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Environment Monitoring

Summary

The course introduces the basics of metrology, detection methods and principles for
environmental monitoring. The main attention is paid to methods of monitoring
air, water, soil water and soil air systems for automation of measurement,
data acquisition and telemetry. Examples of monitoring systems are shown in
case studies.

Literature

Zhang, Chunlong: 2007 Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling and Analysis. Wiley
Interscience, pp. 436
Solbe, J[Ed.]: 2005 Longterm monitoring. Why, What, Where, When and How? Sherkin
Island Marine Station, pp 226[367.7 SOLB]
Campbell, Regina, et al.: LANDFILL MONITORING, 2nd Edition, Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, Ireland, 2003, p. 88, ISBN: 1-84095-127-3 

Advised literature

DEBORAH V CHAPMAN, MICHEL MEYBECK, NORMAN E. PETERS: Water Quality Monitoring, Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. Edited by M G Anderson, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, The
state of the nation’s ecosystems. Measuring the lands, waters, and living resources of the United States, the H. John Heinz III
Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, DC, 2002,
http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/report. html.


Language of instruction čeština
Code 546-0521
Abbreviation MonitorZP
Course title Environment Monitoring
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Petra Malíková, Ph.D.