AUTOMATED REMOTE SENSING

Presented by,
Kirthika.S (19 65 003)
CONTENTS

• Remote Sensing
• Principle
• Processing of Remote Sensing
• Importance of Remote Sensing
• Types of Remote Sensing
• Weather Satellite Imaging of the Earth
• Remote Sensing in Marine Fisheries
• Applications
REMOTE SENSING

• Remote sensing refers to obtaining information about objects or areas by

using electromagnetic radiation without being in direct contact with the
object or area.
• Reading the newspaper, watching cars driving in front of you, looking at a
lecturer during classes are all remote sensing activities of the human eye.
• The human eyes register the solar light reflected by these objects and your
brains interpret the colours, the grey tones and intensity variations.
PRINCIPLE
PROCESSING OF REMOTE SENSING
A- Energy Source or Illumination
B- Radiation and the Atmosphere
C- Interaction with the target
D- Recording of Energy by the Sensor
E- Transmission, Reception and Processing
F- Interpretation and Analysis
G- Application
IMPORTANCE OF REMOTE SENSING

• Remote sensing makes it possible to collect data on dangerous or

inaccessible areas.
• Remote sensing provides real time updates and does not require active
human assistance.
• Remote sensing can detect things that are not normally present in the
visible spectrum-for example temperature, or by detecting landforms
underneath the surface of the ground or ocean.
• Remote sensing can scan large areas of land by satellite.
TYPES OF REMOTE SENSING

Based on Source of Energy

• Active Remote Sensing
• Passive Remote Sensing
Based on Range of Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Optical Remote Sensing
• Thermal Remote Sensing
• Microwave Remote Sensing
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING
ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING

• The sensor emits radiation which is directed towards the target to be

investigated.
• The radiation reflected from that target is detected and measured by the
sensor.
Advantages:
• The ability to obtain measurements anytime, regardless of the time of day
or season.
eg: laser fluorosensor and synthetic aperture radar(SAR).
PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING

• The sun provides a very convenient source of energy for remote sensing.
• The sun’s energy is either reflected, or absorbed and then reemitted.
• Remote sensing systems which measure energy that is naturally available
are called passive sensors.
• For all reflected energy, this can only take place during the time when the
sun is illuminating the earth.
• There is no reflected energy available from the sun at night.
• Energy that is naturally emitted (such as thermal infrared) can be detected
day or night.
OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING

• Wavelength range:300nm to 3000nm

• The optical remote sensing devices
operate in the visible, near infrared,
middle infrared and short wave infrared
portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Most of the remote sensors record the
EMR in this range.
THERMAL REMOTE SENSING

• Thermal remote sensing deals with the acquisition, processing and

interpretation of data acquired primarily in the thermal infrared(TIR)
region of the EM spectrum.
• Thermal remote sensing measures the radiations ‘emitted’ from the surface
of the target which is opposite to the optical remote sensing where we
measure the radiations ‘reflected’ by the target.
• Wavelength range:
3000nm to 5000nm
8000nm to 14000nm
MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING

• Wavelength range: 1mm to 1m

• Most of the microwave sensors are active sensors, having there own
sources of energy, eg: RADARSAT.
• Longer wavelength microwave radiation can penetrate through cloud
cover, dust.
• As the longer wavelengths are not susceptible to atmospheric scattering
which affects shorter optical wavelengths.
• This property allows detection of microwave energy under almost all
weather and environmental conditions so that data can be collected at any
time.
WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGING OF THE EARTH

• Target the Earth’s surface.

• It gives off energy in the form of infrared radiation (or heat energy).
• Energy travels through the atmosphere and space and reaches the sensor,
which is mounted on a satellite platform.
• Varying levels of this energy are recorded, transmitted to ground stations
on the Earth and converted into images that depict differences in
temperature across the planet’s surface.
REMOTE SENSING IN MARINE FISHERIES
SATELLITE USED IN MARINE FISHERIES
APPLICATIONS

• Disaster Management
• Natural Resources
• Geosciences
• Defence and Intelligence
• Development and Construction
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