CLASS SCHEDULE

11:670:451 / 16:712:552 Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Atmosphere

Spring 2005, 3 Credits, Course Index #49952, 49953

MW 1:10-2:30 PM (4th period), Room 101, Blake Hall (old section)

Class website: http://marine.rutgers.edu/courses/rs/

Lead Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Francis - Rm 206 Blake Hall

732 708 1217/732 932 7684 - francis@imcs.rutgers.edu

Class #	Date	Topic	Related Chapter	Lecturer
1	Jan 19	Introduction	KVH 1	Francis
2	Jan 24	Orbits	KVH 2	Francis
3	Jan 26	Instruments	KVH 4	Francis
4	Jan 31	Solar radiative transfer notes presentation	KVH 3	Veron
5	Feb 2	Infrared radiative transfer	KVH 3	Veron
6	Feb 7	Earth radiation budget	KVH 10	Francis
7	Feb 9	Image interpretation	KVH 5	Francis
8	Feb 14	Atmospheric profiling -- temp. and vapor	KVH 6	Miller
9	Feb 16	Atmospheric profiling -- ozone	KVH 6	Miller
10	Feb 21	Microwave sensing -- winds, salini ty	KVH 7	Miller
11	Feb 23	EXAM 1
12	Feb 28	Clouds and solar radiation	KVH 8	Veron
13	Mar 2	Clouds and infrared radiation	KVH 8	Francis
14	Mar 7	Precipitation	KVH 9	Francis
15	Mar 9	Aerosols	KVH 8	Secora
--	--	SPRING BREAK	--	--
16	Mar 21	Surface-based sensing of cloud properties		Secora
17	Mar 23	Altimetry: Lecture 1	S 13	Wilkin
18	Mar 28	Altimetry: Lecture 2		Wilkin
19	Mar 30	Scatterometry,SAR,CODAR	S 14	Wilkin
20	Apr 4	EXAM 2
21	Apr 6	Ocean Color	S 7	Schofield
22	Apr 11	Surface temperature retrievals	KVH 5	Francis
23	Apr 13	Polar applications		Francis
24	Apr 18	GPS applications		Secora
25	Apr 20	PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
26	Apr 25	NO CLASS
27	Apr 27	PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
28	May 2	PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

References:

KVH -- Kidder and Vonder Haar, Satellite Meteorology: An Introduction (required)

S -- Stewart, Methods of Satellite Oceanography (on reserve in Chang Library)