MAE 6480 Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry (also EAS 6480)
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisites: first-year chemistry and thermodynamics (or equivalent); graduate standing or permission of instructor. Offered aalternate years; next offered 2010–2011.
Factors determining air quality and effects of air pollutants on public health, ecological systems and global climate change. Students will examine the source-to-receptor relationship of major air pollutants with an emphasis on the physical and chemical fundamentals of atmospheric transport and transformation. Topics include photochemical smog, atmospheric aerosols, atmospheric transport and deposition, emissions from energy systems, introduction to air quality monitoring and modeling, and air quality management.