GHRSST Short course on satellite-derived SST: Infrared Radiometry

This training material is part of the 1st GHRSST short course on satellite-derived SST, which took place at the University of Cape Town from 29-30 May 2014. The short course consists of six sessions with the overall objectives to: 

• Increase knowledge about GHRSST and what GHRSST provides
• Increase knowlege of Infrared Radiometry radiative transfer, cloud masking and SST retrieval 
• Application of gained knowledge with real practical examples

The Infrared Radiometry session provides outlines:

• Difference between passive and active measurements
• Reviews concepts and definitions including power, flux, flux density, irradiane, spectral irradiance, radiance, spectral radiance
• Emission (Planck's Function)
• Emissivity
• Kirchhoff's Law
• Effects of atmosphere
• Infrared radiometry - measuring temperature