OUTLINE OF REMOTE SENSING SEMINAR

Bologna, Italy

4 - 11 September

4 Sep 2001 Tue, am

• lecture - Principles of remote sensing

4 Sep 2001 Tue, pm

• lecture - Radiative Transfer Equation
• homework assignment

5 Sep 2001: Wed, am

• lecture - Instrument Considerations, Algorithms for sounding clear skies, deriving cloud properties, and inferring surface properties, Examples of applications with high spatial resolution imagers (such as MODIS and VIIRS)

5 Sep 2001 Wed, pm

• quiz 1
• lab - MODIS and MAS data
  • Staging, viewing, interrogating the data

  • Planck function
  • Spectral and spatial gradients

6 Sep 2001 Thu, am

• review quiz
• lecture - Applications with high spectral resolution sounders (such as AIRS, IASI, and CrIS)

6 Sep 2001 Thu, pm

• lab - MODIS data
  • Cloud masking

7 Sep 2001 Fri, am

• lecture - RTE and applications with microwave sensors (such as TRMM, AMSU and ATMS)

7 Sep 2001 Fri, pm

• lab - RTE and NAST-I data

8 Sep 2001 Sat, am

• lab - TRMM data
• assistance with homework

8 Sep 2001 Sat, pm

• free

9 Sep 2001 Sun, am

• free

9 Sep 2001 Sun, pm

• free

10 Sep 2001 Mon, am

• lecture - Geostationary systems, Leo-geo comparisons, Evolution of leo-geo systems in 2015

10 Sep 2001 Mon, pm

• quiz 2
• collect homework
• lab catchup

11 Sep 2001 Tue, am

• review quiz
• review homework
• lecture - Summary of remote sensing lessons

Remote Sensing and Radiative Transfer Equation

Covering Material from Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7

CHAPTER 2 - NATURE OF RADIATION

2.1 Remote Sensing of Radiation 2-1

2.2 Basic Units 2-1

2.3 Definitions of Radiation 2-2

2.5 Related Derivations 2-5

CHAPTER 3 - ABSORPTION, EMISSION, REFLECTION, AND SCATTERING

3.1 Absorption and Emission 3-1

3.2 Conservation of Energy 3-1

3.3 Planetary Albedo 3-2

3.4 Selective Absorption and Emission 3-2

3.7 Summary of Interactions between Radiation and Matter 3-6

3.8 Beer's Law and Schwarzchild's Equation 3-7

3.9 Atmospheric Scattering 3-9

3.10 The Solar Spectrum 3-11

3.11 Composition of the Earth's Atmosphere 3-11

3.12 Atmospheric Absorption and Emission of Solar Radiation 3-11

3.13 Atmospheric Absorption and Emission of Thermal Radiation 3-12

3.14 Atmospheric Absorption Bands in the IR Spectrum 3-13

3.15 Atmospheric Absorption Bands in the Microwave Spectrum 3-14

3.16 Remote Sensing Regions 3-14

CHAPTER 5 - THE RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION (RTE)

5.1 Derivation of RTE 5-1

5.10 Microwave Form of RTE 5-28

Instrument Considerations, Algorithms for atmospheric and surface properties,

Applications with high spatial resolution imagers

Covering material from Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 12

CHAPTER 6 - DETECTING CLOUDS

6.1 RTE in Cloudy Conditions 6-1

6.2 Inferring Clear Sky Radiances in Cloudy Conditions 6-2

6.3 Finding Clouds 6-3

CHAPTER 7 - SURFACE TEMPERATURE

7.2. Water Vapor Correction for SST Determinations 7-3

7.3 Accounting for Surface Emissivity in the Determination of SST 7-6

7.4 Estimating Fire Size and Temperature 7-6

CHAPTER 8 - TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS

8.1 Total Water Vapor Estimation 8-1

8.3 Cloud Height and Effective Emissivity Determination 8-8

8.6 Satellite Measurement of Atmospheric Stability 8-13

CHAPTER 12 - RADIOMETER DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

12.3 Design Considerations 12-1

12.3.1 Diffraction 12-1

12.3.2 The Impulse Response Function 12-2

12.3.3 Detector Signal to Noise 12-2

12.3.4 Infrared Calibration 12-3

12.3.5 Bit Depth 12-5