MAE 256. Radiative Transfer for Energy Applications (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/MAE.html#mae256
Description
Global insolation heat engine; solar-wind coupling; regional/seasonal insolation patterns; atmospheric radiation balance; RTE models; scattering; optical depth and transmittance of cloud layers; Schwarzschild’s equation; absorption/emission lines; rotational, vibrational and electronic transitions; Doppler/pressure broadening; Elsasser/Malkmus/Edwards models; solution methods. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Prerequisite courses
MAE 256 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have MAE 256 as a prerequisite.