CE 258: Remote Sensing and GIS for Water
Resources and Environmental Engg. (3:0)
Basic concepts of remote
sensing; Airborne and space borne sensors; Digital image Processing; Geographic
Information System; Applications to rainfall-runoff modeling, Snow mechanics,
Watershed management, Irrigation management, soil moisture estimation, Drought
and Flood monitoring, Environment and ecology; Introduction to Microwave remote
sensing and Global Positioning System (GPS); Use of relevant software for
Remote sensing and GIS applications.
References:
1. Remote Sensing and
Image Interpretation, T.M. Lillesand and R.W. Kiefer, John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
2. Remote Sensing -
Principles and Interpretation, F.F. Sabins Jr, W.H. Freeman &
Co., New York, 1986.
3. An Introduction to
Geographical Information Systems, I.
Heywood, S. Cornelius and S. Carver, Pearson Education, 1998.
4. Remote sensing in
water resources management: The state of the art, Bastiaanssen, W.G.M., International
Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998.