Satellite Oceanography

Learning outcome:

At the end of the course, students will be able to,

·       explain physical concepts used in satellite oceanography

·       handle the satellite data for information extraction through analysis.

Contents:

The general principles of remote sensing of the sea, Pre-processing, Positional registration and Oceanographic sampling for “sea truth”, Sea Surface Temperature (SST) mapping, Basic principles of satellite altimetry, Sea Surface Roughness, Microwave scatterometer, Synthetic Aperture Radar,Basic principles of satellite measurements of ocean color, Chlorophyll and photosynthesis, Estimation of phytoplankton biomass from satellite ocean color observations.

References:

Seelye M., 2004 . An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing, Cambridge University Press.

Evaluation

End Semester Exam (Theory) - 75%

Continuous Assessments - 25%