302760 (v.2) Remote Sensing Science 402

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	7.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Physics honours program
Radiative transfer - concepts, definitions, laws, equations, instruments. Solar and Infrared Radiation in the earth-atmosphere system and temperature profile determination techniques. Satellite applications from last decade - Satellite Remote Sensing in the EM Spectrum, current capabilities, radiation emission, reflection and scattering, radiative transfer equation, temperature profile retrieval, determination of surface characteristics, water vapor effect, detecting clouds, estimation of atmospheric parameters, winds, satellite instrument and orbit considerations, evolving in the global observing system. Computer - MatLab, MODIS Spectral Bands, AIRS Hyperspectral Infrared Data and Cloud Top Pressure Determination, Microwave Remote Sensing with AMSU and TMI.
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