AT 650 -- Measurement Systems and Theory
Course Objective - To introduce the student to the practice of measurement providing them with an understanding of basic measurement principles and instrumentation commonly used to observe the atmosphere.


  1. Introduction
    • General Principles
    • Uncertainty and its estimation
    • Confidence levels
    • Calibration
    • Static and dynamic systems
    • Lecture Material: Powerpoint

  2. Calibration

  3. Conventional meteorology

  4. Radiometry

  5. Data sources, systems and networks
    • Upper air observations
    • ASOS
    • Solar radiation networks
    • UV radiation networks
    • Rain Gauge
    • Lecture Material:

  6. Microphysics
    • Aerosol
    • CCN
    • Cloud water
    • Cloud ice
    • Lecture Material (Lawson):

  7. Remote Sensing Systems

  8. Elements of data assimilation

 

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