Air pollution and protection (5 cr)

Objective

You understand what atmosphere is and how it works. You understand weather and are able to link it to the transport of air pollutants. You are familiar with the most problematic air pollutant groups and know the main environmental problems caused by them. You understand the importance of air protection and the policy and technology behind air protection. You are able to produce simple data on air pollutants and understand what kind of uncertainties there are behind the measurements. You are able to use modeling tools to predict the concentration of air pollutants and their movement

Content

What is atmosphere?
How does global wind system work?
What is air pollution and where does it come from?
What environmental problems does air pollution cause?
What are the key emission reduction technologies and the main emission-related administrative, legislative and economic issues?
How to measure and evaluate air pollution data?
How to model air and emission movement?

Evaluation

Students can
· use professional vocabulary systematically.
· identify interrelated tasks.
· use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
· work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
· justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Provided in the Learn at the beginning of the course

Timing of exams and assignments

Online exam

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Based on the tasks and exam