Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation and Climate (PEP575)

Broadly covering scattering, absorption, and emission of electromagnetic radiation, this introduction provides you with tools to understand greenhouse gases, aerosols, and clouds. Learn about the temperature of the atmosphere and the equilibrium temperature of the Earth. You derive the radiative transfer equation and you find approximate solutions. Study fundamental models and concepts, including reflectance, absorptance, emittance, radiation warming and cooling rates, actinic radiation, photolysis, and biological dose rates.