Active Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere

ENV-716 / 4 credits

Teacher(s): Simeonov Valentin, Berne Alexis

Language: English

Remark: Next time: Fall 2021. Min. 5 persons

Frequency

Every 2 years

Summary

Provide the students the basics to understand and analyze remotely sensed measurements from active systems like lidar (in particular temperature, humidity, aerosols) and radar (weather and cloud radar, wind profiler).

Content

Optical remote sensing:

1. Structure and composition of the atmosphere

2. Light propagation in the atmosphere

3. Fundamentals of the lidar techniques

4. Atmospheric lidar types

5. Basics of the lidar hardware

6. Long open-path techniques

Microwave remote sensing:

1. Precipitation and cloud microphysics

2. Principle of weather radar

3. Multiparameter weather radar

4. Sources of error

5. Cloud radar

6. Wind profiler

Keywords

LIDAR, RADAR, atmospheric profiling

In the programs

Exam form: Multiple (session free)
Subject examined: Active Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
Lecture: 28 Hour(s)
Exercises: 19 Hour(s)
Practical work: 9 Hour(s)

Reference week

	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr
8-9
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
14-15
15-16
16-17
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
21-22

Légendes:

Lecture

Exercise, TP

Project, other