===== Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Course =====

**Objective:**
To understand the basic principles of radiative transfer, relevant for the remote sensing of atmosphere and surface from space, by developing a complete
Monte Carlo radiative transfer model from scratch.

**Approach:**
Practical, participants will develop their own Monte Carlo radiative transfer code. There will be lectures in the morning, and practical programming in the afternoon.

**Prerequisites:**
Basic knowledge in radiative transfer, mathematics, and programming.

**Scientific content:**
Development and test of a Monte Carlo model to simulate radiative transfer in the
Earth's atmosphere:
  * Statistics (basics of Monte Carlo approach)
  * Absorption by atmospheric trace gases
  * Rayleigh scattering by molecules
  * Mie scattering by cloud droplets
  * Surface reflection

**Language:**
English, if there are participants who do not speak German. Otherwise German. 

**Date:**
SS 2024: 08 - 12 April 2024

**Location:**
LMU, Theresienstr. 37, A234 (Besprechungsraum)

Every day we will start at 10:15 and finish at about 17:00. On the last afternoon (12 April) there will be oral exams. 
The course counts 3 ECTS points for the Master program in Meteorology/Physics. 

Please send [[claudia.emde@lmu.de|me]] an email if you like to participate.