Atmospheric Radiative Transfer

Catalog description

Quantitative description and analysis of atmospheric radiation and its interaction with atmospheric constituents (gases, aerosol, and clouds) and the land and ocean surfaces. Topics include properties of radiation, the electromagnetic spectrum, reflection and refraction, radiative properties of natural surfaces, thermal emission, atmospheric transmission, atmospheric emission (the Schwarzschild Equation) and absorption, scattering and absorption by molecules and particles, radiative transfer with multiple scattering, numerical modeling of atmospheric radiation, relevance for climate and weather. Prereq: C- or higher in ESSC 241, or PHYS 231. Coreq or Prereq: MATH 311.