Remote Sensing C

[knottingpurple]

Sign-up to compete in a nation-wide remote sensing competition! This competition IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD. The test materials will be sent to registered competitors by email, but all materials will publicly released eventually. Raw scores and rankings will be released.
The goal of this exam is for students across the nation to be able to compare their mastery of remote sensing with peers.
https://goo.gl/forms/8sOXDapoTd6xcBzL2

I will edit this post with a list of schools that are currently signed up. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me!

I am not ready to stop caring about this event, so thank you for this...

[windu34]

Sign-up to compete in a nation-wide remote sensing competition! This competition IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD. The test materials will be sent to registered competitors by email, but all materials will publicly released eventually. Raw scores and rankings will be released.
The goal of this exam is for students across the nation to be able to compare their mastery of remote sensing with peers.
https://goo.gl/forms/8sOXDapoTd6xcBzL2

I will edit this post with a list of schools that are currently signed up. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me!

I am not ready to stop caring about this event, so thank you for this...

You're very welcome! Unfortunately the test won't be national difficulty because the actual purpose of this test is the Florida State Tournament, but at least you'll get a chance to compete against others at that level in a way

[windu34]

Testing materials have been emailed out! Results will be posted on SciOly Discussion facebook group as well as emailed out by Sunday, April 1st at 11:59pm

[NilaiVemula]

Is it just me or is whythelongface's test on the test exchange super hard?

[whythelongface]

Is it just me or is whythelongface's test on the test exchange super hard?

It's just long, and the answer key had a few errors that I only spotted after submission, but I wanted to include as many topics as I could, since it's just a practice test. I guess I didn't emphasize climate as much as I would've liked, but I didn't know the current topic at the time anyway so...

[EdwardMMNT]

Is it just me or has there been a shift away from specific satellite information compared to last year? It seems like the tests have gotten better overall.

[biz11]

Is there anything that you need to know about resonant frequencies?

[windu34]

Is it just me or has there been a shift away from specific satellite information compared to last year? It seems like the tests have gotten better overall.

There has been a continuous trend of more and more alumni getting involved in supervising SO events. Since many RemSen competitors graduated last year, many have moved on to supervise the event and I believe many if not all feel the emphasis of the event should be on application rather than copy/paste from a cheat sheet. I believe this to be the main contributor to this trend.

Is there anything that you need to know about resonant frequencies?

Im not a current competitor, but I did compete last year and have supervised this year and I can't really imagine a scenario in which that would be tested.

[Alex-RCHS]

What is IFOV? And how do you calculate the swath area of a satellite?

[windu34]

What is IFOV? And how do you calculate the swath area of a satellite?

Instantaneous Field of View. Can be calculated using simple geometry.