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

Class website: http://marine.rutgers.edu/dmcs/ms552

Instructors:       Dr. Jim Miller, Room 111D, IMCS, miller@marine.rutgers.edu
Dr. John Wilkin, Room 211C, IMCS, wilkin@marine.rutgers.edu

Class #	Date	Topic	Lecturer
1	Jan 18	Introduction	Miller
2	Jan 23	Electromagnetic spectrum	Miller
3	Jan 25	Radiative transfer equation	Miller
4	Jan 30	Satellite orbits (Notes)	Wilkin
5	Feb 1	Measurement geometry PPT slides Homework 2	Wilkin
6	Feb 6	Radiometers/applications	Miller
7	Feb 8	Sea surface temperature (1) Notes	Wilkin
8	Feb 13	Sea surface temperature (2)	Wilkin
9	Feb 15	Earth Radiation Budget The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Solar Radiation & Climate Experiment	Miller
10	Feb 20	Web info for Project Presentations	Georgescu
11	Feb 22	Aerosols	Robock
12	Feb 27	Clouds	Miller
	Mar 1	EXAM 1
13	Mar 6	Atmospheric temperature profiles	Miller
14	Mar 8	Ozone	Miller
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15	Mar 20	Altimetry (1)	Wilkin
16	Mar 22	Altimetry (2)	Wilkin
17	Mar 27	Scatterometry, SAR, CODAR	Wilkin
18	Mar 29	Winds, passive microwave	Miller
19	Apr 3	Passive microwave applications AQUA AMSU-A AQUA AMSR-E (site1), AQUA AMSR-E (site 2)	Miller
20	Apr 5	Ocean color	Wang
21	Apr 10	Polar applications	Francis
22	Apr 12	Review (Wilkin ppt)	Miller/Wilkin
	Apr 17	EXAM 2
23-26	Apr 19 – May 1	PROJECT PRESENTATIONS