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Applications are now being accepted for three photo-interpretation/remote
sensing ONLINE 3-credit courses which are offered over
the Internet at the
College
of Extended Learning, University of New
Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
1. FOR 4313 Digital Image Processing in Remote Sensing
The course is designed for anyone with little or no remote sensing
experience. Using a mixture of theoretical lectures, hands-on computer
lab applications, and theoretical tests, course participants
will learn how to
use digital images in environmental applications using the Geomatica 9
image processing suite by PCI Geomatics Enterprises Inc. Course
participants will finish the course with well developed
knowledge of basic
image processing techniques, which include:
1. image enhancement and color composites
2. image georeferencement
3. pre-classification sampling methods
4. unsupervised classification
5. supervised classification
6. principal component analysis
7. spatial analysis
8. atmospheric corrections
2. FOR 5303 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources
The course is designed for anyone with experience in digital image
processing, but very little or no experience in the remote
sensing theory.
The objective of FOR 5303 is to provide the required skills to understand
how Earth's observation digital images are produced and the different
types of images which are currently available. At the end of the course,
course participants will be able:
1) to identify the current existing satellites
2) to understand the physical basis for each spectral domain
3) to identify what the factors influencing the remotely
sensed signal in
each spectral domain
4) to identify the differences between optical, thermal infrared and
radar remote sensing
The detailed course outline is as follows:
1. Physical basis of remote sensing
2. Optical properties of non-chlorophyllous surfaces
(water, ice, snow,
soils)
3. Optical properties of chlorophyllous surfaces (leaves,
plant canopies,
vegetation indices)
4. Atmospheric corrections
5. Thermal infrared remote sensing
6. Radar or microwave remote sensing
3. FE 3306 Applied Geomorphology
The course is designed for civil, geological and forest engineers who
needs skills in the use of photo-interpretation for road layout. The
objective of the course is to provide the required skills to identify
Quaternary landforms from a stereoscopic view of vertical aerial
photographs. At the end of the course, course participants will
be able to
use a stereoscope and to identify Quaternary landforms on aerial
photographs. Landforms are presented throughout the course, according
to the sequence followed by water, from the glacier to the sea.
The detailed course outline is as follows:
1. Stereoscopy
2. Drainage and Erosion
3. Glacial Landforms
4. Glaciofluvial Landforms
5. A - Ice-Contact Landforms
B - Outwash Landforms
6. Fluvial or Alluvial Landforms
7. Glaciolacustrine or Lacustrine Landforms
8. Marine Landforms
9. Organic Terrains
10. Aelian Landforms
Both FOR4313 and FOR5303 are also available at the graduate level under
the number FOR 6313 and FOR 6302 respectively
Course details and registrations can be found at:
for FOR4313: http://extend.unb.ca/oalp/courses/for4313_en.php
for FOR5303: http://extend.unb.ca/oalp/courses/for5303_en.php
for FE3306: http://extend.unb.ca/oalp/courses/fe3306_en.php
Courses are
self-paced and are followed at the own rythm of
each participant. So course can
start anytime during the academic year.
For information, please contact Prof. Dr. B. Leblon @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr. Brigitte Leblon
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management,
University of New Brunswick
PO Box 44555, Fredericton, NB, CANADA, E3B 6C2
PH: 506 453-4924 FAX: 506 453-3538
E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Visit our faculty at: http://www.unb.ca/forestry/
