GNR 618 : Remote Sensing and

GIS applications to Cryosphere

Prof. Gulab Singh
CSRE, IIT Bombay
 GNR618 Remote Sensing and GIS applications to
Cryosphere
• Instructor information
• Course description ( Grade Policy)
• Preliminary schedule
• Syllabus
• Textbook, reference books, grading, course outline

• Introductions
Instructor of GNR 618
•Prof. Gulab Singh
•Dr.-Eng.-Habil. in Electrical and Information Engineering, NU 2013

•Ph.D. in Radar Remote Sensing/CSRE, IITB 2011

21 years RS experience
Phone:22-25767656
Email:gulab.singh@csre.iitb.ac.in

Area of Research Work:

Radar Polarmetry, airborne/spaceborne SAR image processing for target detection
(civilian and military), physics of radar scattering, remote sensing of snow, glacier,
forest disturbance/biomass, and natural/manmade disasters monitoring
Course Policy

• Assignments or Quiz or Mid term : 60 %

• End semester: 40%

• Class Attendance: No Policy at present

• No prerequisite
Grades Policy
• Grades will be assigned to the following scale:
• AA >=80 %
• AB 70 - 79 %
• BB 60 - 69 %
• BC 50 – 59%
• CC 40 – 49%
• CD 35 - 39%
• DD 30 - 34%
• These are guaranteed maximum scales and may be revised downward at the instructor's discretion.
Pattern of Question papers for mid and End Sem.
Exam
• Q.1. True or False. If false, then correct the statement
At present, there are two ice sheets on the earth surface.
An ice cap will typically feed a series of glaciers around its periphery.
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• Q.2. Define (definitions or short notes based questions)
• Cryosphere and its major regions.
• Sea ice and ice stream
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• Q.3 Explain (concepts/logics based questions)
i. Why does ice shelf collapse? Write in brief.
ii. What might cause sea ice melt?
iii. Why is more mutli-year sea ice in the Arctic than that of the Antarctica?
………
Schedule of Class
Form 9:30 to 10:55 on Wednesday and Friday

Remember it !!!
Syllabus
Introduction to cryosphere and remote sensing (RS).
RS applications in: Snow, ice and glaciers, snow cover mapping,
Estimation of snowpack characteristics, Polar cryosphere, Ice sheet
topography, Iceberg detection, monitoring iceberg drift, measurement
of iceberg thickness, Ice sheet surface temperature, Glacier
geomorphology, glacier facies mapping, glacier inventory, mass balance
studies, glacier retreat and glacier movement, Avalanche forecasting,
mapping potential avalanche prone zones, warning and mitigation,
Case studies.

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Additional References
Textbooks
•Rees,W.G.,
•Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice,
•Taylor & Francis, 2006

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• Textbook
 •Reference books

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