Radar Meteorology
Syllabus
Radar principles, Classification of RADARS-Weather and Atmospheric Radar, Radar Hardware, History of radar in atmospheric investigation, Radar Equation for Point Targets, Distributed Targets Derivation of Radar parameters-Doppler Velocity Measurements, Spectrum Width and turbulence, Meteorological Targets, Meteorological Uses of Weather Radar, Signal Processing of Radar returns and their applications.
Books:
1. Radar Meteorology by L.J. Batton
2. Radar Observation of the Atmosphere By Battan (1973),
3. Doppler Radar and Weather Observations ByDoviak and Zrnic (1984, 1993),Academic Press
4. Radar in Meteorology, Atlas (1990), AMS (Battan Memorial volume)
5. Atmospheric Radar by Wayne K. Hocking, Jurgen Rottger, R.D. Palmer, T. Sato, P.B. ChilsonCambridge Press
6. Radar for Meteorological and Atmospheric Observations by ShoichiroFukao and KyosukeHamazu, Springer
7. Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar By Bringi and Chandrasekar (2001),Cambridge Press
8. Radar and Atmospheric Science: A Collection of Essays in Honor of David Atlas (2003), AMS
Radiation
Syllabus
Diffuse and Parallel Beam Radiation, Black Body Radiation and Laws of Radiation, Absorptivity and
Emissivity, Atmospheric absorption of solar radiation and infrared radiation, Rayleigh and Mie
scattering. Radiative transfer and global energy balance.