302759 (v.1) Remote Sensing Science 401

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Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Physics honours program
Seleced topics from - constituents of the atmosphere and their absorption, transmission properties. Solar spectrum and selective emission and absorption in the atmosphere. Water vapour absorption. Schwartzchild's equation. Atmospheric scattering. Radiation budget. Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE). Solving the RTE statistical, iterative and linearisation. Handling of clouds and water vapour. Ozone.