Air Pollution

"A very rich module that throws light on air pollution issues that have been underestimated or unknown."

Air Pollution

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Air Pollution

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This course introduces the fundamentals of air pollution, with a consideration of the background and historical perspective, and a commentary on current air quality policies and standards. The course also considers the health impacts of air pollution.

The course discusses the major approaches for air pollution modelling, and demonstrates the features and use of the most widely used commercial and freely available air quality models. Introductions to the various air pollution modelling approaches are followed by hands-on sessions covering the use of most widely used commercial air quality models, including ADMS, Airviro and a host of USEPA models.

The methods and techniques of handling and disseminating the outputs of air pollution models will be demonstrated in practice sessions.

Course Objectives

The course will provide delegates with:

  • knowledge of major air pollutants; their sources and their effects (environmental, economic and health) and how emissions are estimated from road traffic and industrial sources
  • insight into the dispersion of air pollution in the atmosphere
  • knowledge and first-hand experience of using some of the most widely used commercial and freely available air quality models
  • knowledge of analysing and presenting outputs of air quality models to a wide range of audiences.

The course will also give delegates the ability to:

  • estimate emissions from industrial and road transport sources
  • estimate air pollution concentrations as a function of emission, meteorology, topography and the built environment for a combination of road and industrial sources
  • estimate health impact of changes in air pollution
  • evaluate various transport policy options in terms of their impacts on emission, air quality and health
  • disseminate emission and air quality results to a wider audience.

Course Outline

  1. History of air pollution
  2. Current policies, standards and objectives
  3. Sources of air pollution
  4. Effects of major air pollutants
  5. Modelling and control of emission from road transport
  6. Modelling and control of emission from industrial sources
  7. Chemistry and dispersion of air pollution in atmosphere
  8. Air pollution modelling approaches
  9. Commercial air quality models (ADMS, Airviro, USEPA models
  10. Indoor air pollution
  11. Personal exposure to air pollution
  12. Modelling health effects of air pollution

Presenters

School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Fees

  • Air Pollution
    • £975.00 (duration 5 days)

Formal assessment may be available for this Course. Assessment attracts an additional fee of £260.00, and delegates will be issued with a transcript and Certificate of Credit Achieved.

Owing to visa restrictions the assessment option is not available to international students.

Academic Module Outline

This course is also delivered as a Module on at least one of the School's Masters programmes; delegates will attend with full and part time registered students. The Academic Module Outline is available via the University's Module Catalogue.

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