Air Quality Assessment and Management
Erfassung und Steuerung der Luftqualität
6 CPWinterENno longer offered
Prerequisites
Recommended, as written
Knowledge on the university level (bachelor degree) in mathematics and physics
Contents
"Atmospheric Dispersion" (supervisor: Dr. Keuler): • Introduction • Anthropogenic emissions (overview) • Atmospheric transport and dispersion of pollutants • Tutorial: Application of the AUSTAL View software packageDuring the semester the students have to work in groups of two on a smaller application topic. "Air Quality Assessment and Management" (supervisor: Dr. Will): • Introduction • Air quality assessment based on measured data • Essentials of EU framework directive (1996) • EU daughter directives • EU data base for pollution measurements • Deriving the spatial distribution of pollutants • Use of air-quality models • Determination of model quality (model evaluation) • Air quality regulations in the U.S., Japan and ChinaDuring the semester the students have to work in groups of two on a small research project.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the student have knowledge about the basics of atmospheric transport and deposition of pollutants. They are able to apply an up-to-date software package to practical applications. The student know the existing international air quality regulations with emphasis on the EU and are able to do an air quality assessment in respect to one pollutant and for one selected country.
Assessment
• 2 presentations, a 15 min. (50% each) Students work in groups of two. They have to summarize their findings and deliver it as a Power Point based presentation, report their results orally to all participants and defend their findings during a discussion.
Literature (1)
- Several textbooks are available in the central library of the university. Special recommendations will be given at the beginning of the two courses, respectively. Atmospheric Dispersion: Lecture notes will be distributed. A written tutorial for the software package AUSTAL View is available. (This software package is commercial and cannot be provided free-of-charge to students.) Air Quality Assessment and Management: A (Power Point based) presentation containing all viewgraphs presented during the lectures can be downloaded from the internet pages of the Chair for Environmental Meteorology. The presentations from all projects investigated by the students will be summarized in one pdf-File, which can also be downloaded from the net.
Remarks
No offer from SS 2017! Module with limited number of participants - Registration two weeks prior to the commencement of lectures!
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 16 Oct 2026Original