Course Catalog - 2003-2004

     

CEVE 511 - ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY/PHYSICS

Long Title:
Department: Civil & Environmental Engr
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS ***** Study of the principal chemical and physical processes affecting gases and particles in the atmosphere. Overview of the atmospheric tranport, transformaiton and dispersion of air pollutants on the urban, regional and global scale; atmospheric photochemistry and tropospheric ozone formation; influence of meteorology on air pollution; stratospheric chemistry and global climate change; interactions between gases and particles; characterization; chemical composition and size distributions of atmospheric particles.