ATM S 534
Winter Quarter 2004

Instructor: Prof. Qiang Fu
308 Atmospheric Sciences Bldg.,
206-685-2070 qfu@atmos.washington.edu

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Meeting Times: 11:30 am - 12:50 pm, T TH, ATG 610
Office Hours: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Reference books:
Satellite Meteorology: An Introduction by S.Q. Kidder and T.H. Vonder Haar
An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation. (2rd edition) by K.L. Liou

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Grading: 20% from assignments, 30% from mid-term, and 50% from term paper and presentation.

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Course Topics:
I. Basics
a. Satellite orbits
b. Radiative transfer
c. Satellite instrumentations

II. Satellite Remote Sensing
a. Temperature/water vapor/ozone
b. Clouds and aerosols
c. Sea ice/snow/land surface (Steve Warren, two lectures)
d. Winds (Bob Brown, one lecture)
e. Precipitation (Jim Weinman, two lectures)
f. Earth radiation budget

III. Ground-based Remote Sensing (Tom Ackerman, two lectures)
a. Overview of ground-based remote sensing
b. Ground-based retrievals of cloud properties

IV. EOS