AOS 454 ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGY
Course Description:
Atmospheric Technology (AOS 454) will focus on the remote sensing instrumentation
being implemented as part of the Weather Service Modernization Program,
the World Climate Research Program, and the Earth Observing System (EOS).
Topics are remote sensing physics, characteristics of ground-based radar,
lidar, and passive radiometric sensors and satellite sensors, including
the new geostationary satellite sensors activated in April 1994 and the
use of the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system for meteorological
observations. High spectral resolution fourier transform spectrometers,
pioneered at the University of Wisconsin, for airborne, ground-based, and
future satellite platform operation are presented in detail. The course
provides the physical basis, the hardware characteristics, data retrieval
methodology, and the meteorological application of each technology. Field
trips to the Dane County Regional Airport and the NWS Sullivan office are
planned to provide direct contact and experience with the new airborne
and ground-based remote sensing technologies. The U.W.'s Man computer Interactive
Data Access System (McIDAS) and the internet are used to bring real-time
satellite and ground-based remote sensing data into the classroom.
Introduction
Principles of Remote Sensing
Notes of Shannon Crum
Satellite Borne Instruments
Ground-Based Instruments