Electromagnetic spectrum
Wavelength and frequency
Optical properties of vegetation, soil, water, snow, clouds, etc
Current optical and thermal satellite sensors
Radiation terminology (radiant energy, radiant flux, radiance, irradiance, reflectance, spectral reflectance)
Radiation interaction with plant canopies
Vegetation indices
Leaf area indices (definition and measurement techniques)
Methods for LAI retrieval
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
Geometrical optical model
Multiple angle remote sensing applications
Hyperspectral remote sensing applications
Definition of thermodynamic and radiometric temperatures
Extension to directional and hemispherical temperatures
Brightness temperature, atmospheric effects and surface radiometric temperature
Sensible heat estimation using surface radiometric temperature
Surface energy fluxes from soil and vegetation using radiometric temperature
Surface energy fluxes using radiometric temperature from multiple view angles
