MAR602, "Remote Sensing of the Oceans"

Paula Bontempi

Fall 2002

DATE                                     TOPIC

 

Tu, Aug. 20                                           Introduction to Remote Sensing Applications and Techniques, and the Link to Bio-Optics

 

Th, Aug. 22                                           Introduction to Marine Bio-Optics (Kirk, Chap. 1)

 

Tu, Aug. 27                                           Incident Solar Irradiance (Kirk, Chap. 2)

 

Th, Aug. 29                                           Absorption-1 (Kirk, Chap. 3)

 

Tu, Sept. 3                                             Absorption-2 (Kirk, Chap. 9)

 

Th, Sept. 5                                             Scattering-1 (Kirk, Chap. 4)

 

Tu, Sept. 10                                           Scattering-2 (Kirk, Chap. 4)

 

Th, Sept. 12                                           Underwater Light Field (Kirk, Chapter 5)

 

Tu, Sept. 17                                           Underwater Light Field (Kirk, Chapter 6), Project Discussion

 

Th, Sept. 19                                           Flow cytometry, Fluorescence, Bioluminescence, Chemoluminescence

 

Tu, Sept. 24                                           Review Session and Summary

 

Th, Sept. 26                                           Exam I

                                                                                                                       

Tu, Oct. 1                                               Intro. to Ocean Color Remote Sensing (Kirk, Chap. 7)

 

Th, Oct. 3                                               Basic concepts of ocean color remote sensing- satellite orbits, emergent flux, "atmospheric correction"

 

Tu, Oct. 8                                               Ocean color algorithms- empirical and semi-analytical algorithms

 

Th, Oct. 10                                             Ocean color algorithms-2- analytical models

 

Tu, Oct. 15                                             Validation, calibration, and evaluation of algorithms/Limitations of ocean color remote sensing

 

Th, Oct. 17                                             Converting ocean color data to primary production, carbon estimation

 

Tu, Oct. 22                                             Data processing, Demonstration of ocean color and other remote sensing imagery

 

Th, Oct. 24                                       Miscellaneous topics, LIDAR, LANDSAT, AVHRR, TOPEX

 

Tu, Oct. 29                                             Guest lecture- CODAR

 

Th, Oct. 31                                             Intro. to remote sensing of optically complex waters (Sathyendranth, Ch. 1)

 

Tu, Nov. 5                                             Color and Algorithms of Case II waters (Sathyendranath, Ch. 2,3)

 

Th, Nov. 7                                             Meas. Requirements for Case II waters, ocean color applications (Sathyendranath, Ch. 4, 5)

 

Tu, Nov. 12                                           Review Session and Summary

 

Th, Nov. 14                                           Exam II

 

Tu, Nov. 19                                           Ocean Optics Meeting, No Class, Work on Projects

 

Th, Nov. 21                                           Ocean Optics Meeting, No Class, Work on Projects

 

Tu, Nov. 26                                           Project presentations

 

Th, Nov. 28                                           Thanksgiving Holiday, no class

 

Tu, Dec. 3                                   Project presentations

 

Th, Dec. 5                                              Last Class, Review for Final Exam

 

Tu, Dec. 10, 9am - 12pm                     Final Exam             ***Tentative***

 

 

GRADES

 

Exam I- 20%, Exam II- 20%, Final Exam is cumulative- 40%, Project- 20%.

 

Text:       Kirk, J.T.O.  1994.     Light & Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems (second edition).  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain, 509p. (ISBN 0 521 45966 4)

 

Notes:

 

1. You must have a valid, written excuse to receive a make-up exam.  You must make arrangements before the next scheduled class period to take the make-up exam.

 

2. Last day to drop without academic penalty is 5:00pm, 30 September 2002.  You will have had one exam by then.

 

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