Energy Flow Concept Image Sensor Energy Source Atmospheric Absorption and Scattering Reflectance Absorption Transmittance Interpretation and Analysis Landscape Information, maps and statistics, for Applications
Spectral responses of different materials Clear Water Green Vegetation Turbid Water Light Soil Dark Soil
Wavelength and Frequency Units of wavelength: Nanometers: 1 nm = 10-9 m Micrometers: 1 μm = 10-6 m c = λv where: λ = wavelength (m) V = frequency (cycles/second, Hz) c = speed of light (3x108 m/s)
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Radiant Flux Total power of EM radiation emitted from object (or incident upon a surface) Wavelength dependent upon temperature Energy also dependent upon temperature
Radiation Laws Wien’s Displacement Law Relationship between the wavelength of radiation emitted and temperature of the object Where m is the wavelength of maximum emission Hotter objects have maximum emittance (radiance) at shorter wavelengths
Radiation Laws Stefan-Boltzman Law Radiation emitted from a blackbody is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature W = σ T4 σ is Stefan-Boltzman constant 5.6697 x 10-8 (Wm-2 K-4) T is absolute temperature in Kelvin (K) Energy emitted from an object is primarily a function of its temperature
EM interactions with matter
Atmospheric Absorption
Atmospheric Absorption
Atmospheric Effects Scattering by suspended particles or large gas molecules redirects electromagnetic energy Type of scattering depends on atmospheric composition
Atmospheric Visibility… a good indictor of atmospheric effects in remote sensing
EMR Energy Budget AKA: Backscatter or path radiance
Remote Sensing Equation LA = 1/ E + LP LA = apparent radiance detected by sensor = reflectance E = solar irradiance = atmospheric transmittance LP = contribution to apparent radiance by atmospheric scattering