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Remote Sensing &Quot;And Resource Management Question Paper

Remote Sensing &Quot;And Resource Management

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Geography

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2007

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AGE 400: REMOTE SENSING "AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DATE: Tuesday, 16th January, 2007
TIME: 2.00p.m. - 4.00p.m.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other two questions.
1.
COMPULSORY
(a)
Describe the differences between the following:
(i)
Airborne and Spaceborne platforms,
(4 marks)
(ii)
Raster and Vector data encoding.
(4 marks)
(iii)
Mie and Rayleigh Scatter.
(4 marks)
(iv)
True colour and False Colour Composite.
(4 marks)
?
(b)
Define
(i)
Remote sensing.
(5 marks)
(ii)
Visible Band of Electromagnetic spectrum.
(5 marks)
2.
lllustrate data acquisition process in Remote Sensing.
(22 marks)
3.
(a)
Interpret the formula;
IA=IU+AA+TA
(6 marks)
(b)
What do you understand by the concept of:
(i)
Reflectance.
(4 marks)

(iv)
Emissitivity.
(4 marks)
4.
Explain the importance of remote sensing systems in acquisition of spatial
and temporal geographic information.
(22 marks)
5.·
Illustrate how remote sensing products may be used in flood delineation and
mapping.
(22 marks)
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