Skip to main content
Till KTH:s startsida

FAG3105 Active Remote Sensing 7.5 credits

Administer About course

Information per course offering

Course offerings are missing for current or upcoming semesters.

Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus FAG3105 (Autumn 2018–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus FAG3105 (Autumn 2018–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  1. Introduction to Active Remote Sening, Properties of Microwaves vs Visible & Infrarad

  2. Radar and LIDAR Interactions with Manmade and Natural Objects

  3. The Radar/Lidar Equation

  4. Radar Polarimetry and Interferometry

  5. LIDAR systems

  6. Radar systems

  7. LIDAR data processing

  8. Radar data processing

  9. Application examples

At the end of the course, students should be able to

 - understand the principles of active remote sensing systems

 - have a basic understanding of polarimetry and interferometry

 - process and handle radar data

 -  process and handle differnt forms of LiDAR data (waveform, discrete)

 -  interpret the information contained in radar and LIDAR data and use them in meaningful

Intended learning outcomes

This course intends to provide an overview of active remote sensing systems, namely radar and Lidar, the ways in which these active systems are used to acquire data,  how these data may be analyzed digitally and how the information is used in monitoring natural and built environments.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

AG1321 Remote Sensing Technology or equivalent

AG2413 Digital Image Processing and Application or equivalent

Literature

Principles and applications of imaging radar (Manual of remote sensing, Volume 2)

LiDAR Remote Sensing and Applications

Examination and completion

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • LAB1 - Laboratory work, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • PRO1 - Project work, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Other requirements for final grade

•                     LAB1 - Laboratory Work, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F

•                     PRO1 - Project, 4.5 credits, grade scale: P, F

Examiner

Profile picture Yifang Ban

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Geoinformatics

Main field of study

This course does not belong to any Main field of study.

Education cycle

Third cycle

Supplementary information

The course replaces the previous course F1E5570 Active Remote Sensing Systems 7,5 credits.

Postgraduate course

Postgraduate courses at ABE/Geoinformatics