Satellite Meteorology detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of satellite meteorology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
STANDARD ATMOSPHERIC CHARCTERISTICS AND OBSERVATION Meteorology: Definition and types – Origin and Composition of atmosphere – Structure of Standard atmosphere – Distribution of Temperature, Pressure and Density -Distribution of winds :Global wind circulation pattern, Local and Monsoon winds- Aerosols- Conventional measurement of Temperature, Humidity, Wind, pressure and precipitation – Modern meteorological instruments -Surface and Upper air observation network – Doppler weather radar.
Unit II
WEATHER AND CLIMATE SYSTEM Cloud types and formation processes- Precipitation development – Bergeron and Findeison mechanism, -Air masses and fronts Warm, Cold, Stationary and Occluded fronts – Weather charts and symbols – Tropical Cyclones: Influencing factors, Formation, Structure, Life cycle, movement and climatology – Life cycle -Thunderstorms- ElNino – Southern Oscillation – Climatic scales and classification- genetic and empirical approaches.
Unit III
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Unit IV
ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING Atmopsheric absorption and emission – absorption bands of CO2,water vapour and ozone -Vertical sounding – Radiosonde -Radiative Transfer Modelling-transmittance and weighting function -IR and Microwave sounders -vertical profile retrieval for temperature -aerosol retrieval – Ozone sounding:in-situ measurement, satellite techniques-BUV, occultation, Limb scattering and emission.
Unit V
APPLICATIONS Weather forecasting : Tools and methods – Low pressure system monitoring – DVORAK Cyclone intensity estimation – Cyclone Warning System – Flood and storm surge warning system -Global warming and sea level change – Agrometeorology – Urban meteorology -aviation meteorology -Wild Fires and Volcanic Ash.
Course Outcomes:
•On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Understand the fundamental concepts on atmospheric science.
- Gain knowledge on various weather and climate features and system.
- Familiarize about the historical and current operational meteorological sensing system.
- Acquire knowledge about the principle of atmospheric sounding and vertical profile retrieval methods
- Be able to analyze the critical weather and climatic issues and to develop the solutions.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Asnani, G.C —Tropical Meteorology!, Vol.I and II, 3rd Edition, 2016
- Doviak and Zrnic, — Doppler Radar and Weather observations!!, Academic press, London,2014.
- Su-Yin Tan,”Meteorological Satellite Systems”,International Space University, Springer,2014.
- Kelkar R.R. Satellite Meteorology, B S Publications, Hyderabad,2007.
- A.Henderson-Sellers and P.J.Robinson,”Contemporary Climatology”, Longman Scientific &Technical,Longman group UK Ltd.1986..
- Adarsh Deepak,”Remote Sensing of Atmospheres and Oceans”,Academic Press Inc,1980.
- Inversion methods in Atmospheric Remote Sensing”,Adarsh Deepak,Academic Press Inc,1977.
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