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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
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EAPS 63800 - Atmospheric Radiation


Credit Hours: 3.00. Concepts of solid angle, intensity, flux density, and attenuation coefficients. Kirchoff’s law, Planck’s law and consequences. The radiative transfer equation and its formal solution. Infrared radiative transfer of energy, absorption processes, and departures from thermodynamic equilibrium. Atmospheric optics and visibility, radiative effects of pollutants. Prior course work in synoptic labs, vector calculus, and advanced differential equations is required. Typically offered Spring.



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