Catalog Number: 3970
Number of Credits: 3
This course focuses on the theory, technology and science of the recent and upcoming remote sensing data sets of Mars. NASA's current Mars Exploration Program has the overarching goal of collecting surface and atmospheric data in order to better understand where water was and may still be on the planet as well as looking for evidence of life. This has led to numerous missions from rovers to orbiters that contain remote sensing data sets that span the electromagnetic spectrum. These data have already led to important discoveries of the geologic and atmospheric processes on the planet, and will be the focus of this graduate-level, seminar-style class. Students taking this course should have had a Remote Sensing Course and will work as a group to complete a scientific study utilizing Mars remote sensing data.Offered upon student demand. Lecture, 3 hours.
Course prerequisites
None. Department Consent Required.