ATM3121

Air pollution meteorology and modelling

(SCI)

4 points + Two 1-hour lectures per week + First semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: MAT2030 + Prohibitions: MAT3151

Synopsis: Introduction to air pollution and current issues; principles of air quality management and the role of mathematical modelling; introduction to air pollution meteorology and the processes governing transport and dispersions of pollutants; fundamentals of applied dispersion modelling, derivation of the advection-diffusion equation, closure assumptions, solutions and limitations; alternative models and modelling approaches and their applicability; air pollution meteorology and modelling for special situations.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 70% + Assignments: 30%