| Please note that some speakers' dates may be rearranged
as the schedule is finalized.
Seminars are on Mondays at 4 pm, M&M
Room U113, unless otherwise noted.
Coordinator: Ann Maclean
189 Forest Resources and Environmental Science
487-2030
amaclean@mtu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Friday 10 - 12 or by appointment
Text: A Guide to Remote Sensing: Interpreting Images of the Earth, S.A. Drury, Oxford Science Publications, 1990. 199 pages. Purchase used from numerous sites on the internet.
Semester Schedule
Week 1: January 15 - 19
No meeting this week due to Martin Luther King Holiday
Week 2: January 22 - 26
Seminar overview and format, list of speakers
Order text
Week 3: January 29 - February 2
No meeting this week
Read handouts (Introduction, Chapters 1 and 4 from text)
Week 4: February 5 - 9
Concepts and Foundations of Remote Sensing
Presenter: Ann Maclean
Reading: Chapter 3 of text
Week 5: February 12 - 16
“Using Landsat Imagery and GIS to map the geologic evolution of the East Kenya
Rift Valley”
Presenter: Alex Guth, Graduate Student, Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences
Week 6: February 19 - 23
Discussion: Remote sensing and fire
Reading: Handouts
Week 7: February 26 - March 2
"Remote sensing of wildfire using multi-spectral sensors"
Presenter: Nancy French, MTRI (Michigan Tech Research Institute) and School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Week 8: March 5 - 9
Discussion: Remote sensing for monitoring water quality; MODIS satellite characteristics; an overview of digital image processing Reading: Handouts
SPRING BREAK: March 12 - 16
Week 9: March 19 - 23
"MODIS for lake water quality monitoring"
Presenter: Colin Brooks, MTRI
Week 10: March 26 - 30
“Agricultural land cover classification using digital image processing”
Presenter: Richard Powell, MTRI
Week 11: April 2 - 6
"Utilizing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for wetlands studies"
Presenter: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, MTRI
Week 12: April 9 - 13
Discussion: Principles of radar remote sensing
Reading: Handouts
Week 13: April 16 - 20
“Remote sensing studies of the Bering Glacier”
Presenter: Robert Shuchman, Co-Director, MTRI
Week 14: April 23 - 27
“Mapping Wisconsin’s wetlands using aerial photography: a long term monitoring program”
Presenter: Gordon Maclean, President, Maclean Consultants, LTD. |
