SATELLITE LECTURE NOTES

Relevant Links and References:

• BOOKS
  1. An Introduction to Satellite Meteorology by S.Q. Kidder and T.H. Vonder Haar
  2. Images in Weather and Forecasting by M.J. Bader et al.
  3. Goody, R.M., and Y.L. Yung, 1989: Atmospheric Radiation. Oxford University Press, New York, 519 pp.
  4. Liou, K.N., 1992: Radiation and Cloud Processes in the Atmosphere. Oxford University Press, New York, 487 pp.
     

Index of Topics

• Brief history of satellite meteorology
• review of radiative transfer
• Types of satellites and their orbital coverage
• Satellite instrumentation
• Microwave Data

acknowledgements: Many of the graphics used in this section of the course were created by the COMET program of UCAR.

last updated: 04/04/07