Professors
Emmanuel Marcq (in charge of the teaching unit), Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, F-78280 Guyancourt. Tel : 01 80 28 52 83 – E-mail : emmanuel.marcq[@robas]latmos.ipsl.fr
Alice Le Gall, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, F-78280 Guyancourt – Tel : 01 80 28 52 35 (Guyancourt) – 01 44 27 52 82 (Jussieu) – E-mail : alice.legall[@robas]latmos.ipsl.fr
Practical information
Locations : LATMOS-OVSQ building (11 Boulevard d’Alembert, Guyancourt) or Jussieu campus.
– Total volume: 12 h of course (6 sessions), 9h of tutorials (4 sessions), 9h of practical/numerical sessions (3 sessions)
Outline
1 – Electromagnetism, light-matter interactions Physical processes: absorption, scattering, thermal emission; Fundamentals of spectroscopy and radiometry.
2 – Radiative transfer
– exact and approximate solutions;
– within atmospheres (gaz, aerosols, clouds);
– within dense media (regolith, surfaces).
3 – Remote sensing of planetary atmospheres and surfaces Thermal and/or reflected sounding, occulations, microwave radiometry, sounding and imaging radars, lidars; Overview of applications in the Solar System.