RADIATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Course Information
TitleΑΚΤΙΝΟΒΟΛΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΤΜΟΣΦΑΙΡΑ / RADIATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE
CodeΜΦΠ604
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorAlkiviadis Bais
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600016937

Programme of Study: Environmental Physics

Registered students: 13
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course118

Class Information
Academic Year2021 – 2022
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600199683
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
It is expected that the students will: Be able to approach theoretically the transfer of radiation through the atmosphere. Be able to link the theory radiative transfer with applications in environmental physics. Know the basics of the measurement and calculation of radiometric quantities Be able to link natural phenomena with the radiation transfer laws.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction: Overview of solar and terrestrial radiation: Structure and properties of the radiation spectrum. Radiometric quantities. Lambert’s law. Emission of radiation – Kirchhoff’s law. Propagation of radiation through the atmosphere - theoretical approach through the radiation transfer laws. Absorption: Interactions of solar radiation with the atmospheric constituents with emphasis on its absorption. Overview of molecular absorption spectra of atmospheric gases. Broadening of absorption and emission lines. Absorption of solar radiation. Atmospheric heating and cooling. Scattering: Interactions of solar radiation with the atmospheric constituents with emphasis on its scattering. Theoretical approach of scattering: Polarization, Rayleigh and Mie scattering. Transfer of solar radiation through the atmosphere including scattering processes. Scattering effects in the atmosphere – Umkehr effect - Reflection of radiation on different surfaces. Atmospheric effects from interaction of absorption and scattering. Applications: Langley extrapolation – measurements of aerosol optical depth and atmospheric columns of gases – measurement of the extraterrestrial spectrum form ground based measurements. Differential optical absorption spectroscopy. Transfer of terrestrial radiation through the atmosphere. Emission of infrared radiation form the surface and the atmosphere. Satellite remote sensing in the infrared – weighting functions. Applications. Measurements of solar radiation from the ground. Overview of instrumentation – calibration. Quality control of radiation measurements. Standardization of spectral measurements. Introduction to modeling of solar radiation transfer. Practical modeling exercises with simple radiative transfer problems.
Keywords
Solar radiation, scaterring, absorption, radiative transfer, terrestrial and atmospheric radiation
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1174.7
Reading Assigment301.2
Written assigments502
Exams30.1
Total2008
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Επιπρόσθετη βιβλιογραφία για μελέτη K. N. Liu, “An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation”, Academic Press, 2002 J. M. Wallace & P. V. Hobbs, “Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey”, Elsevier, 2006
Last Update
19-04-2019