This course is designed to give students an overview of current advances in satellite remote sensing applied to atmospheric sciences and meteorology. We will review radiative transfer that forms the basis for many of the sensor systems, and review simple orbital mechanics of satellite systems. We will give an overview of meteorological satellite programs and other climate and earth observation missions, and familiarize the students with interpretation of satellite data. Some of the topics to be covered include:

• GOES Satellite Visual and IR imaging systems
• Polar orbiting sounders of atmospheric temperature and humidity
• Terra satellite MODIS sensor for water vapor, clouds and radiation budget, and atmospheric emissions from fires and volcanoes.
• GPS ground-based remote sensing and LEO radio-occultation satellites such as CHAMP for temperature profiling.
• SSM/I microwave remote sensing.

The course will be based on interactive web-based tutorials and activities developed by the NCAR Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET), the Colorado State Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and the University of Wisconsin –Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)

• 2 credits

• Instructors:
  
  • Jennifer Haase
  • Office hours (email to arrange times) CIVL 3263A
  • phone: 494-1643 email: jhaase@purdue.edu
  • Harshvardhan
  • Office hours (email to arrange time) CIVL 4286
  • phone: 494-0693 email: harsh@purdue.edu

• Schedule:
• Lectures on Tuesday, 10:30 to 11:30, CIVIL-2249
• Labs on Thursday 8:30 to 11:20, CIVIL-2249
• Logistics:
  
  • For grading and other course logistics, see logistics