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Type of course

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering programme with minimum 30 credits Mathematics/statistics topics

Application Code: 9371

Prerequisite(s) Basic programming skills

Course content

Geometric optics: Image and image formation. Reflection at spherical mirrors, thin lenses. Principle of cameras and telescopes.

Physical optics: Radiative transfer in a turbid medium (exemplified by the atmosphere and/or ocean). Introduction to some properties,deriving the equation of radiative transfer (RTE). Analytical solutions of the RTE for some special cases. Writing a trivial Monte Carlo model which is used for numerical solutions of more general cases.

Objectives of the course

i) What is an image? Basic knowledge in design of image forming optical instruments.

ii) Radiative transfer in turbid media, analytical and numerical determinations of the radiative field.

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Teaching methods

Assessment

Mandatory tasks The students have to write their own Monte Carlo model during the course.

Evaluation 3 h written exam, It is given a letter grade of A-F, where F is a fail. A re-sit exam will be arranged for this course.

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