Research: Center for Remote Sensing
History
The Center for Remote Sensing was established in 1998 by the late Dr. Sun-Fu Shih. The funding for the center was provided by the “Taiwan R.O.C. Fund” from the Chinese Taipei Committee, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Taipei, R.O.C. The CRS plays a major role in helping to improve agricultural production and conserve natural resources in Florida, through research and application of remote sensing and related technologies. The research and teaching at the CRS involves applying state-of-the-art remote sensing, GIS, and GPS technologies to hydrology, agriculture, and natural resources. The research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative involving experts from several disciplinary fields. For example, remotely sensed observations in the Visible and Infrared region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum are being used to conduct land cover and hydrologic change analyses, to generate crop yield maps, to improve crop management, and to identify and monitor invasive species. The observations in the Microwave region are being used to understand the soil water dynamics, including evapotranspiration in cropping systems, to improve predictions from hydrological and crop growth models via data assimilation. We utilize remotely sensed observations from ground-based, airborne, or satellite-based sensors. We conduct intensive field campaigns and use the data sets to develop and test our models.
CRS Research Projects
Microwave Projects (Detail)
- Microwave remote sensing of soil moisture
Visible-Infrared Projects (Detail)
- Spectral processing methodology development for airborne imagery of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Lower St. Johns River
- Baseline mapping for monitoring the bio-control of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi in Florida via remote sensing
- Use of aerial photography to monitor the spatial and temporal distribution of Ischnodemus bariegatus Signoret
- Development of a reflectance spectroscopic P-sensor for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Lake Okeechobee drainage basin
- Maintaining the competitiveness of tree fruit production through precision agriculture
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
- ABE 4034 - Remote Sensing in Engineering: Science, Sensors and Applications
Graduate Courses
- AOM 5431 - GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources
- ABE 6035 - Advanced Remote Sensing in Engineering: Science and Sensors
- ABE 6037C - Remote Sensing in Hydrology
Shortcourses in Remote Sensing and GIS
