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Ε7216 - ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION


  

Hours per Week

   

Semester:

7th

- Lecturing:

2

ECTS:

4

Course Type:

Elective

- Practical
Exersices:

-

Prerequisites:

-

Course Code:

E7216

- Laboratory
Exersices:

1

Expected
Prior Knowlegde:

Y1202
Y2203

eClass URL

Total Hours of
Fieldwork Excersice:

-

 

 


Course Content

The course advances the knowledge of Physics and Climatology that the students have acquired in previous semesters and specifically investigates the factors and mechanisms shaping atmospheric pollution and their interaction with the microclimate.

The layers of the Earth's atmosphere; Factors and mechanisms shaping atmospheric air quality; Sources, types, measuring methods of atmospheric pollutants and their effects on health; Air pollution units and standards; Effect of air pollution on the microclimate of an area; The atmospheric dispersion cycle and dispersion scales; The role of meteorology in air pollution; Self-cleaning mechanisms of the atmosphere; Control techniques to combat air pollution; Air pollution models; Pollution of the upper atmosphere and the greenhouse effect.


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