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    AOS 340 SS 2009

    General Information

    • Time: MW 9:55
    • Location: 811 AO&SS
    • Instructor : Ralf Bennartz
    • Office: 1331 AO&SS
    • Hours: M W 12:00-1:00 or by appointment
    • E-mail: bennartz AT aos.wisc.edu
    • TA: John Rausch (e-mail: rausch2 AT wisc.edu)
    • Final Exam: 11 May 2009, 2:45

    Course Requirements

    • Exams: Besides the final exam, two exams will be given during the course. The date of the exams will be announced at least one week in advance.
    • Homework: Homework will be on a weekly basis. In the week before an exam there will be no homework. Each homework will consist of 2 to 4 exercises. Each exercise will be worth a certain amount of scores according to its level of difficulty. If exercises are partially solved, the amount of scores will be reduced accordingly.

    Mandatory text book

    • Petty, G. W., 2004: A First Course in Atmospheric Radiation. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to atmospheric radiation as well as an excellent overview on state-of-the-art remote sensing techniques.
    • Additional material (power point presentations, homework, etc) will be provided via this website too.

    Grading


    Grades will be determined from the following:
    • Homework 25%
    • Exam I 25%
    • Exam II 25%
    • Final Exam 25%

    Course Outline

    • Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation
    • Albedo/Emissivity/Radiation Budget
    • Radiation Budget/Brightness temperatures/Beer's Law
    • Transmission, Scattering, Absorption, Beer's Law
    • Scattering
    • Fire, smoke and ash detection from Satellite
    • Infrared remote sensing
    • Microwave remote sensing
    • Radar

    Week 26-Jan -- 4-Feb:

    Reading

    1. Read Petty 2.1-2.4
    2. Read Petty 3.1-3.3
    3. Read Petty 6.1
    4. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 1 (due 4-Feb)

    1. Petty Problem 2.1
    2. Petty Problem 3.1
    3. Petty Problem 6.4

    Week 4-Feb -- 11-Feb:

    Albedo/Emissivity/Radiation Budget

    Reading

    1. Read Petty 2.7 (except the section on polarization (marked with a cross))
    2. Read Petty 2.8
    3. Read Petty 5.1-5.3 (except the sections marked with crosses)
    4. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 2 (due 11-Feb)

    1. Petty 2.16
    2. Petty 2.19
    3. Petty 5.1

    Week 11-Feb -- 18-Feb:

    Radiation Budget/Brightness temperatures/Beer's Law

    Reading

    1. Read Petty 6.2-6.3
    2. Read Petty 6.4 up to and including 6.4.2
    3. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 3 (due 18-Feb)

    1. Petty 6.16
    2. Petty 6.20
    3. Petty 6.22

    1.5 Week 2-Mar -- 11-Mar:

    Transmission, Scattering, Absorption, Beer's Law

    Reading

    1. Read Petty Chapter 7 up to and including 7.4.1 (pages 155-185)
    2. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 4 (due 11-Mar)

    1. Petty 7.1
    2. Petty 7.3
    3. Petty 7.6
    4. Petty 7.7

    1 Week 23-Mar -- 30-Mar:

    Scattering

    Reading

    1. Read Petty Chapter 12, sections 11.3, 11.5.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 (except polarization), 
    2. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 5 (due 30-Mar)

    1. Petty 12.2 (definition of asymmetry parameter, see Eq. 11.20)
    2. Petty 12.4
    3. Petty 11.4

    1 Week 1-Apr -- 8-Apr:

    Scattering

    Reading

    1. Read Petty Section 7.4.4
    2. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 6 (due 14-Apr)

    1. Petty 7.11
    2. Petty 7.12
    3. Explain the relation between changes in CDNC and the indirect aerosol effect

    1 Week 22-Apr -- 29-Apr:

    Radar

    Reading

    1. Read Petty Section 12.5.2
    2. Read Handouts
    3. Write down any questions you might have and ask them in class

    Homework 7 (due 29-Apr)

    1. Petty 12.5
    2. Petty 12.6
    3. Petty 12.7

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