A&O SCI C240BRemote Sensing of Atmosphere and Oceans
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Theory and techniques of remote sensing; atmospheric spectroscopy, scattering, and polarization; passive and active techniques; relevant satellite systems; inversion methods; remote sensing of clouds, aerosols, temperature, precipitation, and trace constituents; remote sensing of oceans and biosphere. Concurrently scheduled with course C160.
S/U (for majors with consent of instructor after successful completion of written and oral comprehensive examination and for nonmajors at discretion of major department) or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: Physics 1C or 5B.
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A&O SCI C240B
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- PHYSICS 5BPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics
- PHYSICS 5APhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
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