Course Objective - To highlight the basic interactions between electromagnetic radiation and matter using examples drawn from remote sensing techniques that are commonly used in atmospheric sciences. The course is presented with the belief that an understanding of these interactions provides a solid foundation for understanding not only other topics of remote sensing not covered in the course, but also the processes that govern the distribution of radiation in the Earth's atmosphere.

This page will provide students access to class project information, however, this is no substitute for actually going to class.

1. Turbidity at Mauna Loa (due 9/20/2013)
2. Temperature Sounding (due 10/15/2013)
3. Passive Microwave Retrieval Project (due 11/1/2013)
4. Precipitation from Spaceborne Radars (due 11/22/2013)
5. Presentation on a Remote Sensing Instrument (12/16/2013, 9-11:15am)
6. Final Report on Remote Sensing Instrument (due 12/18/2013)

• Interferometer Measurements of Atmospheric Emission
• Doppler Velocity
• AVHRR Cloud Detection
• Particle Size from Millimeter Doppler Radar
• GPS