Objectives:Give knowledge and skills in atmospheric and marine optics on a graduate level.
Content:The course covers emission, absorption, scattering, and transport of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere and ocean. These optical processes are studied for frequencies ranging from infrared, through the visible, and into the ultraviolet. Further, the course contains topics such as blackbody radiation; emissivity; coherent versus incoherent radiation; interference; irradiance and radiance; multiple scattering; radiative transfer with multi-stream theory and Monte Carlo methods; polarization; and optical phenomena seen in nature. The focus is placed on giving physical foundations accompanied with applications in meteorology, climatology, solar energy harnessing, ocean color radiometry, and marine primary production.
On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student has
Skills
The student can
Minimum 60 ECTS in physics
.