UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOINFORMATICS
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject III - Remote Sensing and GIS Application to Oceanography and Coastal Zone Management

Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

UNIT I

Oceanography: Coastal Processes - Oceanic circulation, Upwelling and sinking, Current measurement, waves, surface waves, Water motion in waves, reflection, diffraction and refraction, wave generated currents - Tides, Tidal forces and sediment drift.

UNIT II

Remote Sensing application for coastal erosion and accretion, salinity intrusion. navigation, estuarine studies and coastal zone management.

UNIT III

Morphology of Sea. Morphological divisions of sea and biological environment - biological productivity of ocean environment, food chain of the sea.

UNIT IV

Remote Sensing Applications: Use of Microwave data, ERS, MOS, NIMBUS, OCM, CZCS studied, chlorophyll production index, coastal and ocean resource management.

UNIT V

Wetland mapping, site location for mariculture, sea surface temperature (SST) studies to forecast pelagic fish population, Mangroves, coral reefs and other pollution assessment - case studies.

Books Recommended

Remote Sensing of Atmospheres and Oceans by Deepak, A., Academic Press. San Francisco. 1986.

Remote Sensing methods and application by Michael Hord, R., John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1986.

Satellite Oceanography by Robinson, 1986.