An introductory course "Radio and Space Science"
Topics:
Space Techniques
Remote Sensing
Satellite Positioning
Radio Astrophysics
Microwave Engineering & MM and SubMM Technology
Fundamentals of Radar Systems & Radar Remote Sensing
Antenna Engineering
Radio Interferometry
Satellites in Communications and Navigation
Space Environment
Lecturer:
Siavash Iran Pour
Time:
On Thursdays at 18:00 (January- March 2007)
Place:
Adib Astronomical Training Center, Isfahan, Iran
For some of the references, please see:
Links to Space!
and the links on the right side of this blog
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References:
Lecture 1 (Space Techniques):
1- Rocket and SpaceTechnology
2- Basics of Space Flight (at JPL, NASA)
Please also see the course "Space Techniques" homepage at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden:
Space Techniques
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Lecture 2 (Remote Sensing):
1- "An Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing" (at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Also see the whole lecture notes on:
Remote Sensing in Environmental Science
and
Earth System Science Techniques
2- The course "Radar and Remote Sensing" home page at Chalmers University of Technology, Swedn
3- "Remote Sensing Tutorial" (at NASA)
4- "Tutorial: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing" (at Natural Resources Canada)
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Lecture 3 (Satellite Positioning):
1- "Satellite Navigation" (by Utrecht University, Netherlands)
2- "Introduction to the Global Positioning System for GIS and TRAVERSE"
3- "GPS Basics"
4- Lecture notes on "Satellite Positioning" (at Chalmers Univesity of Technology, Sweden)
5- "Principles of the Global Positioning System, Spring 2003" (at MIT, USA)
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Lecture 4 (Radio Astrophysics):
1- "Basics of Radio Astronomy" (JPL, NASA, US)
2- "Radio Astronomy Tutorial" (Haystack, MIT, US)
3- "Lecture Notes on Radio Astrophysics" (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Please aslo see:
"Astrophysical Processes" and "The Interstellar Medium" course homepages at Chalmers University of Technology
4- Lecture Notes on "Radio Astronomy- Radio Telescopes" (University of Glasgow, UK)
5- "Radio Astronomy Lecture Notes" (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
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Lecture 5 (Microwave Engineering & MM and SubMM Technology):
1- Lecture Notes on "Microwave Engineering in Communications" and "MM and SubMM Receiver Technology for Instrumentation" (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
2- "Introduction to Microwave" (Media Wiley)
3- "Principles of RF and Microwave Measurements" (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, US)
4- "RF, RFIC & Microwave Theory, Design" (RFIC, UK)
5- "Extragalactic (Sub)millimeter Astronomy- Today and Tomorrow" (Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany)
6- "Introduction to Submillimeter Astronomy" (Charlotte Vastel’s Home Page, CESR, France)
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Lecture 6 (Fundamentals of Radar Systems & Radar and Remote Sensing):
1- Please refer to the lecture 2 (Remote Sensing) references, esp.:
"Radar and Remote Sensing" course homepage at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
2- "Radar Fundamentals" (PhD Thesis- Tatiana Mora Kuplich, University of Southampton)
3- "Tutorial: Radar Remote Sensing" (Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing)
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Lecture 7 (Antenna Engineering):
1- Lecture Notes on "Electromagnetic Fields and Waves" (at Cornell University, US)
2- "Receivers, Antennas, and Signals" course homepage and the lecture notes (at MIT, US)
3- "Antennas for Telecommunications and Remote Sensing" handouts (at Stanford, US)
4- Lecture Notes on "Antenna Engineering" (at Chalmers, Sweden)
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Lecture 8 (Radio Interferometry):
1- "Interferometry in Radio Astronomy and Geodesy" Lecture Notes (at Chalmers, Sweden)
2- "Radio Astronomy" lectures (at Leiden, Netherlands)
3- "Low Frequency Radio Astronomy" Book (GMRT Project, Tata Inst., India)
4- "Very Long Baseline Interferometry and the VLBA" Book (1993 NRAOVLBI/VLBA Summer School, New Mexico, US)
5- "Principles of Radio Interferometry and VLBI" and "Space VLBI in Canada" (Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Canada)
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Lecture 9 (Satellites in Communications and Navigation):
1- Lecture Notes on "Satellites in Communications and Navigation" (at Chalmers, Sweden)
2- "Satellite Communications Tutorial" (RFIC, UK)
3- "Satellite Communications" (University of Genoa, Italy)
4- "Satellite Communication" (MIT, US)
Please also see the references of lecture 3 (Satellite Positioning)
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Lecture 10 (Space Environment):
1- "Space Environment" course homepage (at Chalmers, Sweden)
2- "Space Primer" (Air University, US)
Please also see:
"Space Environment Center" website
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