I. Introduction

Characteristics of the atmosphere
Satellite platforms and orbits
Nature of inverse problems

II. Fundamentals of radiative transfer

Nature of electromagnetic radiation
Atomic and molecular absorption
Passive spectrometer systems
Black body emission
Radiative transfer
Polarization
Refractive index
Reflection and transmission at a plane boundary
Particle scattering and extinction

Special topic: Earth radiation budget

 

III. Surface remote sensing

Sea ice characterization (passive microwave)
Near ocean surface wind speed (passive microwave)
Land surface reflection and emission

Special topic: Microwave radiometry

 

Special topic: Ocean surface turbulent heat fluxes

 

IV. Extinction and scattering-based passive remote sensing

Remote sensing of aerosol
Remote sensing of ozone
Remote sensing of cloud properties by reflected sunlight
Remote sensing of ocean color

V. Emission-based passive remote sensing

Remote sensing of sea surface temperature
Remote sensing of vertically integrated water vapor and liquid water amounts
Remote sensing of vertical profiles of temperature and humidity
Remote sensing of clouds by emission

Special topic: Limb sounding

 

Special topic: Remote sensing of pollution

 

Special topic: Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation

 

Special topic: Millimeter and sub-millimeter wave sensing of cloud ice water path

 

VI. Principles of active remote sensing

Weather RADAR, Lidar, Doppler Radar, UHF/VHF radar, Synethetic Aperture Radar
Application of radar to precipitation
Application of lidar to clouds
Synthetic Aperture Radar: applications to sea ice
Satellite altimetry
Marine winds from scatterometry

Special topic: Remote sensing during SHEBA

 

Special topic: Remote sensing from UAVs

 

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