Call number:
9783030749132 (e-book)
Description / Table of Contents:
This textbook introduces methods of geoscientific data acquisition using MATLAB in combination with inexpensive data acquisition hardware such as sensors in smartphones, sensors that come with the LEGO MINDSTORMS set, webcams with stereo microphones, and affordable spectral and thermal cameras. The text includes 35 exercises in data acquisition, such as using a smartphone to acquire stereo images of rock specimens from which to calculate point clouds, using visible and near-infrared spectral cameras to classify the minerals in rocks, using thermal cameras to differentiate between different types of surface such as between soil and vegetation, localizing a sound source using travel time differences between pairs of microphones to localize a sound source, quantifying the total harmonic distortion and signal-to-noise ratio of acoustic and elastic signals, acquiring and streaming meteorological data using application programming interfaces, wireless networks, and internet of things platforms, determining the spatial resolution of ultrasonic and optical sensors, and detecting magnetic anomalies using a smartphone magnetometer mounted on a LEGO MINDSTORMS scanner. The book’s electronic supplementary material (available online through Springer Link) contains recipes that include all the MATLAB commands featured in the book, the example data, the LEGO construction plans, photos and videos of the measurement procedures.
Type of Medium:
12
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 340 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9783030749132
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978-3-030-74913-2
ISSN:
2510-1307
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2510-1315
Series Statement:
Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-74913-2
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
1 Data Acquisition in Earth Sciences
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Methods of Data Acquisition
1.3 Classroom-Sized Earth Science Experiments
Recommended Reading
2 Introduction to MATLAB
2.1 MATLAB in Earth Sciences
2.2 Getting Started
2.3 The Syntax
2.4 Array Manipulation
2.5 Basic Visualization Tools
2.6 Generating Code to Recreate Graphics
2.7 Publishing and Sharing MATLAB Code
2.8 Exercises
2.8.1 Getting Started with MATLAB
2.8.2 Using MATLAB Help and Docs
2.8.3 Creating a Simple MATLAB Script
2.8.4 Creating Graphics with MATLAB
2.8.5 Collaborative Coding with MATLAB
Recommended Reading
3 MATLAB Programming
3.1 Introduction to Programming
3.2 Data Types in MATLAB
3.3 Data Storage and Handling
3.4 Control Flow
3.5 Scripts and Functions
3.6 Creating Graphical User Interfaces
3.7 Exercises .
3.7.1 Communicating with the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Brick
3.7.2 Controlling EV3 Motors Using an Ultrasonic Sensor
3.7.3 Reading Complex Text Files with MATLAB
3.7.4 Smartphone Sensors with MATLAB Mobile
3.7.5 Smartphone GPS Tracking with MATLAB Mobile
Recommended Reading
4 Geometric Properties
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Position on the Earth’s Surface
4.3 Digital Elevation Models of the Earth’s Surface
4.4 Gridding and Contouring
4.5 Exercises
4.5.1 Dip and Dip Direction of Planar Features Using Smartphone Sensors
4.5.2 Precision and Accuracy of Ultrasonic Distance Measurements
4.5.3 Spatial Resolution of the LEGO EV3 Ultrasonic Sensor
4.5.4 Object Scanning with the LEGO EV3 Ultrasonic Sensor
4.5.5 Point Clouds from Multiple Smartphone Images
Recommended Reading
5 Visible Light Images
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Visible Electromagnetic Waves
5.3 Acquiring Visible Digital Images
5.4 Storing Images on a Computer
5.5 Processing Images on a Computer
5.6 Image Enhancement, Correction and Rectification
5.7 Exercises
5.7.1 Smartphone Camera/Webcam Images with MATLAB
5.7.2 Enhancing, Rectifying and Referencing Images
5.7.3 Stitching Multiple Smartphone Images
5.7.4 Spatial Resolution of the LEGO EV3 Color Sensor
5.7.5 Scanning Images Using the LEGO EV3 Color Sensor
Recommended Reading
6 Spectral Imaging
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Visible to Thermal Electromagnetic Radiation
6.3 Acquiring Spectral Images
6.4 Storing Spectral Images on a Computer
6.5 Processing Spectral Images on a Computer
6.6 Exercises
6.6.1 Infrared Spectrometry of Landscapes
6.6.2 Using Spectral Cameras in a Botanic Garden
6.6.3 Using RGB Cameras to Classify Minerals in Rocks
6.6.4 Using Spectral Cameras to Classify Minerals in Rocks
6.6.5 Thermal Imaging in a Roof Garden
Recommended Reading
7 Acquisition of Elastic Signals
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Earth’s Elastic Properties
7.3 Acquiring Elastic Signals
7.4 Storing and Processing Elastic Signals
7.5 Exercises
7.5.1 Smartphone Seismometer
7.5.2 Smartphone Sonar for Distance Measurement
7.5.3 Use of Stereo Microphones to Locate a Sound Source
7.5.4 Sound in Time and Frequency Domains
7.5.5 Distortion of a Harmonic Signal
Recommended Reading
8 Gravimetric, Magnetic and Weather Data
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Earth’s Gravity Field, Magnetic Field and Weather
8.3 Acquiring Gravimetric, Magnetic and Weather Data
8.4 Storing Gravimetric, Magnetic and Weather Data
8.5 Exercises
8.5.1 Measuring the Density of Minerals
8.5.2 Gravitational Acceleration
8.5.3 Position, Velocity and Acceleration
8.5.4 LEGO-Smartphone Magnetic Survey
8.5.5 ThingSpeak Weather Station
Recommended Reading
