Atmosphäre und Ozean
ECTS: 6
Modul-Kennung: BV450006
Modulbeschreibung in TUM-Online
Inhalte:
Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing:
Introduction to atmospheric physics with an emphasis on remote sensing of atmospheric components and processes from space:
- atmosphere, weather and climate
- clouds, aerosols and trace gases
- radiative transfer
- Earth's energy budget
- remote sensing of the atmosphere
- climate modelling and climate change
Oceanography and Satellite Altimetry:
- Equation of motion
- geostrophic currents
- hydrostatic balance
- temperature, salinity, and density
- ocean tides, tidal analysis
- de-aliasing
- radar and laser altimetry
- altimeter mission overview
- where to get what data
- corrections of altimeter observations
- repeat pass and crossover analysis
- mean sea surface, geoid, dynamic ocean topography, sea level variability, sea level rise