This course introduces the fundamentals of air pollution with a background on the historical perspective of air pollution and a commentary on current air quality policies and standards.

Course Objectives

After you've finished the course, you'll have:

• a basic understanding of the fundamentals of air pollution with a background on historical perspective on air pollution and current air quality policies and standards
• knowledge of major air pollutants, their sources, and their effects (environmental, economic and health)
• an awareness of how emissions are estimated from road traffic and industrial sources
• insight into the dispersion of air pollution in the atmosphere
• knowledge and first-hand experience of using some of the most widely used commercial and freely available air quality models
• the ability to analyse and present outputs of air quality models to a wide range of audiences

You'll also be able to:

• estimate emissions from industrial and road transport sources
• estimate air pollution concentrations as a function of emission, meteorology, topography and the built environment for a combination of road and industrial sources
• estimate health impact of changes in air pollution
• evaluate various transport policy options in terms of their impacts on emission, air quality and health
• disseminate emission and air quality results to a wider audience

Course Objectives

After you've finished the course, you'll have:

• a basic understanding of the fundamentals of air pollution with a background on historical perspective on air pollution and current air quality policies and standards
• knowledge of major air pollutants, their sources, and their effects (environmental, economic and health)
• an awareness of how emissions are estimated from road traffic and industrial sources
• insight into the dispersion of air pollution in the atmosphere
• knowledge and first-hand experience of using some of the most widely used commercial and freely available air quality models
• the ability to analyse and present outputs of air quality models to a wide range of audiences

You'll also be able to:

• estimate emissions from industrial and road transport sources
• estimate air pollution concentrations as a function of emission, meteorology, topography and the built environment for a combination of road and industrial sources
• estimate health impact of changes in air pollution
• evaluate various transport policy options in terms of their impacts on emission, air quality and health
• disseminate emission and air quality results to a wider audience

Course Outline

1. History of air pollution.
2. Current policies, standards and objectives.
3. Sources of air pollution.
4. Effects of major air pollutants.
5. Monitoring of emissions and air pollutants in ambient air.
6. Modelling and control of emission from road transport.
7. Modelling and control of emission from industrial sources.
8. Chemistry and dispersion of air pollution in atmosphere.
9. Air pollution modelling approaches.
10. Commercial air quality models (ADMS, USEPA models).
11. Indoor air pollution.
12. Personal exposure to air pollution.

This short course is aimed at air quality and health planners and experts who are interested in learning about the impacts of air pollution on health and who want to manage air quality for improving health.

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