postgraduate programme environmental physics

Introduction to Environmental Measurement Techniques / Space Lab 1 2024

Dr. A. Richter / Dr. C. Mertens / Dr. C. Melsheimer / J. Makkor / Prof. Dr. C. Haas / Dr. N. Daskalakis / Dr. A. Pouldis / Dr. M. Huntemann

Summary

The measurement of accurate and complete data sets on the state of surface, ocean, ice and atmosphere is an essential part of environmental physics. A broad range of instruments and techniques is available for these measurements, including both in-situ techniques and remote sensing methods from the ground, ship, aircraft, balloon or satellite platforms.

In this lecture, relevant measurement techniques used in environmental physics and chemistry will be presented, and the underlying physical and chemical concepts will be discussed. The emphasis will be on methods employed in current research projects at the Institute of Environmental Physics. This includes remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases using optical absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform spectroscopy, measurements of currents in the ocean using acoustic measurements, laboratory measurements of ozone, electromagnetic ice thickness measurements, chemical kinetics modelling and the analysis of satellite measurements using image processing techniques.

In parallel to the lecture, practical training on experiments covering physical basics of environmental measurement techniques, applications to atmospheric measurements and the analysis of satellite data will take place.

Lectures

The lectures take place during the first weeks of the semester on Wednesdays in room UNICOM 2.2090.

Slides from the presentations will be made available via StudIP.

	9:15– 10:45	11:15 – 12:45	14:15 – 15:45
April 3	Introduction (Mertens / Richter)	Satellite Image Analysis (Melsheimer)
April 10	Stratospheric Chemistry Kinetics modelling experiment (Daskalakis)	DOAS (Richter)
	12:00 – 15:00, room HS1010
Friday, April 12	Fire drill
	9:15– 10:45	11:15 – 12:45	14:15 – 15:45
April 17	Langrangian Trajectory Modelling (Poulidis)	Electromagnetic Ice Thickness Measurements (Hendricks)	Safety Instructions (Thomssen)
April 24	Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (Makkor)	Measurement Techniques in Oceanography (Mertens)

Practical

Click here for an introduction and the rules of the practical.

Click here for an introduction on what to write in your protocols.

Click here for an example of a lab report title page.

Click here for lab safety instructions.

To download the lab instructions, just click the links below. Please make sure you are using the most recent version of the instructions!

Experiment	Last change	Tutor	Telephone
Passive DOAS Measurements	03/05/2020	Andreas Richter	0421-218-62103
Acoustical flow Measurements (Oceanography)	25/05/2023	Christian Mertens	0421-218-62154
Satellite Image Analysis	17/04/2024	Christian Melsheimer Marcus Huntemann	0421-218-62181
FTS	02/07/2019	Jamal Makkor	0421-218-62176
Electromagnetic Ice Thickness Measurements	07/03/2023	Christian Haas	0471-4831-2285
Stratospheric Chemistry Kinetics modelling experiment	12/05/2022	Nikos Daskalakis	0421-218-62143
Langrangian Trajectory Modelling	12/04/2021	Alex Poulidis	0421-218-62143

Groups and assignments

Note: All labs take place on Wednesdays.

Experiment / Group Environmental Physics	A	D	E
Passive DOAS	08.05.		15.05
Acoustical flow Measurements (Oceanography)	22.05.	12.06.
Satellite Image Analysis	19.06.	08.05.	12.06.
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS)
Electromagnetic Ice Thickness Measurements		15.05.
Stratospheric Chemistry Kinetics modelling experiment	12.06.		08.05.
Langrangian Trajectory Modelling		29.05.	05.06.

Experiment / Group Space Lab 1	1	2	3	4	5	6
Passive DOAS	05.06.	12.06.		19.06.
Satellite Image Analysis	30.04.	22.05.	15.05.	05.06.	29.05.	24.04.
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS)			08.05.
Electromagnetic Ice Thickness Measurements					22.05.	05.06.

Oral Exams

Date: July 29 – 31 and August 26 – 30

Time: 09:00 – 17:00

Duration: 45 minutes each (30 minutes for space lab 1)

Location: NW1, N 3310

Content: A 15 minutes presentation on your favourite practical followed by questions related to the lectures and your 4 labs (2 labs for space lab 1)

Prerequisites: Successful accomplishment of all 4 labs (2 labs for space lab 1)

The assignment of dates and times for the exam will be communicated via StudIP.

Contact

Dr. Christian Mertens	Dr. Andreas Richter
Institute of Environmental Physics	Institute of Environmental Physics
University of Bremen	University of Bremen
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1	Otto-Hahn-Allee 1
28338 Bremen	28338 Bremen
Room: M 3140, NW 1	Room: U 2090, NW 1
Phone: (0421)-218-62147	Phone: (0421)-218-62103
E-mail: cmertens@physik.uni-bremen.de	E-mail: richter@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de

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