Enrollment in year 3 of Meteorology study field.

The course consists of two parts: a meteorological part and a chemical part. The chemical part is implemented as part of Air Pollution course performed at Sanitary engineering at UL ZF. During this course the students attend lectures and have an exam. The meteorological part consist of a detailed seminar on Air-pollution dispersion. This part has no lectures and the students prepare the seminar with the use of literature specified by

the professor. The students present the seminar which is followed by an exam.

Meteorological part

Trajectories and dispersion of pollutants in the air. Gauss model for shorter distances and coupled meteorological-chemical models of pollution dispersion on longer distances. Local air pollution: stability, inversions, local air movement.

Chemical part

Natural and anthropogenic sources of air pollution. Methods of qualitative and of quantitative evaluation of pollutants concentrations and their characterizations. Methods and technologies of exhaust gasses control. Impacts of polluted air on health of people, animals and vegetation, and damages on material goods. Special properties of nano- particles in the air and in contemporary technologies, and their health impact. Impact of traffic on air quality. Odours and their determination, sanitation of various sources. Linkage of air pollution (its. chemical and physical properties) and climate change.

J. Rakovec, T. Vrhovec, Osnove meteorologije za naravoslovce in tehnike. DMFA, 2000, 329 str.
S. Pal Arya: Air pollution meteorology and dispersion, Oxford University Press, 1999, 305 str.
M. Z. Jacobsen, Atmospheric Pollution, Cambridge University Press, 2002, 399 str.
P. Hobbs, Basic physical chemistry for the atmospheric sciences Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995. in Introduction to atmospheric chemistry : a companion text to Basic physical chemistry for the atmospheric sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2000, 262 str.
J.J.Pirce, R.F.Weiner, P.A.Vesilind: Environmental Pollution and Control, Butterworth- Heinemann, 4. izd., 1998, 392 str.

Posamezna poglavja iz:

J.P.Lodge. Jr., editor: Methods of Air Sampling and Analysis, 3rd Edition, Lewis Publ. Inc., Chelsea, Michigan, 1991; str.: 3-15, 27-36, 67-75, 83-89, 214-222
Thad Godish, Air Quality, Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, New York, 1997; str.: 1-19, 23-65, 93-132, 137-174, 179-212, 215-233, 287-304, 309-337, 341-378.

OBJECTIVES:

Understanding the role of atmosphere in development and preservation of life on Earth.
Understanding basic meteorological phenomena and physical processes in atmosphere.
Understanding of basic weather, physical and chemical processes, that influence air pollution.
Capability of estimation of harmful effects of air pollution on elements of live and nature.
Knowledge on basic technologies for improving air quality at sources and at the receptors, thus improving quality of the life.

COMPETENCES

Student obtains understanding of the role of atmosphere in development and preservation of life on Earth, understands basic meteorological phenomena and physical processes in atmosphere that govern weather and climate. He/she understands basic weather, physical and chemical processes, that influence air pollution and is capable of estimation of harmful effects of air pollution on elements of environments (life, nature, goods) and perceives the basic technologies for improving

air quality at sources and at the receptors, thus improving quality of life.

Understanding weather and climatic variability.
Understanding health, ecologic and economic aspect of air quality.
Capability of evaluation of weather impacts on pollution dispersion in the air.
Capability of choosing the proper methods and means for determination of main pollutants in the air (gasses, particles).
Capability of planning and performing of comprehensive evaluation of air quality.
Application of basic principles of meteorology, climatology and chemistry of the environment to actual events of air quality in inside and outside air.
Awareness of impacts of anthropogenic impacts on the environment.

Lectures, seminar

Exam for the chemical part.
Exam and quality of seminar and seminar presentation for the meteorology part.
Grades: 5 (fail), 6-10 (pass) (in agreement with the Statutes of the University of Ljubljana)

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2. ŽAGAR, Nedjeljka, HONZAK, Luka, ŽABKAR, Rahela, SKOK, Gregor, RAKOVEC, Jože, CEGLAR, Andrej. Uncertainties in a regional climate model in the midlatitudes due to the nesting technique and the domain size. Journal of geophysical research, Atmospheres, ISSN 21698996, 2013, vol. 118, iss. 12, str. 6189-6199
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