METR280: Satellite Meteorology/Climatology
Spring 2008
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Text: Recommend
Purchasing online at
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Reference Book
Dr. Menglin S. Jin, Assistant Professor
DH bilding #621
408-924-7371
jin@met.jsu.edu
Tuesday 12:30-1:45 PM, DH615
Thursday 2:00-3:00 PM, or by appt.
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1.Satellite Meteorology: An Introduction-S. Kidder and T.
Vonder Haar (approximately $75 used on Amazon) -SM
Our Changing Planet – Michael D. King -MK
Grading and Exams:
Mid-term
Final Exam
Lab/homework assignments
Lit. review/poster
Resserch Project
280
(graduate
indepent
Study)
10%
20%
30%
10%
30%
Evaluation:
The test and final exams will include definition, multiple choice and essay questions. The final exam will be opennotes. Homework will be assigned at irregular periods throughout the semester. In order to receive graduate credit
for the course, students must complete a literature review and accompanying research poster. A brief abstract for the
poster must be presented to me by the March 10.
Make-up exams will be given only in the event of illness or other verifiable emergency. You will have 24 hours after
a missed exam to contact me or leave a message.
As part of the class, you will be required to review several satellite meteorology modules from the Cooperative
Meteorological Education and Training Program (COMET) and NASA interactive websites. Some of these modules
may be presented in class for lecture/discussion. You will be expected to review any modules not presented in class
on your own.
Ethics:
a) Academic integrity statement (from Office of Judicial Affairs):
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University and the
University’s Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work.
Faculty are required to report all infractions to the Office of Judicial Affairs. The policy on academic integrity can be
found at http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
b) Campus policy in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act:
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need special arrangements in
case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during
office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities register with DRC to establish a
record of their disability.
c) Academic Honesty:
Faculty will make every reasonable effort to foster honest academic conduct in their courses. They will secure
examinations and their answers so that students cannot have prior access to them and proctor examinations to prevent
students from copying or exchanging information. They will be on the alert for plagiarism. Faculty will provide
additional information, ideally on the green sheet, about other unacceptable procedures in class work and
examinations. Students who are caught cheating will be reported to the Judicial Affairs Officer of the University, as
prescribed by Academic Senate Policy S04-12.
Lecture and Reading Schedule
The lecture schedule indicates the intended scope and timing of materials presented in the course. It is likely that we
will deviate from this schedule over the semester.
Week
Date
Topics
Recommended
Reading
1
2
3
1/27
2/3
2/10
2/12
2/17
Introduction Electromagnetic Theory
Laws of Radiation, Orbit
Radiative Transfer
Sounders, HW2
Land Surface Detection –land cover, Vegetation
SM-Chapter 1,2, 3
SM-Chapter 1& 2
SM-Chapter 3
SM-Chapter 4
MK, assigned paper
6.
2/19
2/24
2/26
3/3
7
3/5
3/10
HW2
MODIS land surface retrieval (Guest lecture)
Discuss on research paper
Land Surface Temperature Retrieval and
Climateology
HW3
Clouds and Geographical Features
8
3/12
3/17
HW3
Aerosol and Radiation Budget
9
3/19
3/24
3/31
4/7
Mid-term Exam
Spring Break
Cesar Chavez Day – campus close
Water Vapor, Precipitation, Hydrological
Applications
Discussion on research project
Oceans (vectors, height, sst, salinity)
Research paper presentation by students
Mid-latitude cyclones: Cyclogenesis, Occlusions,
and Polar Lows
Research paper presentation by students
Winds and Sounders
4
5
11
4/9
4/14
4/16
4/21
12
4/23
4/28
10
13
14
5/5
5/7
5/12
Cryosphere
Student research project presentation
Student research presentation
Final exam
MK, assigned paper
Assigned paper
MK Slides, assigned
paper
SM-Chapter 8 (8.4,
8.5), 10
MK
MK
SM-7,9
SM-Chapter 6,7
MK
MK
May 19, 2009 (12-3 pm)
Homework (subject to change when needed)
Week
Date
Homework Module
2
2/3
4
6
8
2/17
3/3
3/17
10
11
4/7
4/14
14
5/5
HW1: Remote Sensing Using Satellites
(http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/index.htm)
Use GRADS and IDL/Matlab to plot satellite data
HW2. Access, Visulaze, and Analyze Skin Temperature
HW3: Analyze multi-years Tskin, albedo and clouds relation
Remote Sensing of Land, Ocean and Atmosphere with MODIS
(http://meted.ucar.edu/npoess/modis/index.htm)
Precipitation Climatology (TOVAS)
The Feature Identification Exercises: Clouds, Snow, and Ice Using MODIS
http://meted.ucar.edu/npoess/modis_exercises/index.htm
Earth Observatory (Radiation Budget)