Information
Course Code AME13
Semester 1
Category
ECTS Credits 10
Eclass
Professors

Proposed Bibliography
  1. Atmospheric Radiation: a Primer with Illustrative Solutions, Wiley-VCH, 2014
  2. Radiation and Climate, I.M. Vardavas, F. W. Taylor, Oxford University Press, 2007.
  3. Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation: An Introduction with 400 Problems. Craig F. Bohren and Eugene E. Clothiaux, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2006.
  4. An introduction to atmospheric radiation, Kuo-Nan Liou, Academic Press, 1980.
  5. 5. Atmospheric Radiaton, J. Coakley and P. Yang, Wiley-VCH, 2014
Course Description
  1. Introduction: Solar and Terrestrial Radiation, Structure of Atmosphere, Radiometric quantities, Laws of propagation of radiation in atmosphere.
  2. Scattering and Absorption in atmosphere: Absorption and scattering from molecules, Particulate matter and clouds, Effect of albedo of the ground, Multiple scattering effect
  3. Models of radiation propagation in atmosphere: Methods of solving of equations of radiation propagation, Applications to the ultraviolent, visible, near and far infrared. Climate models, analytic one-dimensional and three-dimensional models.
  4. Solar radiation measurements: Terrestrial measurements:  Spectrophotometers and wide spectrum instruments, measurement techniques, calibration and quality control. Satellite estimations: Instruments, calibration techniques and quality control.
  5. Special applications: Collaborative usage of models and measurements for atmospheric parameters estimation, Energy balance on atmosphere