MET 353 — SATELLITE AND RADAR METEOROLOGY I
BSc BSc Meteorology and Climate Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Introduction to satellites: Functions: Communications, Environmental monitoring, Navigation, Weather forecasting, Manned platforms, Satellite launching; Basic radiative transfer and Remote Sensing Methods, Satellite channels; Introduction to RADARS: Understanding radars and their uses, Main components; Typical parameters; Principles of radar and radar technology; Understanding radar observations and measurements, Rayleigh scattering law, Reflectivity, Radial velocity, Polarisation; Interpretation: Satellite/radar: Land-use, Forest fire, Flooding, Drought, Agriculture, Desert, Oceanography, Seasonal changes in sea temperature, Phytoplankton growth, Seasonal changes in sea ice.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 360 — CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY II
- MATH 375 — NUMERICAL METHODS AND COMPUTATION II
- MET 354 — SATELLITE AND RADAR METEOROLOGY II
- MET 355 — ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN DYNAMICS
- MET 356 — SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS AND NOWCASTING
- MET 357 — ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I
- MET 358 — ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II
- MET 359 — ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE FIELD WORK
- MET 360 — ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN CLIMATE PROCESSES
- MET 361 — TROPICAL METEOROLOGY
- MET 362 — ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- PHY 359 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS V
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