302759 (v.1) Remote Sensing Science 401

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.0

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Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Physics honours program.

Syllabus:	Selected topics from Constituents of the atmosphere and their absorption and 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.

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Field of Education:	010301 Physics
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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