Course Overview
Provides an overview of air pollution, focusing on atmospheric air quality issues. The course will discuss the sources of air pollution and their regulation. The student will be introduced to emission inventories, urban air pollution, and meteorology. An introduction to dispersion modeling as a method of linking emissions to air quality will also be presented.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in EENG 7712
Credits
2.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Discuss air pollution sources and effects.
- Describe anthropogenic sources.
- Describe natural sources.
- Explain air pollution concerns regarding human health and environmental impacts.
- Discuss air pollution regulations.
- Describe Canadian air pollution laws at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels.
- Describe US regulations with regard to the US EPA Clean Air Act.
- Describe European economic community regulatory initiatives.
- Explain the regulation of emissions and air quality standards.
- Explain and apply basic meteorology concepts.
- Solar radiation.
- Wind circulation.
- Lapse rate.
- Inversions.
- Relate emissions to air quality (dispersion modelling).
- Apply and use the Eddy Diffusion Model.
- Apply and use the Gaussian Dispersion Model.
- Calculate maximum ground level concentrations.
- Calculate effectiveness of stack height.
- Discuss urban air pollution.
- Describe GVRD sources and emissions.
- Explain seasonal air quality variations.
- Explain photochemical reactions.
- Explain control strategies.
- Discuss global air pollution issues.
- Explain solar energy balance.
- Discuss greenhouse gases.
- Discuss the Kyoto Accord and its implications for Canada.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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