RS7010 GEOSPATIAL APPLICATION FOR METEOROLOGY Syllabus | Anna University M.Tech Remote Sensing Second Semester Syllabus Regulation 2013

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RS7010 GEOSPATIAL APPLICATION FOR METEOROLOGY Syllabus | Anna University M.Tech Remote Sensing Second Semester Syllabus Regulation 2013. Below is the Anna University 2013 Regulation Syllabus for 2nd Semester for M.Tech Remotes Sensing, Textbooks, Reference books, Exam portions, Question Bank, Previous year question papers, Model question papers, Class notes, Important 2 marks, 8 marks, 16 marks topics.
It is applicable for all students admitted in the Academic year 2013-2014 onwards for all its Affiliated institutions in Tamil Nadu.

RS7010 GEOSPATIAL APPLICATION FOR METEOROLOGY L T P C 3 0 0 3 

OBJECTIVES:

 To impart knowledge in Concepts in Meteorology, Radio and Satellite Meteorology and its Applications

UNIT I GENERAL CONCEPTS IN METEOROLOGY 9 Weather and Climate- composition of atmosphere- weather elements and characteristics - Global temperature, pressure and wind belts - scales of atmospheric processes, Land/Ocean Coupling, Vegetation types and climate, climatic classification by Koppen and Thornthwaithe, energy in the atmosphere - Indian monsoons - weather systems and seasons, Indian Climatology - Radiation transfer- radiation spectrum – Absorption and emission of radiation by molecules- Radiation laws- scattering principles – atmospheric particles and radiations - Mechanism of cloud formation- Types of Clouds- Precipitation processes-weather stations, data, maps and symbols. 
UNIT II RADIO METEOROLOGY 9 Principles and classifications of Radar- Meteorological Applications of radar – atmosounding Radio Sonde - pilot balloons - Wind estimation through Radar - Rawin Sonde - Doppler techniques for precipitation estimation – Precipitation Radar (PR) - Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), Ozone soundings – principle and satellite measurements of ozone – Aerosol soundings Tracking of weather Thunderstorms, Tropical cyclones, Tornadoes through Radar – Hydro meteorological Applications of Radar - Applications to aviation meteorology – TIROS Operational and Vertical sounder – Retrieval methods and algorithms.

UNIT III SATELLITE METEOROLOGY 9 Orbital dynamics of satellite – Critical velocities – Polar and Geostationary weather satellites - Active and passive sensors (Radar/Lidar/Radiometery,scatterometer and altimeter) - Absorption bands of atmospheric gases - Design and characteristic of different types of sounders and imagers used in Meteorological satellites – Viewing geometry - INSAT/Icachana Meteorology - Data Processing System (IMDPS), IRS series – APT – AVHRR - Need for Remote Sensing techniques in weather forecasting and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) - imaging and non imaging techniques in Meteorology. 
UNIT IV METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 9 Precipitation – soil moisture - estimation and their Applications – Normalised Difference Vegetation Index – Ocean Colour monitoring – Coastal zone mapping - Satellite communication systems in operational meteorological Applications (Cyclone Warning Dissemination system / Automatic Weather stations – Meteorological data dissemination) - Estimation of snow and ice cover – Water body boundary mapping – aerosols – Dust storms and Volcanic ash clouds and fires – maritime, dwelt, floods and agriculture. 
UNIT V GLOBAL METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 9 Global and subglobal events – tracking of large weather system – Cloud motion vector – Dvorak‟s techniques of Cylone Intensity estimation - T-phi and other climatic charts - T number and current intensity No. – Applications to storm surge estimation - Satellite soundings – Global Warming – Sealevel changes and Consequences. 
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS 
OUTCOMES: On completion of this course, the student shall be able to
 Understand the concepts of Meteorology and various application areas of Meteorology.
 Gain knowledge on Radio and Satellite meteorology
 Acquire knowledge about various climatic charts
REFERENCES:
1. Kidder and VonderHarr, “Satellite Meteorology: An introduction”, 1995, Academic Press, San Diego, CA
2. Arthur P. Cracknell, “The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)”, 1997, CRC Press, ISBN: 9780748402090.
3. Smith and Schreiner, “Advances in Remote Sensing”, Deppak Publications 
4. Asnani, G.C “Tropical Meteorology”, Vol. I and II, 1993 
5. Richard J. Doviak, Dusan S. Zrnic, “Doppler Radar and Weather observations”, Dover Publications; 2nd Edition (2006), ISBN: 978-0486450605 
6. Ellingson, “Satellite Data Applications: Weather and Climate”, Proc.of AO I Symp., COSPAR, Birmingham, UK, Elsevier, MD, USA. Pergamon Pr; 1st Edition (1997) 
7. Sauvageot, 1992, “Radar Meteorology”, Artech House Publishers, Norwood, MA. 1992 
8. Hartwig Dobesch, Pierre Dumolard, Izabela Dyras, “Spatial Interpolation for Climate Data: The Use of GIS in Climatology and Meteorology”, Wiley Publication, (2007 – Print), (2010 – Online) 
9. S. Raghavan, “Radar Meteorology”, Springer, 2003, ISBN: 9781402016042