LECTURES & READINGS
In the table below you will find all the course lecture notes (in PPT and PDF format) along with the readings (in PDF format) for each class. Note: Since Dr. Griswold is out of town for two weeks at the beginning of the semester you will have access to the first two weeks of readings (for weeks 3, 4 and 5 early to get a head start). Background readings are listed the WEEK BEFORE so you can review the in depth material BEFORE classes that cover a certain topic, e.g. readings for TRMM are assigned the week before we cover TRMM. These readings provide an in-depth look into the satellite data sets, they can be used as references for your Final Projects and would be appropriate to use in a thesis or manuscript when discussing or describing the instrumentation/satellite data sets covered in this course.
| Week | Date | Lecture Topic | PPT Lecture | PDF Lecture | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/22 | Dr. Griswold Away on Field Work | No Lecture | No Lecture | King et al., 1992 |
| 8/24 | Dr. Griswold Away on Field Work | No Lecture | No Lecture | Savtchenko et al., 2004 | |
| 2 | 8/29 | Dr. Griswold Away on Field Work | No Lecture | No Lecture | Platnick et al., 2003 |
| 8/31 | Dr. Griswold Away on Field Work | No Lecture | No Lecture | Baum and Platnick, 2006 | |
| 3 | 9/5 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | PPT | Review King et al., 1992 for Week 4 | |
| 9/7 | Survey of Satellites we will be covering | PPT | Review Savtchenko et al., 2004 for Week 4 | ||
| 4 | 9/12 | Term Project Outline – Previous Projects - Brainstorming | PPT | Review Platnick et al., 2003 for Week 5 | |
| 9/14 | Introduction to MODIS Instrumentation | PPT | Review Baum and Platnick, 2006 for Week 5 | ||
| 5 | 9/19 | MODIS Products (L2 vs. L3) and Data Access | PPT | Read Stephens et al., 2002 for Week 6 | |
| 9/21 | Introduction to MODIS Cloud Products | PPT | Read Stephens et al., 2008 for Week 6 | ||
| 6 | 9/26 | Introduction to CloudSat/CALIPSO Cloud Products and Data | PPT | Read Kaufman et al., 1997 for Week 7 | |
| 9/28 | CALIPSO “Curtains” and Analysis | PPT | Read Remer et al., 2008 for Week 7 | ||
| 7 | 10/3 | Introduction to MODIS Aerosol Products | PPT | Read Herman et al., 1997 for Week 8 | |
| 10/5 | MODIS Aerosol Products Continued | PPT | Read Li et al., 2009 for Week 8 | ||
| 8 | 10/10 | Introduction to TOMS and OMI Satellites | PPT | Read Kacenelenbogen et al., 2014 for Week 9 | |
| 10/12 | Introduction to Absorbing Aerosol Index and Aerosol Index | No Second Set of Slides | No Seconds Set of Slides | Read Winker et al., 2013 for Week 9 | |
| 9 | 10/17 | Introduction to CALIOP Aerosol | PPT | Read Justice et al., 2002 for Week 10 | |
| 10/19 | CALIOP Aerosol Identification | PPT | Read Wolfe et al., 1998 for Week 10 | ||
| 10 | 10/24 | Introduction to Land Surface Products | PPT | Read Esaias et al., 1998 for Week 11 | |
| 10/26 | MODIS Fire, Burned Area and other Useful Datasets | PPT | Read Fu et al., 1994 for Week 11 | ||
| 11 | 10/31 | Intro to Ocean Products: Temperature & Topography | PPT | Read Kummerow et al., 1998 for Week 12 | |
| 11/2 | Mapping El Niño | PPT | Read Kummerow et al., 2000 for Week 12 | ||
| 12 | 11/7 | Introduction to TRMM Satellite | PPT | Read Hoffman et al., 1997 for Week 13 | |
| 11/9 | TRMM Data Products | PPT | Read Alder et al., 2003 for Week 13 | ||
| 13 | 11/14 | Introduction to GPCP Data Set | PPT | No new readings for Week 14 | |
| 11/16 | Future GPCP V3 Description | PPT | No new readings for Week 14 | ||
| 14 | 11/21 | Work on Final Projects/Catch up on labs | No Lecture | No Lecture | No new readings for Week 15 |
| 11/23 | THANKSGIVING | No Lecture | No Lecture | No Readings | |
| 15 | 11/28 | Wrok on Final Projects | No Lecture | No Lecture | No Readings |
| 11/30 | Work on Final Projects | No Lecture | No Lecture | No Readings | |
| 16 | 12/5 | Final Project Presentations | No Lecture | No Lecture | No Readings |
| 12/7 | Final Project Presentations | No Lecture | No Lecture | No Readings |