Paul Menzel's Satellite Meteorology Notes

• Chapter 1: (History) (511 KB)

• Chapter 2: Radiation (398 KB)

• Chapter 3: Absorptance, Emission, Reflection (648 KB)

• Chapter 4: Radiative Budget (336 KB)

• Chapter 5: Radiative Transfer Equation (941 KB)

• Chapter 6: Clouds (2.4 MB)

• Chapter 7: Sea Surface Temperature (367 KB)

• Chapter 8: Atmospheric parameters (890 KB)

• Chapter 9: Atmospheric Motion (1.2 MB)

• Chapter 10: Geostationary Satellites (3.1 MB)

• Chapter 11: Polar Orbiting Satellites (251 KB)

• Chapter 12: Instrument Design Consideration (498 KB)

• Chapter 13: Establishing Climate Data Records from Multispectral MODIS Measurements (2.9 MB)

• Chapter 14: The Next Generation of Satellite Systems (Operational and R&D) (596 KB)

• Chapter 15: Multispectral Data Visualization with HYDRA (596 KB)

• Appendix A: Eigenvectors (237 KB)

• Appendix B: References (300 KB)

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at paoloa@ssec.wisc.edu