Characteristics of the atmosphere, satellite platforms and orbits, atmospheric inversion, spectroscopy of atmospheric molecules, absorption and emission of radiation, blackbody emission, radiative transfer equation, polarization, refractive index, reflection and transmission at a plane boundary, particle scattering and extinction, Earth radiation budget, extinction and scattering based passive remote sensing of aerosol, ozone, trace gases, cloud properties, ocean color, sea-surface temperature, vertical profiles of temperature and humidity, limb sounding techniques, remote sensing of atmospheric pollution, estimation of atmospheric parameters by radio occultation methods.

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