Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering - Vishwakarma ...

Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune – 411 037
Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
FF No.: 654
EC42101:: REMOTE SENSING
Credits: 03
Teaching Scheme: - Theory 3 Hrs/Week
Prerequisites: Electromagnetics
Objectives:
• To study remote sensing applications
• To study radar technology
• To study designing radar experiments
• To study interpreting radar results
• To study contemporary issues such as InSAR
• Mapping with PEOs:2,3,4,6,7,8
Unit I
Foundations and Scope of Remote Sensing
(6 Hrs)
A. History of remote sensing, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Energy sources and Radiation
Principles, Energy Interactions in the Atmosphere, Energy Interactions with Earth
Surface Features, Applications.
Unit II
Radar Basics
(10 Hrs)
A. Interaction of EM waves with matter, Basic Radar Configurations, Basic Radar
Measurements, Doppler Shift, Radar Block Diagram, Radar Range Equation,
Antenna Parameters, Radar Cross Section, Pulse Repetition Frequency, Range
resolution, Time resolution, Pulse compression techniques, Design of radar
experiments
B. Radar Transmitters, Radar Receivers
Unit III
Practical Radar considerations
(8 Hrs)
A. Detection of Signals in Noise, Information from Radar signals, Radar clutter – land,
sea, surface, weather clutter, propagation of radar waves.
B. Theoretical accuracy of radar measurements.
Structure & Syllabus of B.E (E&TC) Program – Pattern ‘C11’, Rev01, dt. 2/4/2011
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