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COURSE TEACHING

2011-2013      

Visiting Faculty

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Teaching Course        

  • Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Management​

Program

  • Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM),  

Institutions

  • Mae Fah Luang University (MFU), Chiang Rai, Thailand.

 

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2006-2011      

Affiliated Faculty

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Teaching Course         

  • MODIS Data Processing for global environmental monitoring for the course of Advanced Remote Sensing (AT76.10) by Dr. Kiyoshi Honda

Program

  •  Remote Sensing Field of Study (RS-GIS FoS),  

Institutions

  • Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathumthani, Thailand.

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  • Course Outlines:

Lecture (Weekly on Tuesday 10:00 – 12:00)

 

1. Fundamentals of MODIS Data

2. Overview of MODIS data and its Application

  • Near Real-Time Global Environment and Disaster Monitoring using MODIS Data

 

3. Understand MODIS Data Format

  • MODIS Band Specifications

  • HDF data format

  • Scientific Data Sets (SDS)

 

4. Analysis of MODIS Data Level 1B and Level 2

  • MODIS Images Subsets from Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (GSFC/NASA) Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

  • Download MODIS Level 1B and Level 2 data

  • Geometric Correction of MODIS Level 1b and Level 2

 

Laboratory Sessions (Weekly on Tuesday 13:00 – 16:00)

 

  • Getting Start with MODIS Level 1B

  • Open and view MODIS images

  • Understand the basic structure of MODIS Level 1B data in HDF-EOS format

    • Scientific Data Sets (SDS)

    • Retrieve Physical Parameters in MODIS Level1B - Reflectance, Radiance, etc.

  • Geo-reference MODIS Level1B data using ENVI 4.x

  • Download MODIS Level1B data from NASA ftp/website (LANCE and LAADS)

  • Generation of MODIS product maps for Vegetation index (NDVI), Land Surface Temperature, and Corrected Reflectance using MOD/MYD11, MOD09/MYD09 products.

  • Data Processing and Analysis with MODIS Level-1B & Level 2 using MODIS Reprojection Tool - Swath

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Lecture Notes​

Laboratory Materials

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  • Fundamental of Satellite Orbital Mechanics for the course of Aerospace Technology (AT76.04) by Prof. Seishiro Kibe, Prof. Michiro Kusanagi, and Dr. Yoshikazu Kamiya

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  • Course Outlines:

Lecture (Weekly on Friday 10:00 – 12:00)

 

  1. Fundamental Physics Laws of Planet Motion

  • What is an orbit

  • Astronomical velocity

  • Escape Velocity

  • Newton's law of universal gravitation

  • Newton's laws of motion

  • Kepler's laws of planetary motion

    • The Law of Orbits

    • The Law of Areas

    • The Law of Periods

  • Uniform circular motion

  • Centripetal acceleration

  • Centripetal force

  • Demonstration exercises

    • Calculate the gravitation acceleration at the orbit

    • Calculate the velocity at the orbit

    • Calculate the time period of a satellite at the orbit

 

2. Satellite Orbit

  • Elliptical orbit

  • Time period

  • Altitude at apogee and perigee

  • Velocity at apogee and perigee

  • Online Calculations

    • Calculate Orbital Period T of Earth Satellite      [demo]

    • Calculate Velocity of Earth Satellite at Perigee [demo]

    • Calculate Velocity of Earth Satellite at Apogee [demo]

  • Circular orbit

  • Demonstration exercises

 

3. Position in an elliptical orbit as a function of time

  • Mean anomaly

  • Eccentricity anomaly

  • True anomaly

  • Heliocentric distance

  • Demonstration exercises

 

4. Orbital Elements

  • Semimajor axis

  • Eccentricity

  • Inclination

  • Argument of perigee

  • Longitude (right ascension) of the ascending node

  • Time of perigee at the epoch

  • Demonstration: Keplerian Orbital Elements Introduction | Fundamentals of Orbital Mechanics 5 [YouTube]​

  • Demonstration of practical exercises

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5. Basic Orbital Maneuvers

6. Orbital Perturbation

 

Lecture Notes

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Laboratory Materials (using Satellite ToolKit (STK))

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