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PAOLO MAZZANTI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
1. Introduction to remote sensing 2. Historical info and basic principles 3. Cartographic projection of remote sensing data and augmented reality 4. Sonsors 5. Platoforms 6. Images 7. Optical, multi-spectral and hyperspectral Remote Sensing 8. Laser Remote Sensing 9. Radar Remote Sensing 10. Remote sensing for change detection and displacement
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Electromagnetism Basic elements of geomorphology and engineering geology
Books
- Gomarasca M. A., 2009. Basics of Geomatics. Springer Netherlands, 978-1-4020-9013-4. - Dainelli N., 2011. Telerilevamento: Manuale teorico-pratico per l'elaborazione delle immagini digitali. Dario Flaccovio Editore S.r.l., ISBN 978-88-579-0083-4. - Campbell J.B. and Wynne R.H., 2011. Introduction to remote sensing (5th edition). The Guilford Press, New York, ISBN 978-1-60918-176-5 - Elachi C. and‪ van Zyl J.J., 2006. Introduction To The Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing (2nd edition)‬. ‪John Wiley & Sons‬, ‪11/mag/2006‬ - ‪560 pagine‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ - Daniele Bartolucci, 2009. Principi di Laser Scanner 3D. Dario Flaccovio Editore - Hansenn, R, 2001. Radar Interferometry. Kluwer Academic Publishers. - Tempfli K, Kerle N, Huurneman GC, Janssen LLF (eds), 2009. Principles of Remote Sensing. The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands. - Solimini, D, 2016. Understanding Earth Observation: The Electromagnetic Foundation of Remote Sensing. Springer - Jian Guo Liu, Philippa J. Mason, 2016. Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing: Techniques and Applications, 2nd Edition. Wiley Blackwell
Frequency
Attendance suggested
Exam mode
Oral exam at the end of the course in the frame of which will be verified the basic knowledge of remote sensing principles and key methodologies. It will be required also to design a remote sensing activity for the analysis and assessment of an engineering geological and geomorphological issue as well as the capability to extract information from remote sensing data.
Lesson mode
Frontal interactive lessons in the class.
  • Lesson code10620573
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseApplied Geology to protection and sustainable development of territory
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDGEO/05
  • CFU6