Remote Sensing of Global Change (atmosphere)

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Section in the University of Edinburgh course: Remote Sensing of Global Change
Iain Woodhouse
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
The word occultation comes from what what root?
Respuesta
  • From the Latin "Occultatio", meaning hiding, or concealing.
  • From the Greek "Occultos", meaning to look through.
  • From the Latin "Occultatio", meaning atmosphere, or gas.
  • From Old French "Occultation", meaning to gaze upon something.

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
\[ \it{Limb}\] \[ \it{sounding} \] is the name given to what kind of measurement of the atmosphere?
Respuesta
  • Nadir viewing measurements of emitted radiation.
  • Limb viewing measurements of emitted radiation.
  • Nadir viewing measurements of absorbed radiation.
  • Limb viewing measurements of absorbed radiation.

Pregunta 3

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There are three viewing configurations typically used for atmospheric remote sensing - what are they (click the three you think are correct):
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  • Nadir sounding (detecting emitted radiation from directly below the satellite)
  • Limb sounding (detecting emitted radiation from the atmospheric limb)
  • Occultation (detecting transmitted radiation through the atmospheric limb)
  • Nadir sounding (detecting transmitted radiation from directly below the satellite)
  • Limb sounding (detecting transmitted radiation through the atmospheric limb)

Pregunta 4

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Absorption lines of a particular gas are centred on discrete wavelengths because...
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  • ... quantum physics determines that all the molecular energy transitions will occur in discrete jumps (quanta).
  • ... the energy levels are in regular, equal intervals.
  • ... Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle dictates that the absorption must be at specific wavelengths.
  • ... the Doppler effect determines the specific frequencies (wavelengths) of the lines.

Pregunta 5

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In terms of the monitoring capacity of different atmospheric sounders, nadir sounders have [blank_start]better[blank_end] horizontal resolution but [blank_start]poorer[blank_end] vertical resolution compared to limb sounders.
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  • better
  • poorer

Pregunta 6

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The key advantages of limb sounding over nadir sounding for measuring very small gas concentrations are (choose all the ones you think are true):
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  • The background signal is darks space (i.e. a very low and consistent signal).
  • The background is the Earth's surface and so very bright.
  • The path length over which the measurement is made is very long.
  • The signal is not sensitive to the atmosphere below the tangent layer.
  • We can use the Sun as a source of radiation.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Add the appropriate labels.
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  • 6,000 K
  • 2,000 K
  • 300 K
  • High energy is good for occultation
  • Low energy is good for sounding
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