PHY2505S
Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Remote Sounding
Home Page for Spring Term 2020

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PHY2505S - INFORMATION and UofT RESOURCES

PHY2505S - LECTURES

Note that these slides are NOT complete - they may be supplemented by in-class material presented on the blackboard that is not included in the slides. If you miss a lecture, you should make sure you get this additional material from a classmate.

Lecture 1, January 7 - Electromagnetic Radiation, Definitions, Beer’s Law
- Lecture 1 Slides and Notes
- Fred H. Perrin, Whose Absorption Law? J. Opt. Soc. Am., 1948
Lecture 2, January 14 - Blackbody Radiation, Radiation Laws
- Lecture 2 Slides
- Lecture 2 Notes
Lecture 3, January 21 - Emission in Continuous Media, Schwarzchild’s Equation
- Lecture 3 Slides
- Lecture 3 Notes
Lecture 4, January 28 - Applications of Schwarzchild’s Equation, Solar Insolation, Solar Variability
Lecture 5, February 4 - Solar and Terrestrial Radiation, Interaction of Radiation with Gases in the Atmosphere, Ozone & Heating Rates
- Lecture 5 Slides
- Lecture 5 Notes
Lecture 6, February 12 - Simple Greenhouse Model, Terrestrial Fluxes, Two-Stream Model
- Lecture 6 Slides
- Lecture 6 Notes
Lecture 7, February 25 - Terrestrial Fluxes, Two-Stream Model, Including Clouds in the Two-Stream Model
- Lecture 7 Slides
- Lecture 7 Notes
Lecture 8, March 3 - Molecular Absorption and Emission, Vibration-Rotation Spectra
- Lecture 8 Slides
- Lecture 8 Notes
Lecture 9, March 10 - Vibration-Rotation Spectra, Band Nomenclature, Width and Shape of Spectral Lines
- Lecture 9 Slides
- Lecture 9 Notes
Lecture 10, March 17 - Width and Shape of Spectral Lines, Equivalent Width and Schwarzchild’s Equation again
- Lecture 10 Slides
- Lecture 10 Notes
Lecture 11, March 24 - Spectral Modelling, Infrared Cooling Rates, Atmospheric Scattering
- Lecture 11 Slides
- Lecture 11 Notes
Lecture 12, March 31 - Atmospheric Scattering, Atmospheric Remote Sounding
- Lecture 12 Slides
- Lecture 12 Notes

PHY2505S - ASSIGNMENTS

There will be two problem sets, a term paper, and a journal club presentation. Details to follow.

Problem Set #1 - handed out on January 21 and due in class on February 4
Term Paper and Presentation - handed out on January 28, due by email on April 21 (outline due in class on March 10), presentations at 3-5PM, April 15
Journal Club Presentation - handed out on February 25, presentations at 2-4PM, April 8
Problem Set #2 - handed out on March 10 and due by email on March 31

PHY2505S - TESTS

There will NOT be a final exam.

PHY2505S - ADDITIONAL PHYSICS RESOURCES

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Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Physics Group
Department of Physics
University of Toronto

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Last updated March 31, 2020.

PHY2505S Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Remote Sounding Home Page for Spring Term 2020