Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Air Protection

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0426/08
Abbreviation	OchOvzd
Course title	Air Protection
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Composition and structure of the atmosphere, its role, significance and protection
2. Thermal stratification of the atmosphere, stability classes (stability, indifference, lability). Vertical temperature gradient.
3. Pressure, basic quantities, atmospheric fronts, atmospheric circulation.
4. Air flow (basic types of flow in the atmosphere - laminar, convection, subsidence, turbulence, advection, geospheric and cyclospheric wind, meteorological characteristics).
5. Water in the atmosphere, humidity, condensation, fog, clouds (classification)
6. Meteorology (measurement and processing of basic meteorological characteristics (temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation, heliograph, anemometer)
7. Air pollution - emissions, immissions, transfer, deposition, distribution of pollutants - characteristics, properties, sources of air pollution (distribution in terms of industry, place of leakage, etc.)
8. Greenhouse effect (causes, description, consequences)
9. Ozone depletion (causes, description, consequences), smog (causes, description, basic division, consequences)
10. Characteristic harmful effects on fauna and humans, characteristic harmful effects on vegetation
11. Characteristic harmful effects on inanimate nature
12. Measurement of immissions and evaluation of air quality
13. Mathematical modeling, propagation of ZL in the air (shapes of smoke sidings), scattering studies
14. Air protection legislation (implementing legal regulations, IRZ, ISPOP, etc.)

Literature

BOUBEL R. W., FOX D. L.,TURNER B., STERN A.C.: Fundamentals of Air Pollution (Third Edition), Academic Press, Inc., 1994
Airbase - the European Air Quality Database. (2013) Available at: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/airbase-theeuropean-air-quality-database-7
IKEFUJI, M., MAGNUS J.R., SAKAMOTO, H.: The effect of health benefits on climate change mitigation policies (2014) Climatic Change, 126 (1-2).
BRANC M., HORÁK, J., OCHODEK, T.: Fine particle emissions from combustion of wood and lignite in small furnaces (2011) Environment Protection Engineering, 37 (2), pp. 123-132

Advised literature

STERN, N.: The economics of climate change: The stern review (2007) The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, 9780521877251, pp. 1-692.
STOHL, A., AAMAAS, B., AMANN, M., BAKER, L.H., BELLOUIN, N., BERNTSEN, T.K., BOUCHER, O., (...), ZHU, T.: Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short-lived pollutants (Open Access) (2015) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15 (18), pp. 10529-10566.
Operational air pollution modelling in the UK-Street canyon applications and challenges (2007) Atmospheric Environment, 41 (22), pp. 4622-4637.
FUZZI, S., BALTENSPERGER, A., CARSLAW, K., DECESARI, S., DENIER Van Der GON, H., FACCHINI, M.C., FOWLER, D., (...), GILARDONI, S.: Particulate matter, air quality and climate: Lessons learned and future needs (Open Access) (2015) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15 (14), pp. 8217-8299.

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