| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Meteorology | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Electromagnetic scattering in the atmosphere | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Nemanja Kovačević, assistant professor | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Nemanja Kovačević, assistant professor | |||||||||
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| ECTS | 6 | Status (required/elective) | elective | |||||||
| Access requirements | Electromagnetism and atomism, Basic Meteorology II | |||||||||
| Aims of the course | Acquiring knowledge of the interaction of the atmosphere with radiation and electromagnetic waves through dissipation and absorption. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Understanding the dissipation and absorption process in the atmosphere. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | 1. Vibrational-rotational spectra of gaseous molecules in the atmosphere: spectral line form. 2. Michelson-Lorenz theory. 3. Arnetson-Tsao-Kurnut theory. 4. Doppler effects. 5. Band spectra: isolated lines, line intensity distribution, overlap effects. 6. Regular models. 7. Accidental models, generalized transmission functions, k-distributions, complete tape models. 8. Mie's theory: introduction. 9. Maxwell's equations, scalar solution, vector solution. 10. Upper, sparse and uneven field. 11. Cross-sections of weakening and dissipation, resonance of the dialectic sphere. 12. Rayleigh's discharge.13. Intensity of distribution around Mie's dialectic sphere. 14. Short-term weakening of the wave. 15. Raman's sccatering. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | The excercises. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | R.M. Goody and Y.L. Yung, 1995: Atmospheric Radiation-Theoretical basis. Oxford University Press, New York-Oxford. | |||||||||
| 2 | A. A. Kokhanovsky, 2006: Cloud optics. Springer, Dordrecht (The Netherlands). | |||||||||
| 3 | David W. Hahn, 2009: Light Scattering Theory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida. | |||||||||
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| 5 | ||||||||||
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| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lecture: The theory. Examples: The excercises. |
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| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | written examination | |||||||||
| practicals | oral examination | 100 | ||||||||
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