| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Overview and Role of Radiation in Climate System (P and M)
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| 2 | Physics of Radiation (P)
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| 3 | Molecular Spectroscopy (P)
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| 4 | Equation of Radiative Transfer (M) Derivation - Special Cases | |
| 5 | Equation of Radiative Transfer (cont.) (M) Fluxes and Simple Solutions - Radiative Equilibrium Approximation (Exercise 1) | |
| 6 | Modeling Atmospheric Transmission and Emission (M) The HITRAN Data Base and Applications (Exercise 2) | Exercise 1 due |
| 7 | Modeling Atmospheric Transmission and Emission (cont.) (M) Band Models (Weak Line, Strong Line, Random, Regular, k Distribution) | Exercise 2 due |
| 8 | Modeling Atmospheric Transmission and Emission (cont.) (M) MODTRAN - R.M. (Exercise 3) | |
| 9 | Scattering of Radiation by Molecules and Particles (1 Class Period) (M)
| Exercise 3 due |
| 10 | Multiple Scattering (1 Class Period) (M) Discrete Ordinates (Exercise 5) | Exercise 4 due |
| 11 | Remote Sensing (4 Class Periods) (cont.) (M)
| Exercise 5 due |
| 12 | Remote Sensing (cont.) (M)
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| 13 | Remote Sensing (cont.) (M) Application of MODTRAN to Remote Sensing (Exercise 6) | |
| 14 | Remote Sensing (cont.) (M) Miscellaneous Topics and Summary (Microwave Remote Sensing, Active Remote Sensing - LIDAR and RADAR) | Exercise 6 due five days after Lec #14 |